April 14
Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood
The following are my slides for teaching Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White, two texts that I regularly teach in my World Literature course.
April 4
Fairy Tales
The following are slides introducing fairy tales, folklore, and my unit on Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White.
March 27
Broken Tablets
Gilgamesh has always been one of my favorite texts to teach. Few works of literature embody their themes so intimately and materially. With each ellipses, gap, and discontinuity in the text, we are reminded of the central brokenness of what it means to be mortal.
March 11
The Rashomon Effect
Here some more lecture slides from my Introduction to World Literature course. These cover Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon” and “In a Bamboo Grove,” setting the stories within the context of modernism and Samurai Japan.
March 4
The Art of Storytelling
My slides on The Arabian Nights, the art and seduction of storytelling, frame narratives, and other “entertainment” related to the demonic power of stories and seduction. The first English language edition of the stories was titled The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment.
September 4
DeLillo’s Videotape
Here are some slides I made for my lesson on Don DeLillo’s “Videotape,” one of my favorite stories to teach.