Fall 2006 Course Calendar
Class meets MWF from 12:00-12:50 in Grainger G16.
Unless otherwise indicated, the numerals following the titles of the works listed below refer to the major divisions of the work in question--for Homer and Vergil, "books"; for Dante, "cantos"; and for Petrarch, individual poems.
The instructor will provide the password for hyperlinked texts below. Check the online version of this syllabus regularly for updates.
| 28 August | Course introduction. What is literature, and why is it important? Introduction to Homer, and a close reading of the opening lines of the Iliad. |
| 30 August | Homer, Iliad 1, 2 (lines 1-583 only). |
| 1 September | Homer, Iliad 3 and 4. |
| 6 September | Homer, Iliad 5 and 6. |
| 8 September | Homer, Iliad 8 (lines 1-90, 566-654 only), 9. |
| 11 September | Homer, Iliad 16 and 18. |
| 13 September | Homer, Iliad 19 and 20 (lines 185-365 only). |
| 15 September | Homer, Iliad 22 and 24. |
| 18 September | Writing about Literature Workshop. See the main page for instructions. |
| 20 September | Vergil, Aeneid 1-2. |
| 22 September | Vergil, Aeneid 4. |
| 25 September | Vergil, Aeneid 6. |
| 27 September | Vergil, Aeneid 8 (lines 793-992), 10 (lines 606-1276), 12 (lines 963-1298). |
| 29 September | The Bhagavad Gita, chapters 1-11. |
| 2 October | Essay 1 due. Introduction to Christianity. |
| 4 October | The New Testament, Sermon on the Mount (King James Version) (Matthew 5-7); selections from Augustine's Confessions; selections from Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae. (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 6 October | Dante, Inferno 1-3. |
| 9 October | Dante, Inferno 4-5. |
| 11 October | Dante, Inferno 6, 10, 13. |
| 13 October | Dante, Inferno 14-15, 21-22. |
| 18 October | Dante, Inferno 26-27. |
| 20 October | Dante, Inferno 30-34. |
| 23 October | Midterm Exam: Objective and Quotation Analysis. Please bring a blue book to class. |
| 25 October | Midterm Exam: Essay. Please bring a blue book to class. |
| 27 October | Selections from Li Po. (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 30 October | Selections from Li Po. (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 1 November | Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux." (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 3 November | Petrarch, selections from the Canzoniere. (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 6 November | Lazarillo de Tormes, ch. 1. |
| 8 November | Lazarillo de Tormes, chs. 2-3. |
| 10 November | Lazarillo de Tormes, chs. 4-7. |
| 13 November | Finish Lazarillo |
| 15 November | Writing about literature workshop. Bring your copy of the Grainger Review. |
| 17 November | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 1-10. |
| 20 November | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 11-20. |
| 27 November | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 21-30. |
| 29 November | Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape. [pdf] |
| 1 December | Samuel Beckett, Krapp's Last Tape. [pdf] (continued) |
| 4 December | Viewing of The Bicycle Thief. |
| 6 December | The Bicycle Thief, continued. |
| 8 December | Discussion of The Bicycle Thief. |
11 December Monday 11:30-2:00 |
Final Exam: Please bring a blue book. Last date to submit Essay 2 (early submissions are welcome). |