World Literatures in English: 　

Connecting to the Big Wide World

through News and Documentaries Project

Purpose:

Some of the students who took this course later told me how the readings resonated with what they saw on TV, or what they experienced not only in Taiwan and the areas we cover, but also in U.K., U.S, mainland China, Vietnam, and etc., etc..  This gives me an idea: the "English" world is too big to be brought into our classroom indeed, but why don't we make connections to it with what's available in our world--that is, the news and documentaries we frequently read and see?   

Method:

1. Below is a list of documentaries I have.  You can either choose one (or more) from them, or choose your own texts;
(News and documentaries are preferable, as they 'seem' more realistic and less organized than the literary and filmic works we discuss.  However, if you have a strong interest in literature and film, you can choose it, too.)
2. Discuss the 'text' you choose, its meanings and how they can be related to the texts we read in class on the one hand, and to our lives on the other.  

List of Documentaries
on Race, Gender (the Muslim women), and the three areas (Indian Subcontinent, South Africa and the Caribbean).

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General

0 Society: Race Race; (definition, racism and jokes) 96
0-1 Society: Race Afghanistan 真相大白：千尋百找阿富汗少女 140

　
2 Society: Gender Muslim World 回教女性的面紗（上） 90
3 Society: Gender Muslim World 回教女性的面紗（下） 91

India

1 Culture intro. India 　 India: The Land of Spirit and the Mystique  　
4 Urban Culture India Bombay Chasing Time 37
5 Urban Culture India Bombay 一個城市六個朋友 102
6

Entertainment

India

Bombay

Bollywood 印度電影工業

45
7 Urban Culture India 　 Global Trekker (勇闖天涯) 147
8

Religion

India

Agra

Taj Mahal, Agra city

47
9

Religion

India

Goa

48
10

Society: Gender

India

五個婚禮和兩場葬禮─印度教婚禮、馬來婚禮

98

 South Africa

11 Society: Race South Africa 　 Long Night's Journey into the Day (website) 　
12 Urban Culture South Africa Cape Town City Cabs 81
13 Culture: Music 　 　 Grace Land (Paul Simon) 　

The Caribbean Area

14

 National/Regional Jamaica 　 　 44
15 National/Regional 　 　 Hidden Caribbean --ecotourism 146
16 National/Regional South Africa Johannesburg 五個婚禮和兩場葬禮 ─約翰尼斯堡婚禮 148
17 National/Regional 　 　 Lonely Planet(勇闖天涯): Caribbean 151
18 Culture: Music 　 　 BOY MARLEY STORY, THE  　

19

 Culture: Music 　 　 Fugees 　

20

 Culture: Music 　 　 Rhyme and Reason