M  Jan 14

Course Introduction

W Jan 16

CREATION : Genesis 1-3, 6-9 (pgs. 56-59, 60-63) & Ovid: from the Metamorphoses (see the webpage for the link)

F Jan 18

INVENTION OF WRITING & THE EARLIEST LITERATURES:   Gilgamesh Part 1 (pgs. 3-17)

Last day to ADD or DROP classes via Wingspan or IN PERSON for the spring semester.  Last day for students to elect to Audit courses

M Jan 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.  Offices closed; no classes.

W Jan 23

Gilgamesh Parts 2-7 (pgs. 17-41)

F Jan 25

ANCIENT GREECE: Homer: The Iliad— book I (pgs.105-136)

M Jan 28

The Iliad— books VI, XXII, & XXIV(pgs. 136-146, 192-225)              Last day for undergraduate students to select the S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) option for a course or to change a course from S/U to a letter grade.

W Jan 30

Homer: The Odyssey— books V &(pgs. 278-289)

F  Feb 1

Homer: The Odyssey—books  VI , VIII & IX (pgs. 289-297; 305-332)

M Feb 4

Homer: The Odyssey—book X & XI (pgs. 332-363)

W Feb 6

Homer: The Odyssey—book -XII (pgs. 363-376)

In-class Essay

F Feb 8

Sophocles: Oedipus the King—(612-634; the entrance of Jocasta)

M Feb 11

Sophocles: Oedipus the King—(634-658)

W Feb 13

Catch up and review for exam

F Feb 15

**Exam One

M Feb 18

THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Virgil: The Aeneid –book I (pgs. 1041-1045, 1052-1063)

W Feb 20

Virgil: The Aeneid—books II & IV (pgs. 1063-1106)

F Feb 22

Virgil: The Aeneid—book VI (1106-1125)

M Feb 25

W Feb 27

FROM ROMAN EMPIRE TO CHRISTIAN EUROPE: Matthew 27 & 28 ; Dante: The Divine Comedy: Inferno canto 1 (pgs. 1201-1207, 1218-1221, 1826-1839)

F Feb 29

Dante: Inferno cantos 2- 3 ( pgs. 1839-181845)

M Mar 3

Paper Assigned

W Mar 5

Dante: Inferno cantos 4-5 & 8 (pgs. 1845-1852; 1857-1860)

F Mar 7

Dante: Inferno canto 26 (pgs. 1913-1916)

M Mar 10

Dante: Inferno canto 32 (1932-1936)

In-class Essay

W Mar 12

Dante: Inferno canto 33-34 (pgs. 1936-1942)

Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course.  (Automatic N grade is issued.)  Students may not withdraw from a course after this date without documented extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind elected S/U option.  A rescinded S/U will still count toward the maximum of four allowed.

F Mar 14

THE RENAISSANCE IN EUROPE: Cervantes: Don Quixote—from Part One, chapters 1-3 (pgs. 2465-2475, 2671-2675, 2680-2692)

M Mar 17

Spring Break

W Mar 19

Spring Break

F Mar 21

Spring Break

M Mar 24

Cervantes: Don Quixote— from Part One, chapters 4,5, & 7-10(2692-2714)

W Mar 26

Cervantes: from Part Two, chapters 3 & 12 (pgs. 2734-2739 & 2740-2744)

Advising for Fall 2008 begins

F Mar 28

Cervantes: Don Quixote— from Part Two, chapters 65 &74 (2774-2775 & 2779-2783) Paper Due

M Mar 31

Catch up and review for exam

W April 2

***Exam 2

F April 4

No class; I’m at a conference

M April 7

THE RISE OF ISLAM AND ISLAMIC LITERATURE: The Koran chapters 12, 19, 62, &71(pgs. 1419-1428, 1446-1455, 1457-1459)

W April 9

The Koran chapters 4 & 5 (pgs. 1429-1441)

Registration for Fall 2008 begins

F April 11

Ferdowski: Shahname (pgs. 1476-1499)

M April 14

Ferdowski: Shahname (pgs. 1499-1524)

W April 16

Rumi: Poems (pgs. 1541-1549)

F April 18

Finish Rumi discussion

M April 21

The Thousand and One Nights (pgs. 1566-1581)

W April 23

The Thousand and One Nights (pgs. 1581-1600)

F April 25

The Thousand and One Nights (pgs. 1600-1618)

M April 28

Last Day of Classes:  Catch up and review for final exam

T April 29

Study Day

8:00 AM, Mon. May 5

Final Exam