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Background readings and very general information
Confucianism - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/132104/Confucianism - Encyclopedia Britannica article offering an introduction to and basic information about Confucianism.
Sufi Poetry - http://www.arabworldbooks.com/Readers2003/articles/sufi.html - Small amounts of biographical information on selected Sufi Poets and examples of their work.
The Caste System in India - http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Caste_System.htm - Information on the history and implications of the caste system in India.
Magical Realism - http://english.emory.edu/Bahri/MagicalRealism.html - Definitions of Magical Realism and links to further information from a number of sources.
Chilean Politics from 1950 forward, especially the Pinochet regime - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/latin_america/chile/ - Multimedia offerings related the PBS Newshour special on politics in Chile.
A Brief History of South African Apartheid - http://www.africanaencyclopedia.com/apartheid/apartheid.html - Africana Encyclopedia article on apartheid and links to the encyclopedia itself and related information.
Haiku - http://www.hsa-haiku.org/ - Website of the Haiku Society of America. Offers a lengthy definitions page, numerous haiku examples, news and links.
The Japanese Samurai Code http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/bushido/bindex.html - General information and helpful links.
Seppuku - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/535079/seppuku#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=seppuku%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia Britannica entry.
Recommended databases for literary analysis:
Literature Resource Center
JSTOR
Academic Search Premier
Literary analyses on selected works:
The Myth of Sisyphus by Camus
The Stranger by Camus
Disgrace by Coetzee
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Patriotism by Yukio Mishima
Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun
A Horse and Two Goats by Narayan
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