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Contemporary Literature: Literature, Development, and Human Rights

Art: Gustave Doré, Gustave Doré, Illustration for John Milton’s “Paradise Lost“, 1866.…, 1866 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Sarah Brouillette
Term: Spring 2008
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 14 other files · 3 web pages
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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: “The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid”

Lecture 3: “The Doum Tree of Wad Hamid” (cont.)

Lecture 4: Climate change symposium

Lecture 5: “The Fortunate Traveller”

Lecture 6: “The Fortunate Traveller” (cont.)

Lecture 7: A Fine Balance , I-III

Lecture 8: Essay workshop

Lecture 9: A Fine Balance (cont.), IV-XI Class meets w/o professor B

Lecture 10: A Fine Balance (cont.), XII-end

Lecture 11: A Small Place

Lecture 12: A Small Place (cont.) / Life and Debt (film)

Lecture 13: Rushing to Paradise , to p. 91

Lecture 14: Review session

Lecture 15: Rushing to Paradise (cont.), to p. 168

Lecture 16: Rushing to Paradise (cont.), all

Lecture 17: The Constant Gardener , pp. 1-135

Lecture 18: The Constant Gardener (cont.), pp. 136-322

Lecture 19: The Constant Gardener (cont.), pp. 323-end

Lecture 20: Petals of Blood , part I

Lecture 21: Petals of Blood (cont.), parts I-III

Lecture 22: Petals of Blood (cont.), all

Lecture 24: Cause Celeb , to p. 175

Lecture 25: Cause Celeb (cont.), to end

Lecture 26: Wrapping up