Unit1

Part 1 On Getting on in the World&Jerome K.Jerome

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Part 2 Some Remarks on Humor&E.B.White

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Unit2

Part 1 Conspiracy Theory?&Gregory Shafer

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Part 2 The Trouble with Tolerance&J.Eric Hazell

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Unit3

Part 1 Once More to the Lake&E.B.White

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Part 2 "In My Day..."&Russell Baker

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Unit4

Part 1 The Chrysanthemums&John Steinbeck

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Part 2 The Bet&Anton Chekhov

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Unit5

Part 1 Living in Tongues&Luc Sante

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Part 2 Waiting&Edna O'Brien

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Unit6

Part 1 The Reach of the Imagination&Jacob Bronowski

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Part 2 Creationism Isn't Science&Niles Eldredge

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Unit7

Part 1 Notes on My Mother&Hilton Als

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Part 2 My Remarkable Uncle&Stephen Leacock

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Unit8

Part 1 The Black Wedding&Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Part 2 A Country Doctor&Franz Kafka

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Unit9

Part 1 Humanism in the 21st Century&Babu Gogineni

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Part 2 Everything I Like about Religion I Learned from an Atheist&Barbara Ehrenreich

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Unit10

Part 1 Art for Art's Sake&E.M.Forster

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Part 2 Science Fiction:Imaginary Worlds & Real-Life Questions&Noel Perrin

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Unit11

Part 1 On the Relation between Art and Society&Theodor Adorno

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Part 2 The Death of the Author&Roland Barthes

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Unit12

Part 1 The Visit to the Museum&Vladimir Nabokov

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Part 2 The Leonardo&Vladimir Nabokov

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