English 2310, Fall 2007

English 2310: World Literature I, Fall 2007

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: 4 / 1 / 2008

Date	Work Due
January 14 - 18, 2008	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: Introduction (Ancient World 2) Mesopotamia (Ancient World 15) The Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient World 55) Friday, January 18: Add / Drop ends.
January 21 - 25, 2008	Monday, January 21: Martin Luther King Day. No classes! Readings: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient World 55), continued Greece (Ancient World 247) Homer, The Iliad (Ancient World 277)
January 28 - February 1, 2008	Readings: Homer, The Iliad (Ancient World 277), continued Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (Ancient World 891)
February 2 - 8, 2008	Readings: Aristophanes, Lysistrata (Ancient World 1044) The Ancient Hebrews (Ancient World 127) Hebrew Scriptures (Ancient World 134), Genesis and Exodus only *Friday, February 8: Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis and Exodus)* take-home quiz due.**
February 11 - 15, 2008	Readings: Rome (Ancient World 1157) Virgil, The Æneid (Ancient World 1174), continued *Friday, February 15: Aeneid* Take-home Quiz due.**
February 18 - 22, 2008	Wednesday, February 18: Ancient Period Exam! Readings: Buddhist Texts (Ancient World 1543) Ashvaghosha, The Life of the Buddha (Ancient World 1549) "The Parable of the Poisoned Arrow" (Ancient World 778) The Near East (Middle Period 15) The New Testament (Middle Period 23)
February 25 - 29, 2008	Readings: The Qu'ran (Middle Period 97) *Monday, February 25: New Testament and Qu'ran* Take-Home Quiz due.**
March 3 - 7, 2008	Spring Break! No classes!
March 10 - 14, 2008	Readings: Europe (Middle Period 469) Beowulf (Middle Period 482) *Monday, March 10: Beowulf* Take-Home due.**
March 17 - 21, 2008	Topic: King Arthur Geoffrey de Monmouth, Book IX Chapters 1-6, 11, 19-20; Book X Chapters 1-3, 5, 9-13, and Book XI Chapters 1-2 from History of the Kings of Britain (on-line) Marie de France, "Lanval" (on-line) or (on-line reserve) Wednesday, March 19: Marie de France and Geoffrey of Monmouth take-home quiz due. Friday, March 21: Good Friday. No classes!
March 24 - 28, 2008	Topic: King Arthur and Tales and Tale Collections Readings: Chretien de Troyes, Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart (on-line) The Thousand and One Nights (Middle Period 435) Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (Middle Period 849) *Monday, March 24: Lancelot* take-home quiz due. Friday, March 28: Last day to withdraw.**
March 31 - April 4, 2008	Topic: Tales and Tale Collections Readings: Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of Ladies (on-line reserve) Wednesday, April 2: Middle Period Exam! Topic: Early Modern Period Readings: Niccolo Machiaveli, The Prince (Early Modern 120) Baldesar Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (Early Modern 170)
April 7 - 11, 2008	Topic: The Great Theater of the Renaissance Readings: Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (Early Modern 384) John Milton, Paradise Lost (Early Modern 565)
April 14 - 18, 2008	Readings: John Milton, Paradise Lost (Early Modern 565) *Monday, April 14: Paradise Lost* take-home quiz due. Friday, April 18: No class.**
April 21 - 25, 2008	Monday, April 21: No class. Readings: Myths of Creation (Early Modern 708) Myth of Quetzalcoatl (Early Modern 721) Wednesday, April 23: Aztec Myths Quiz due. Thursday, April 24: Last Day of Classes!
April 28 - May 2, 2008	Final Exams! During Final Exam: Early Modern Period Exam!

M. Wendy Hennequin created this page for her English 2310 class at Tennessee State University, Fall 2007. Creation date: August 20, 2007. Last update: April 1, 2008.