World Literature I Fall 2009 Calendar
Updated 11/10/09
The texts listed for each day indicate the work discussed that
day in class, not homework for the next class. As with any college class,
it is YOUR
Each week’s reading is a week’s worth of work! Give
yourself a week! Also, READ THE INTRODUCTION TO EACH
Thread One: Systems of Belief
August 25
Introduction
to Course
In-class
writing sample
September 1
Vol. A: Gilgamesh
September 8
Vol. A: Genesis 1-3,
6-9, 39-46; Psalms 8 & 19
Vol.
B: The Koran, Suras
1, 4, 12, 55, 71, 76
September 15
Vol. A: The
Bhagavad-Gita
Vol. B: T’ang Poetry: Wang Wei, Han-Shan
Thread Two: Epic Poetry
September 22
NO
CLASS
Meet
at the Dallas Museum of Art Saturday, 09/26 from 11am-1pm in lieu of
class. Handout is available on the
Assignments and Handouts page and will be given at the museum.
September 29
Introduction to The Iliad
(handout)
Vol. A: The Iliad,
Books I and VI
October 6
Vol. A:
The Iliad: Books VIII, IX, XVI
October 13
Vol.
B: Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight
Review
for Midterm Exam
Essay 1
Rough Draft DUE by
October 20
CLASS
CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS
Thread Three: Theater and Civic Life
October 27
Midterm
Exam
You may bring 1 page of notes (front
and back) to the exam. You will turn in
your notes with your exam.
November 3
Vol. A: The Oresteia
(all)
Essay 1 Final Draft DUE on by 7pm
turnitin.com ONLY (deadline extended due to technical problems with
turnitin.com)
November 10
Vol. B: Nō Drama: “Haku Rakuten”
Vol.
B: Sakuntala
and the Ring of Recollection
November 17
Vol. C: Othello, Acts 1-3
Essay 2
Rough Draft DUE by
Thread Four: Prose and the Art of Storytelling
November 24
Vol. C: Othello,
Acts 4-5
Vol.
B: “Lanval,” “Laustic”
December 1
Vol.
B: 1001
Nights: Prologue, Nights 1-8 (stop before “The Story of the Fisherman and
the Demon”)
Vol.
B: The Decameron
Review for Final Exam
Essay 2
Final Draft DUE by
December 8
Final
Exam
You
may bring 1 page of notes (front and back) to the exam. You will turn in your notes with your exam.