All readings listed below (with the exception of 1/9/23), should be completed before class on the date listed on the schedule. Changes to this schedule may be made during the term, but any alterations will be announced in class in advance.
| Week | Class | Assignments |
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| Part I: Antiquity | ||
| 1 | M 1/9/23 |
Introduction: course overview--tradition and literature In-Class Readings: • Group A: Gilgamesh Tablet XI [Story of the Flood] pp. 66-71 ending line 211 "That you may find..." • Group B: Hebrew Bible Genesis verses 6-9 [Noah and The Flood] pp. 84-88 |
| W 1/11/23 |
Read Monday selection you were not assigned previously In-Class #1: Tradition and Culture |
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| F 1/13/23 |
Student directed discussion (SDD): suggested topics--tradition, translation, and cultural perspective |
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| 2 | M 1/16/23 | MLK Day--No Class |
| W 1/18/23 |
Homer, The Odyssey • Book 1 pp. 195-197, end at line 96 "a noble reputation for himself." • (Canvas) Book 2 pp. 52-59, end at "So he spoke and sat down." • Book 10 pp. 257-270 • Book 11 pp. 270-276, end at line 229 "They thronged and clustered round the blood." pp. 283 starting line 566 "Despite his rage..." to pp. 285 In-Class #2: Identifying Epic Traits |
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| F 1/20/23 |
Homer, The Odyssey • Book 22 pp. 345-357 SDD: Brock suggested topics--close reading: identifying and analyzing figurative langauge |
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| 3 | M 1/23/23 |
Virgil, Aeneid • Book One pp. 477-498 • Book Four pp. 521-540 |
| W 1/25/23 |
In-Class #3: Identifying and Describing Generic Traits
and Cultural Comparison
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| F 1/27/23 |
Virgil, Aeneid • Book Six pp. 541-565 SDD: Sophia suggested topic--representations of the afterlife |
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| 4 | M 1/30/23 |
Ovid, Metamorphoses • (Canvas) Book I [The Flood and Deucalion and Pyrrha] pp. 6-14 • (Canvas) Book VI [Tereus, Procne, and Philomela] pp. 134-142 • Book IX [Iphis and Isis] pp. 603-607 • Book X [Pygmalion] pp. 607-614 • Book X [Venus and Adonis] pp. 614-619 |
| W 2/1/23 | In-Class #4: Translation | |
| F 2/3/23 |
SDD: Kaitlyn suggested topic--heroic vs. episodic epics |
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| 5 | M 2/6/23 |
Bhagavad-Gita • Chapter 1 pp. 672-675 • Chapter 2 pp. 675-679 • Chapter 11 pp. 685-687 |
| W 2/8/23 | In-Class #5: Philosophy and Narrative | |
| F 2/10/23 |
SDD: Kylee suggested topic: representation of heroism |
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| Part II: Middle Ages | ||
| 6 | M 2/13/23 |
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji • (recommended background reading) "Murasaki Shikibu" pp. 1231-1235 • (required) Chapter I. Kiritsubo: The Lady of the Paulownia-Courtyard Chambers pp. 1237-1247 • (required) Chapter V. Wakamuraski: Little Purple Gromwell pp. 1265-1288 • (recommended reference) "Main Characters of The Tale of Genji" pp. 1235-1236 Homework #1: Genre Analysis due by midnight Tuesday 2/14 |
| W 2/15/23 | In-Class #6: Form Analysis--Long Fiction | |
| F 2/17/23 |
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji • Chapter IX. Aoi: Leaves of Wild Ginger pp. 1299-1318 SDD: Mallory suggested topic--close reading practice |
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| 7 | M 2/20/23 |
Marie de France, Lais • Prologue pp. 914-915 • Bisclavret pp. 915-921 • Laüstic pp. 921-924 |
| W 2/22/23 |
In-Class #7: Representations of Power |
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| F 2/24/23 |
The Thousand and One Nights • Prologue pp. 1088-1094 ending with "Father, you must give me to him. This is absolute and final." • [The Story of the Merchant and the Demon] pp. 1098-1102 SDD: Kennedy suggested topics--storytelling, gender, power |
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| 8 | M 2/27/23 |
(Canvas) Giovanni Boccacio, Decameron • Author's Forward pp. 3-5 • First Day: Introduction pp. 6-23 • Third Day: 9th Story pp. 231-40 • Fourth Day: 5th Story pp. 283-86 |
| W 3/1/23 |
In-Class #8: Storytelling in Cultural Context |
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| F 3/3/23 |
(Canvas) Giovanni Boccacio, Decameron • Conclusion pp. 678-81 • Author's Afterword pp. 682-86 Thesis workshop for HW2 |
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| 9 | M-F 3/6/23-3/10/23 | Winter Break--No Class |
| Part III: Renaissance | ||
| 10 | M 3/13/23 |
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, "Inferno" • (Canvas) see diagrams of Dante's afterlife • Canto I pp. 929-934 • summary of Canto II pp. 934 • Cantos III-V pp. 938-952 |
| W 3/15/23 | In-Class #9: Transformation of the Epic Form | |
| F 3/17/23 |
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, "Inferno" • Canto VIII pp. 961-964 SDD: Diedre suggested topic--tradition (allusion, adaptatation) Homework #2: Cultural Discourse Analysis due by midnight Friday 3/17 |
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| 11 | M 3/20/23 | Sunjata pp. 1424-1441: end just before the "Departure for Exile" section |
| W 3/22/23 | In-Class #10: Domestic Plots | |
| F 3/24/23 |
SDD: Cian suggested topic--cultural perspectives (synthesis) |
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| 12 | M 3/27/23 | SS at HLC--No Class |
| W 3/29/23 |
Marguerite de Navarre, Heptameron • Prologue pp. 1514-1517 • (Canvas) Story 3 pp. 1079-84 • Story 8 pp. 1517-1522 In-Class #11: Thematic Synthesis |
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| F 3/31/23 |
SDD: Phoenix suggested topic--open |
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| 13 | M 4/3/23 |
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote • Part I [Prologue] pp. 1540-1545 • Part I: [I know who I am...] Chapters 1-5 pp.1545-1564 • Part I: [Fighting the Windmills...] Chapters 7-9 pp. 1565-1575 |
| W 4/5/23 |
Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote • Part II: [Prologue] pp. 1642-1644 • Part II: [Homecoming and Death] Chapters 73-74 pp. 1685-1693 In-Class #12: Authors' "Intentions" |
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| F 4/7/23 | Easter Break--No Class | |
| Part IV: Tradition | ||
| 14 | M 4/10/23 |
(Canvas) John Keats, "Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil" [1820] pp. 184-98 (Canvas) Matthew Arnold, "Philomela" [1853] (Canvas) Jeannine Hall Gailey, "Philomel, at the End" [2006] |
| W 4/12/23 |
In-Class #13: Allusion Homework #3: Synthesis--Genre Evolution due by midnight |
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| F 4/14/23 |
SS at INCS--No Class |
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| 15 | M 4/17/23 | In-Class #14: Close Reading Practice |
| W 4/19/23 |
Research Symposium breakout sessions English Panel in DH205 |
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| F 4/21/23 |
G. Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion [1912, 1938] (in-class viewing) Homework #4: Extending Tradition due by midnight |
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| 16 | M 4/24/23 | Close Reading Teaching Module Presentations |
| W 4/26/23 | Close Reading Teaching Module Presentations | |
| F 4/28/23 | Close Reading Teaching Module Presentations | |
| Exam Week | Final Exam due Wednesday 5/3/23 by midnight in Canvas *late final exams cannot be accepted |
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