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English 2310, World Literature I, Fall 2008

Schedule

This schedule is not set in stone. Things happen.  Class topics and due dates may need to be rearranged. I will post the changes here as they occur.

Latest Update: 9/15/2008
Date Work Due
August 25-29, 2008

Friday, August 29: Add / Drop ends.

Topics:
  • Syllabus and Class Policies.
  • Introduction to the Course.
  • Translation: Can't Live with It, Can't Live without It.
  • Introduction to the Project.

Readings:

  • The Ancient Near East (Ancient World 11)
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient World 56)
September 1-5, 2008

Monday, September 1: Labor Day.  No classes!

Readings:
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient World 56), continued
  • Classical Greece (Ancient World 185)
  • Homer, The Iliad (Ancient World 198)

Iliad take-home quiz due Wednesday, Sept. 3.

September 8-12, 2008 Readings:
  • Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (Ancient World 616)
  • Aristophanes, Lysistrata (Ancient World 764)

Oedipus Rex take-home quiz due Sept. 8. 

September 15-19, 2008 Readings:
  • Greek Drama, continued.
  • Hebrew Scriptures: Genesis, Joseph (Ancient World 28, 159)
  • Exodus (Chapters 1-14, 19-20), on-line.  Or use your favorite translation.

Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis and Exodus) take-home quiz due Wednesday, Sept. 17.

September 22-26, 2008 Readings
  • Virgil, The Æneid (Ancient World 1105)

Aeneid Take-home Quiz due Monday, Sept. 22.

September 29 - October 3, 2008 Readings:
  • The Bhavdad Gita (Ancient World 839)
  • Ashvaghosha, The Life of Buddha (Part I, Chs. 1-4, 7-9, 11-12, 18-19), on-line.

Ancient Period Exam

October 6-10, 2008 Readings:
  • The New Testament: Luke (Ancient World 1271), Epistle of Paul to the Romans (Ancient World 1266), First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chs. 1, 7, 11-13, 15; on-line or use your favorite translation).
  • Classical Arabic and Islamic Literatures (Medieval Era 315)
  • The Qu'ran (Medieval Era 341)

New Testament and Qu'ran Take-Home Quiz due Wednesday, Oct. 8.

October 13-17, 2008

Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and 14: "Fall Break".  No classes!

Readings:
  • Medieval Europe (Medieval Era 567)
  • Beowulf (Medieval Era 587)

Beowulf Take-Home due Wednesday, Oct. 15.

October 20-24, 2008 Readings:

Marie de France Quiz in-class during this week.

October 27-31, 2008 Readings:
November 3-7, 2008

Friday, November 7: Last day to withdraw.

Friday, November 7: NO CLASS!

Readings:

Middle Period Exam

November 10-14, 2008 Readings:
  • Shakespeare, Othello (Early Modern 526)

There will be an Othello quiz sometime this week.

November 17-21, 2008 Readings:
  • Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna (Early Modern 485)
  • John Milton, Paradise Lost (Early Modern 699) plus the Arguments from all the books on-line.

Paradise Lost take-home quiz due Friday, Nov, 21.

November 24-28, 2008

Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28: Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes!

Readings:
  • Paradise Lost, continued.
December 1-5, 2008

December 4, 2008: Last Day of Class.

Readings:
  • Popul Vuh: The Mayan Council Book (Early Modern 773)
December 5-12, 2008

Final Exams!

Final Exams.

M. Wendy Hennequin created this page for her English 2310 class at Tennessee State University, Fall 2007. Creation date: August 20, 2007. Last update: November 5, 2008.