Spring 2007 Course Calendar
Class meets MWF from 11-11:50 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.
| 17 January | Course introduction. What is literature, and why is it important? Introduction to Homer, and a close reading of the opening lines of the Iliad. |
| 19 January | Homer, Iliad 1, 2 (lines 1-583 only). |
| 22 January | Homer, Iliad 3 and 4. |
| 24 January | Homer, Iliad 5 and 6. |
| 26 January | Homer, Iliad 8 (lines 1-90, 566-654 only), 9. |
| 29 January | Homer, Iliad 16 and 18. |
| 31 January | Homer, Iliad 19 and 20 (lines 185-365 only). |
| 2 February | Homer, Iliad 22 and 24. |
| 5 February | Vergil, Aeneid 1-2. |
| 7 February | Vergil, Aeneid 4. |
| 9 February | Vergil, Aeneid 6. |
| 12 February | Vergil, Aeneid 8 (lines 793-992), 10 (lines 606-1276), 12 (lines 963-1298). |
| 14 February | The Bhagavad Gita, chapters 1-11. |
| 16 February | Introduction to Christianity. |
| 19 February | 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.) |
| 21 February | Dante, Inferno 1-3. |
| 23 February | Dante, Inferno 4-5. |
| 26 February | Dante, Inferno 6, 10, 13. |
| 28 February | Dante, Inferno 14-15, 21-22. |
| 2 March | Dante, Inferno 26-27. |
| 5 March | Dante, Inferno 32-34. |
| 7 March | Midterm Exam: Objective and Quotation Analysis. Please bring a blue book to class. |
| 9 March | Midterm Exam: Essay. Please bring a blue book to class. |
| 19 March | Li Po. Try to read about half of the poems for today. |
| 21 March | Li Po. Read the second half of the poems for today. |
| 23 March | Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux." (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 26 March | Petrarch, selections from the Canzoniere. (Contact instructor for password.) |
| 28 March | Cervantes, Don Quixote, part 1, chs. 1-5. |
| 30 March | Class Cancelled. |
| 2 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote, part 1, chs. 6-10. |
| 4 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote, part 1, chs. 11-15. |
| 6 April | Class Cancelled. |
| 9 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote, part 1, chs. 20, 22, 25, and 52. |
| 11 April | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 1-10. |
| 13 April | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 11-20. |
| 16 April | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 21-30. |
| 18 April | Kafka, The Metamorphosis. |
| 20 April | Kafka, The Metamorphosis, continued.. |
| 23 April | Viewing of The Bicycle Thief. |
| 25 April | The Bicycle Thief, continued. |
| 27 April | Discussion of The Bicycle Thief. |
| Final Exam: Please bring a blue book. Last date to submit Essay (early submissions are welcome). |