Worldviews in Literature: An Anthology
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 348
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 348
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Worldviews in Literature: An Anthology introduces classic and contemporary World Literature in the context of World Citizenship. The anthology includes 16 humanist authors, many who are Nobel laureates or recipients of the highest literary awards such as Tagore, Chekhov, Neruda, Mistral, Szymborska, Césaire and others.
Worldviews in Literature: An Anthology features:
- 39 works of short fiction, drama, and poetry organized in three genres
- Complete play Bodhisattva by Buddhist scholar Dharmanand Kosambi which is considered a masterpiece in India, first anthologized in Worldviews in Literature: An Anthology
- Introductory essays on each author’s themes, worldview, and civic contributions that provide social and historical context for selections
- Five essays on poems and themes that provide additional context for works
- 2 Contemporary Poets’ Interviews from The New York Times and World Literature Today
- A “Guide for Reflection and Writing” that includes critical thinking questions on selections & prompts for writing /discussion/short essay exams
- Film suggestions pair anthology’s readings with films that enrich historical / thematic / social contexts
Preface
Introduction: World Literature and the Humanities
I: Short Fiction from the East
Rabindranath Tagore: Themes and Worldview
Tagore and Kosambi: Bengal Renaissance Values
Rabindranath Tagore / “Exercise Book”
Rabindranath Tagore / “Profit and Loss”
Rabindranath Tagore / “The Postmaster”
Rabindranath Tagore / “Fury Appeased”
Rabindranath Tagore / “The Conclusion”
Rabindranath Tagore / “The Wife’s Letter”
Rabindranath Tagore essay / “East and West”
II. Drama from the East
Dharmanand Kosambi: Themes and Worldview
Dharmanand Kosambi / Bodhisattva: A Play 1949 / Acts I-IV
III. Short Fiction from the West
Anton Chekhov: Themes and Worldview
Anton Chekhov / “Vanka”
Anton Chekhov / “Sleepy”
Anton Chekhov / “Anyuta”
Anton Chekhov / “Misery”
Anton Chekhov / “Home”
AntonChekhov/ “Gooseberries”
AntonChekhov/ “Betrothed”
IV. World Poets East and West
Rabindranath Tagore: Themes / Worldview / Context
Rabindranath Tagore / “Flute Music”
Rabindranath Tagore / “Verse 35” from Gitanjali
Nathalie Handal: Themes / Worldview / Context
Nathalie Handal Interview: “Poetic Journeys”
Nathalie Handal: Poet in Andalucía: Naming the Journey of Return
Nathalie Handal / “The Courtyard of Colegiata del Salvador”
Nathalie Handal / “The Thing about Feathers”
Nathalie Handal / “The Book of Toledo”
Pak Chaesam, Jon Pineda, Xuân Quỳnh, and Diana Der-Hovanessian: Themes / Worldview / Context
Pak Chaesam / “The Road Back”
Jon Pineda / “My Sister Who Died Young Takes Up the Task”
Xuân Quỳnh / “The Blue Flower”
Diana Der-Hovenessian / “Two Voices”
Gabriela Mistral: Themes / Worldview / Context
Mistral and Heritage: Fortune and Loss in the Poem “Riches”
Gabriela Mistral / “Riches”
Gabriela Mistral / “The Rose”
Joan Naviyuk Kane: Themes / Worldview / Context
Joan Naviyuk Kane Interview: “Poems against Loss”
Joan Naviyuk Kane: Innuit Values for Survival in Hyperboreal
Joan Naviyuk Kane / “On Either Side”
Joan Naviyuk Kane / “Innate”
Pablo Neruda: Themes / Worldview / Context
Pablo Neruda: Solitude and Solidarity in “Nothing More”
Pablo Neruda / “Nothing More”
Pablo Neruda / “Too Many Names”
Wisława Szymborska: Themes / Worldview / Context
Wisława Szymborska / “Some Like Poetry”
Wisława Szymborska / “The Century’s Decline”
Wisława Szymborska / “True Love”
Else Lasker-Schüler: Themes / Worldview / Context
Else Lasker-Schüler / “My Blue Piano”
Else Lasker-Schüler / “Autumn”
Else Lasker-Schüler / “I Know”
Else Lasker-Schüler / “A Single Man”
Po-Chü-I: Themes / Worldview / Context
Po-Chü-I / “To My Brothers and Sisters Adrift in Troubled Times This Poem of the Moon”
Aimé Césaire: Themes / Worldview / Context
Césaire / from Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
Appendix A. Guides for Reflection
Unit I. Short Fiction from the East
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “Exercise Book”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “Profit and Loss”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “The Postmaster”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “Fury Appeased”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “The Conclusion”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “The Wife’s Letter”
Guide for Reflection: Tagore / “East and West”
Unit II. Drama from the East
Guide for Reflection: Bodhisattva: A Play 1949 / Act I
Guide for Reflection: Bodhisattva: A Play 1949 / Act II
Guide for Reflection: Bodhisattva: A Play 1949 / Act III
Guide for Reflection: Bodhisattva: A Play 1949 / Act IV
Unit III. Short Fiction from the West
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Vanka”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Sleepy”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Anyuta”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Misery”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Home”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Gooseberries”
Guide for Reflection: Chekhov / “Betrothed”
Appendix B. Film Suggestions
Glossary for Tagore Readings
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Tia Padorr Black Ph.D. has been a lecturer in world literature and creative writing for over ten years, and has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Wesleyan, and the University of North Texas. She received first-place writing awards in world literature and original poetry from the Conference of College Teachers of English. Her articles and poetry have appeared in academic and literary journals such as The Nebraska Review (University of Nebraska, Omaha), Sentence: A Journal of Prose Poetics, and CCTE Studies. A collection of her poem Near Sydenham has also been published.
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