Summer 2008 Calendar
Unless otherwise indicated, the numerals following the titles of the works listed below refer to the major divisions of the work in question--for Homer and Vergil, "books"; for Dante, "cantos"; and for Petrarch, individual poems.
By midnight (i.e., one minute after 11:59 pm, Sundays through Thursdays) on this date . . . |
students should have read the assignments below, and submitted responses to questions about the readings posted in the Discussion Area of Blackboard. The instructor will post his responses by noon the following day--make sure you attend to any followup questions. |
| 13 July | Course introduction. Go to the Discussion Area in Blackboard, find the "Introductions" forum, and introduce yourself. Please also submit a response to the "What is literature, and why is it important?" forum. Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on Mycenaean Greece, the Trojan War, and Homer. Post any questions you have in the "Ancient Greece and Homer" forum. |
| 14 July | Homer, Iliad 1, 2 (lines 1-583 only), 3-4. |
| 15 July | Homer, Iliad 5-6, 8 (lines 1-90, 566-654 only), 9. |
| 16 July | Homer, Iliad 16, 18, 19 (lines 333-356 only), 22, 24. |
| 17 July | Vergil, Aeneid 1-2, 4. Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on ancient Rome and Vergil before answering the questions in the Discussion Area. |
| 20 July | Vergil, Aeneid 6, 8 (lines 725-859), 10 (lines 524-1079), 12 (lines 808-1113). |
| 21 July | The Bhagavad Gita. |
| 22 July | MIDTERM EXAM : The three parts of the exam (multiple choice, quotation, essay) will be available in the Exams area in Blackboard by midnight on 21 July (the instructor will submit his comments immediately after the midnight deadline on this day). You have until midnight on 22 July, to complete the multiple choice section (note that this portion of the exam cannot be retaken). The quotation analysis and essay portions of the exam are due at midnight on that day as well (please submit these in a single document). Please read the information on exams before taking the exam. |
| 23 July | The New Testament, Sermon on the Mount (King James Version) (Matthew 5-7); selections from Augustine's Confessions; selections from Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae. (Blackboard). Dante, Inferno 1-4. |
| 24 July | Dante, Inferno 5-6, 10, 13, 14-15, 26-27, 32-34.. |
| 27 July | Introduction to the Renaissance. Go to the Discussion Area in Blackboard for instructions on today's assignment. Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux" and selections from the Canzoniere. (Blackboard) |
| 28 July | Lazarillo de Tormes. |
| 29 July | Voltaire, Candide. |
| 30 July | Kafka, The Metamorphosis. |
| 31 July-1 August | FINAL EXAM : The three parts of the exam (multiple choice, quotation, essay) will be available in the Exams area in Blackboard by midnight 30 July. You have until midnight on 1 August to complete the multiple choice section (note that this portion of the exam cannot be retaken). The quotation analysis and essay portions of the exam are due at midnight on that day as well (please submit both sections in a single document). Please read the information on exams before taking the exam. |