DATE

TOPIC

TASK

READINGS

8/23

8/25

8/26

8/30

9/1

9/3

9/6

9/8

9/10

9/13

9/15

9/17

9/20

9/22

9/24

9/27

9/29

10/1

10/4

10/6

10/8

introduction

Gilgamesh

section

Gilgamesh

Plato

section

Labor Day: no class

Sophocles

section

Sophocles

Homer

section

Homer

Homer

section

Sex and Love

Ovid

section

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Gilgamesh: Books 1-6

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Gilgamesh: 6-11; "Darmok"

The Allegory and the Crito

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Oedipus Rex

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Oedipus Rex

The Odyssey: 1, 5, 9

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The Odyssey: 10, 11, 12

The Odyssey: 21, 22, 23

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Sappho and Catullus

The Metamorphoses (selections)

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prompt 1

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discuss prompt 1

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draft 1 due

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draft 1 returned

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paper 1 due

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10/11

10/13

10/15

10/18

10/20

10/22

10/25

10/27

10/29

11/1

11/3

11/5

11/8

11/10

11/12

11/15

11/17

11/19

11/22

11/24

11/26

11/29

12/1

12/3

12/6

12/8

12/10

12/14

Cervantes

Cervantes

section

Cervantes

Cervantes

section

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No class: Thanksgiving

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Shakespeare

Shakespeare

section

Shakespeare

conclusions

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final exam: Tuesday 8-11 AM

Augustine

Augustine

section

Augustine

Hildegard of Bingen

section

Dante

Dante

section

Dante

Dante

section

The Confessions: Books 1, 2, 3

The Confessions: Books 8, 9

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The Confessions: Books 10, 11

  Texts and Music (video)

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Inferno 1-5

Inferno 6, 10, 13, 15, 16

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Inferno 18-21, 24-25

Inferno 28, 31-34

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prompt 2

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discuss prompt 2

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draft 2 due

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draft 2 returned

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paper 2 due

the ancient world

the medieval world

the early modern world

Don Quixote: 3-52; 58-70

Don Quixote: 330-374

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Don Quixote: 620-642; 683-727

Don Quixote: 842-875; 934-40

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No class: Thanksgiving

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The Tempest: overview & sources

The Tempest: Acts I & II

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The Tempest: Acts III, IV & V

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prompt 3

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discuss prompt 3

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draft 3 due

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draft 3 returned

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paper 3 due