English 2332 World Literature I

Schedule

Aug. 26 - Introduction to class.

28 - Introduction to the Ancient World,1-8.

30 – Troy in the Ancient World.

Sept. 4 - The Iliad, 98-209.

6 - "

9 – "

11 - The Odyssey, Bk. I: 209-20; Bk. IX-XI: 303-47.

13 – "

16 - Virgil, The Aeneid, Bk. II: 825-47; BK. IV: 847-67.

18 – "

20 - Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 517-66.

23 - "

25 - "

27 - Test I.

30 – Sophocles, Oedipus the King, 596-640

Oct. 2 - "

4 – Euripides, Medea, 640-72.

7 - "

9 – Aristophanes, Lysistrata,672-26.

11 - "

* 14 - Introduction to the Middle Ages, 1035-39. Paper I Due

16 - The Song of Roland, 1104-68.

18 - "

21 – Marie de France and “Thorstein,” 1169-84.

23 - Everyman, 1628-50.

25 –The Divine Comedy, Selected Cantos.

28 -. " "

30 - " "

Nov. 1 - Test II

4 - Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, 1678-1705.

6 - " "

8 - Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier, 1808-54

11 – " "

13 - Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, 1881-1921

15 - " "

** 18 - " Paper II Due

20 - Montaigne, Essays, 1921-60.

22 - "

25 - "

27 -Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1960 -2072.

Dec. 2 - "

4 - "

6 - Review

Final: Test III.