| Week\Topics |
In Class
Topics & Activities |
Reading Assignments |
Assignments |
| 1.W Jan 20 |
Why Read Literature?;
The Epic |
Begin Gilgamesh (link in Vista) |
Initial Narrative Assignment |
| 2.M Jan 25 |
Symptomatic Readings; The Epic of Gilgamesh |
Tablets I-VII (read the complete work by Monday) |
Initial Narrative Due |
| 2.W Jan 27 |
The Epic of Gilgamesh |
Tablets VIII to end |
Reflection 1 |
| 3.M Feb 1 |
Genesis |
Genesis |
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| 3.W Feb 3 |
Job |
Book of Job |
Reflection 2 |
| 4.M Feb 8 |
Homer's The Odyssey |
Fagles' Introduction. Books I-IV |
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4.W Feb 10 |
Homer's The Odyssey |
Books V-IX |
Reflection 3 |
| 5.M Feb 15 |
Homer's The Odyssey
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Books X-XV
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| 5.W Feb 17 |
Homer's The Odyssey
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Books XVI-XX |
Reflection 4 |
| 6.M Feb 22 |
Homer's The Odyssey |
Books XX-XXIV |
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| 6.W Feb 24 |
Odyssey; Motives; Themes |
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Reflection 5; Literary Reading Exam |
| 7.M Mar 1 |
Brother Where Art Thou? |
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| 7.W Mar 3 |
Brother Where Art Thou? |
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Reflection 6; Begin Collaboration |
| 8.M Mar 8 |
Dante's Inferno; Introduction to Dante;
Christian Conceptions;
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Cantos I-VIII (Woods, Entrance, Vestibule) |
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| 8.W Mar 10 |
Dante's Inferno; Florence & Italian
Politics |
Cantos IX-XVII (Acheron to Limbo) |
Reflection 7; O Brother Collaboration |
| 9.M Mar 15 |
Dante's Inferno |
Cantos XVIII-XXX (Malebolge) |
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| 9.W Mar 17 |
Dante's Inferno |
Cantos XXXI-XXXIV (The Pit) |
Reflection 8 |
| 10.M Mar 22 |
What Dreams May Come |
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| 10.W Mar 24 |
What Dreams May Come |
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Reflection 9 |
| 11.M Apr 5 |
Lyrics & Love: Chinese Poetry, Sappho,
Canticles
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Selections
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| 11.W Apr 7 |
Machiavelli's The Prince |
Selections |
Literary Reading Exam; Reflection 10; Begin
Collaboration |
| 12.M Apr 12 |
Shakespeare's King Lear; Introduction |
Introduction, Act I |
What Dreams Collaboration |
| 12.W Apr 14 |
Shakespeare's King Lear |
Act II |
Reflection 11 |
| 13.M Apr 19 |
Shakespeare's King Lear
Tragedy
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Act III |
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| 13.W Apr 21 |
Shakespeare's King Lear
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Act IV |
Reflection 12 |
| 14.M Apr 26 |
Shakespeare's King Lear |
Act V |
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| 14.W Apr 28 |
Shakespeare's King Lear |
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Reflection 13; Final Narrative Assignment |
| 15.M May 3 |
A Thousand Acres |
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| 15.W May 5 |
A Thousand Acres |
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Final Narrative Due; Reflection 14 |
| 16.FINAL |
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Literary Reading Exam; 1000 Acres Collaboration |
