Nov. 21 – Nov. 27
If you are traveling during our Tuesday class time, remember you can “undo” your absence by sending in a brief (1-2 paragraph) summary and response to the course materials for that day, as described in the course syllabus
Unless otherwise noted, all assignments and tasks are due by 11:59PM. I strongly suggest you keep a healthy life-work balance and make sure to get enough sleep. Check the “best-before dates” policy in the syllabus.
| Monday |
- □ Look ahead at the readings and tasks for this week, and plan in when you will do them.
- – This prevents last minute panic, and means you can make the most of our time together in class.
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- □ Feedback on your fellow students’ posts
- – Read through and use Hypothes.is (Group HST107) to comment on your fellow students’ First Post: everybody likes some encouragement! Here is a random selection of three posts. If two or more posts are the same, or one is your own, just refresh the page for a different set. It’s all random, it’s all good!
- * Post 1:
- * Post 2:
- * Post 3:
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| Tuesday |
- □ Please prepare before class: Readings
- – Textbook: Cote, Jennifer. “The White Snake.” In China’s Magical Creatures (and Where to Find Them). Second edition. Muhlenberg College, 2022. https://open.muhlenberg.pub/chinasmagicalcreatures/chapter/the-white-snake/
- – Primary source: Feng Menglong, Madam White is Forever Kept under Thunder Peak Tower. In Stories to Caution the World: A Ming Dynasty Collection. Vol. 2. Translated by Shuhui Yang and Yinqin Yang, 474-505. Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 2005. (PDF)
- – Secondary source Wilt, Idema, The White Snake and her Son: A Translation of The Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak with Related Texts. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2009.
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- – Reading questions: The story of the White Snake has changed considerably over the years. Feng Menglong’s is one of the older versions; how and why have story-tellers adjusted the story over the centuries?
- – Refresh your memory of the story of Miss Ren (week 10), and other female protagonists in our course so far. We will explore differences and similarities in the way the authors portray them.
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- □ Meeting: Ettinger 204, 3.30PM
- Slides (Google)
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| Wednesday |
- □ Thanksgiving break begins!
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| Thursday |
- □ Eat some Turkey/Tofurkey! (make sure it’s not possessed, please)
- □ Optional movie! If you miss our class and its magical creatures, watch this movie and try to spot the many connections with our course’s content: Little Doorgods (Xiao menshen) (Youtube link)
- Little Doorgods. Directed by Gary Wang, Light Chaser Animation Studios. Alibaba Pictures, 2016.
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| Friday |
- □ Digest the Thursday Thanksgiving meal! (Please consider the planet before going nuts with Black Friday: do you really need more stuff?)
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| Saturday |
- □ Rest day: probably still digesting that Thursday meal?
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| Sunday |
- □ Get your Weekly Report (aka “5-15”) in tonight as a blog post in category HST107. Thanks!
- – Yes, we’re back in the swing of things!
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Where to get help:
- Tea Room on Discord:
- open anytime for you
- I will be hosting Tue 2PM-3PM; Wed. 11AM-12PM, or at other times by appointment via Google Calendar. You can also find me in my office during Tea Room times.
- Private room for confidential chat available on request.
- Discord Channel #hst107 and the (anonymous) Padlet (both also useful for chatting, sharing fun stuff)
- DLAs: Digital Learning Assistants: schedule coming soon!
- Writing Center: Sunday-Wednesday: 3:30 – 5:30 pm and 7-11 pm; Thursday: 3:30 – 5:30 pm and 7-9 pm; drop in or make an appointment
- Trexler Library Course Subject Guide: our own dedicated subject guide for the course
- Safety on/around campus: report an incident
