Dr. Mary E. Martin

English 208: Foundations of World Literature

All readings are from the Norton Anthology, Volumes A, B, and C.
Each student is responsible for keeping up with changes made in the calendar..

 

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Aug 25

 TR classes begin

Introduction:  The labyrinth

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Aug 27

Invention of Writing..., pp. 3-9 

Gilgamesh, pp. 10-17.

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Aug 28

Last day to add/drop without Dean’s permission

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Sept 1

Gilgamesh, pp. 17-41. 

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Sept 3

Due:  Student presentation of Early period/Mesopotamia 

India's Heroic Age, pp. 881-889

The Ramayana, pp. 890-922.

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Sept 7

Winthrop is open on Labor Day

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Sept 8

Last day to change S/U options

The Ramayana, pp. 922-953.

Due:  student presentation on India's Heroic Age/Period.

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Sept 10

 The Formation of Religious and Philosophical Codes:
Akhenaten's "Hymn to the Sun," pp. 41-46
                        "The Leiden Hymns," pp. 46-49
Genesis 1-2, pp. 56-59
Genesis 4, 6-9, 11, pp. 59-63.

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Sept 15

The Bhagavad-Gita, pp. 1010-1028

Poetry and Thought in Early China, pp. 805-811

Chuang Chou, pp; 832-833

              Chapters 1-3, pp. 834-846. 

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Sept 17

Ancient Greece and the Formation of the Western Mind, pp. 105-113

Homer, pp. 114-119

The Iliad, Book 1, pp. 120-136. 

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Sept 22

The Iliad, Books VI, XXII, XXLV, 136-146, and 192-225. 

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Sept 24

 The Odyssey, Books 5 and 6, pp. 278-297

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Sept 29

 The Odyssey, Books 7-16, pp. 297-429

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Oct 1

the Odyssey, Book 21, pp. 483-494, Book 23, pp. 507-516.

Due:  student presentation on Ancient Greece 

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Oct 6

 due:  Short writing assignment. (don't forget turnitin)

Sopochles, pp. 612-616

Antigone, pp. 658-693

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Oct 8

Review for Midterm exam 

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Oct 13

 In-class midterm exam. DO NOT MISS CLASS

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Oct 15

India's Classical Age (Vol. B), pp. 1251-1257 

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Oct 19

Fall Break

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Oct 20

Fall Break

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Oct 21

Advising for Spring 09 begins

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Oct 22

Kalidasa, 1267-1270

Sakuntala, pp. 1271-1332

India's Classical Age Report. 

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Oct 23

Last day to withdraw from courses (automatic ‘N’) without documentation of extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind S/U option.

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Oct 27

The Roman Empire, pp. 1041-1045. Virgil, pp. 1052-54

The Aeneid, Bks. 1 and 2, pp. 1055- 1085   

Bks. 4 and 6, pp. 1085-1125. 

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Oct 29

Report on the Roman Empire.

From Roman Empire to Christian Europe, pp. 1201-1205

The Formation of Western Literature, pp. 1621-1625

Dante, The Divine Comedy, Cantos 1,2, and 3, pp. 1826-1845..

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Nov 3

Dante, Cantos 4, 5, and 8,  pp. 1845-1852, and 1857-1860

Cantos 26, pp. 1913-1916; Canto 32, pp. 1932-1936; Cantos 33-34, pp. 1936-1942.

From Roman Empire to Christian Europe report 

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Nov 4

Pre-registration begins

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Nov 5

Native America and Europe in the New World (Vol. C), pp. 3063-3069

Popol Vuh,  pp. 3076-3092. 

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Nov 10

Native America And Europe in the New World Report.

The Rise of Islam and Islamic Literature, pp.1419-1425

Rumi, pp. 1541-49

Second short essay due.

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Nov 12

Rumi, Handouts.

The Rise of Islam and Islamic Literature Report 

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Nov 17

The Thousand and One Nights, pp. 1566-1618

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Nov 19

Africa, pp. 2409-2414

Epic of San Jara, pp. 2415-2429 

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Nov 24

Epic of San Jara, pp. 2429-2462.

Africa Report 

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Nov 25

Thanksgiving Break begins. No classes.

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Dec 1

The Renaissance in Europe, pp. 2465-2475.

Machiavelli, pp. 2517-2520; The Prince, pp.2521-2534

Montaigne, pp.2632-2635; Of Cannibals, pp. 2644-2653 

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Dec 3

Mystical Poetry of India, pp. 2373-2377

Kabir, pp. 2396-2401

Mirabai, pp. 2401-2405

Renaissance in Europe report 

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Dec 7

 Last Day of Classes

Mystical Poetry of India report

Review for final exam

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Dec 8

Study Day

 

 

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