Schedule, World Literature

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, "Lanval" (on-line) or (on-line reserve) Marie de France, "Bisclavet" (Medieval Era 785) The Thousand and One Nights (Medieval Era 406) Marie de France Quiz in-class during this week.
October 27-31, 2008	Readings: Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Early Modern 146) plus the Author's Epilogue. Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies (on-line reserve)
November 3-7, 2008 Friday, November 7: Last day to withdraw. Friday, November 7: NO CLASS!	Readings: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur (Book I, Chapters 1-5 on-line and Book 20, Chapters 1-4 and Book 21 Chapters 1-7 on-line) Early Modern Euorpe (Early Modern 133) Niccolo Machiaveli, The Prince (Early Modern 231) 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.