Asian+Literature



** Indian, Chinese, Japanese Literature ** __ Week Nov. 1-5 __ Hinduism, Buddism, Taoism, and Islam World Literature book page 353 Bhagavad Gita- Read as a class and listen to it being read. Reading Check quiz Page 381 Questions 1-8 and vocab words **Chinese Literature** page 407-411 reading check quiz 411, questions 1-7

In-Class Writing Assignment #14 (must be a one-page definition/explaination) "In the practice of tolerace, one's enemy is the best teacher."-Dalai Lama

Please explain in your own words what this means. How do you lean tolerance through your enemy's intolerance? //Think wisdom to boot.//

Read 412-418 Reading check quiz 445, questions 1-8 Taoism, Reading check –Write three things you’ve learned from the lesson and from the Taoist writers. **Friday-vocab test and essay on Tao Che Ching and Ecclesiastes due on Monday** __** Monday, November 8, 2010 **__ **Indian, Chinese, Japanese Literature** World Literature books page 353 Bhagavad Gita- Reading Check quiz Page 381 Questions 1-8 and vocabs word **Chinese Literature** page 407-411 reading check quiz 411, questions 1-7 Read 412-418 Reading check quiz 445, questions 1-8 Taoism, Reading check –Write tree things you’ve learned from the lesson and from the Taoist writers. __**November 8-12, 2010**__ **Japanese Literature** page 439-445 Monday Haiku 446-454 History of Japanese literature In-Class Writing assignment #14 HOMEWORK- Create a Haiku 5-7-5 syllable pattern, focus on subject and images (senses) **Tuesda**y 454-467 Sei Shonogon from “The Pillow Book” Reading check quiz, questions 1-7 HOMEWORK- Start literary terms and Vocab definitions. Test Friday! Wednesday: Zen literature 463-470, Reading check quiz 470, questions 1-9
 * Friday-vocab test (20 words from TFA list) and essay on Tao Che Ching and Ecclesiastes**

Vocab Words: Manifest Impotence Immutable Lucid Withers Primordial Delusion Eludes Serenity Broading __Tanka and Haiku__

Quickened Ceaselessly Trysts Brocade Cicadas Bramble Peal- noisy ringing of bells Cicadas Brocade Malarial Exiled Snared __The Pillow Book__ Flit Attendants Summons Fretful Accustomed Approvingly Pillar Elegant Philodendron Cramped

[] Verse 29 //Ambition// Those who wish to change the world According with their desire cannot succeed.

The world is shaped by the Way; It cannot be shaped by the self. Trying to change it, you damage it; Trying to possess it, you lose it.

So some will lead, while others follow. Some will be warm, others cold Some will be strong, others weak. Some will get where they are going While others fall by the side of the road.

So the sage will be neither extravagant nor violent.