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Area Studies: Geographical Groupings
One gauge of the remarkable depth of offerings in the Expanded
Edition of The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces is
the ease with which it may be adapted for use in literary
courses for different programs in area studies. Here are
a few suggestions.
- African Perspectives
The Epic of Son-Jara
Diop, The Bone, Mother Crocodile
Senghor, poems
Dadié, The Mirror of Dearth; The Black Cloth; The
Hunter and the Boa
Achebe, Things Fall Apart
Walcott, poems
Lessing, The Old Chief Mshlanga
Soyinka, Death and the King’s Horseman
- Native American Traditions
Florentine Codex
Cantares Mexicanos
Popol Vuh
The Night Chant
Zuni Ritual Poetry
Inuit Songs
Peynetsa, The Boy and the Deer
Silko, Yellow Woman
- Islamic Traditions
The Koran
Ibn Ishaq, The Biography of a Prophet
Attar, The Conference of the Birds
Rumi, Ghazals
Sadi, Golestan
Medieval Lyrics: A Selection
Ibn Arfa’ Ras’uh, "The Singing Lute"
Ibn Al-Qabturnuh, "In Battle"
Çelebi, The Book of Travels
Al-Hakim, The Sultan’s Dilemma
Mahfouz, Zaabalawi
El Saadawi, In Camera
- Jewish Traditions
The Bible: The Old Testament
Medieval Lyrics: A Selection
Halevi, "Summer"
Ben Jacob, "The Sacrifice of Isaac"
Abulafia, "A Letter from the Grave"
Amichai, poems
Yehoshua, Facing the Forest
- Asian Perspectives: Ancient and Modern
Chinese Traditions Established and Questioned
Classic of Poetry
Confucius, Analects
Chuan Chou, Chaung Tzu
Ssu-ma Ch’ien, Letter in Reply to Jen An; Historical
Records
T’ang Poetry
Wu Ch‘eng-en, Monkey
K’ung Shang-Jen, The Peach Blossom Fan
Cao Xueqin, The Story of the Stone
Lu Xun, Diary of a Madman; Upstairs in a Wineshop
Zhang, Love in a Fallen City
Hindu Traditions and Modern Critique
The Rāmāyana of Vālmīki
The Mahābhārata
The Bhagavad-Gītā
Mystical Poetry of India
Tagore, "Punishment"; selected poems
Premchand, The Road to Salvation
Devi, Breast-Giver
Desai, The Rooftop Dwellers
Japanese Culture Articulated and Questioned
The Manyoshu
The Kokinshu
Murasaki, The Tale of Genji
Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow Book
The Tale of the Heike
Kenko, Essays In Idleness
Nō Drama
Saikaku, The Barrelmaker Brimful of Love
Ueda Akinari, Bewitched
Bashō, The Narrow Road to the Interior
Ichiyo, Child’s Play
Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows
Kawabata, Snow Country
Kojima, The American School
- Caribbean Experiences
Césaire, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land
Walcott, poems
Brathwaite, poems
Goodison, poems
- Latin American Experiences
Darìo, poems
Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths
Neruda, poems
Rulfo, Pedro Pàramo
Garcìa Marquez, Death Constant Beyond Love
Lispector, The Daydreams of a Drunken Woman
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