Welcome to the
Monmouth College Freshman Seminar: The Joy Luck Club
Links for The Joy Luck Club:
A list of study questions
An introduction to the main characters
Texts
Chaim Potok, The Chosen
The Joy Luck Club (movie based on the novel by Amy Tan)
Melba Patillo Beals, Warriors Don't Cry
Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!
Derek Walcott, The Bounty
Spirituality / Philosophy: These texts are chosen by individual sections. Some sections will read one of these two books:
Marvin Harris, Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture
Plato, Last Days of Socrates
E. O. Wilson, In Search of Nature
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or the New Prometheus
Convocations:
Liberal Arts, September 1
History of Monmouth College: Jeff Rankin, September 8
Salim Muwakkil, September 22
Derek Walcott , October 15
The Freshman Seminar Web:
Freshman Seminar Homepage
The shared calendar for Fall 1998!
Shared documents
Instructors
Texts and Movies
Theme Year information
Monmouth College Homepage / Academics
Seminar Coordinators for the semester are Ken Cramer (Biology) and Cheryl Meeker (Art).
Jan Stirm (English) is responsible for the Freshman Seminar Web Pages. Please contact me at Jstirm@Monm.edu
Last updated 1 June 1998