Humanities 211 The Western Tradition, Continuity Fall 2000 Calendar

Calendar of Readings and Assignments (may be adjusted with notice):
Unit One: The Ancient World
Aug 21  Introduction to Course
Aug 23  Homer, Odyssey Bks 1, 3 (WLWC 156-83)
Aug 25  Homer, Odyssey Bks 4-5 (WLWC 183-218)
Aug 28  Homer, Odyssey Bks 9-10 (WLWC 218-46)
Aug 30  Homer, Odyssey Bks 11-12 (WLWC 246-74)
Sep 01  Homer, Odyssey Bks 19, 21 (WLWC 274-301)
Sep 04  LABOR DAY
Sep 06  Homer, Odyssey Bks 22-24 (WLWC 301-26)
Sep 08  Sappho (WLWC 326-334)
Sep 11  Sophocles, Antigone (WLWC 409-45)
Sep 13  Aristophanes, Lysistrata (WLWC 481-512)
Sep 15  Plato, "Allegory of the Cave" (WLWC 534-39)
Sep 18  Plato, Apology and Phaedo (excerpt) (WLWC 516-34)
Sep 20  Anon., Job 1-19, 29-31, 38-42 (WLWC 729-751)
Sep 22  St Matthew, "Sermon on the Mount" (WLWC 765-68); Confucius, Analects (WLWC 870-74)
Sep 25  Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (WLWC 828-833); Anon., The Gospel of Mary (WLWC 878-880)
Sep 27  Epicurus, "Letters to Herodotus and Menoeceus" (Supp 18-26)
Sep 29  Epictetus, Discourses and Manual (Supp 27-36)
Oct 02  TERM EXAM ONE
Unit Two: The Middle Ages and Renaissance
Oct 04   Anon., Bhagavad Gita (WLWC 841-58)
Oct 06   Muhammad, The Koran (WLWC 1418-1443)
Oct 09   Dante, The Inferno (WLWC 968-1048)
Oct 11   Anon., Beowulf (WLWC 1123-85)
Oct 13   Anon., Beowulf (WLWC 1123-85)
Oct 16   Boccaccio, The Decameron (WLWC 1265-67, 1282-87)
Oct 18   Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "General Prologue" (WLWC 1304-24)
Oct 20   Chaucer, "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" (WLWC 1324-48)
Oct 23   Shakespeare, The Tempest (WLWC 1822-59)
Oct 25   Shakespeare, The Tempest (WLWC 1859-98)
Oct 27   Machiavelli, The Prince (WLWC 1627-43)
Oct 30   Lyric Sampler (WLWC 2043-63)
Nov 01   Lyric Sampler (WLWC 2043-63)
Nov 03   TERM EXAM TWO
Unit Three: The Enlightenment and Romantic Periods
Nov 06   PAPER WORKSHOP DAY
Nov 08   Hobbes, Leviathan (Supp 59-69)
Nov 10   Locke, Second Treatise of Government (Supp 70-83)
Nov 13   Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (Supp 84-87)
Nov 15   Voltaire, Candide Chaps. 1-18 (pp. 1-47)
Nov 17   Voltaire, Candide Chaps. 19-30 (pp. 48-87)
Nov 20   British Romantic Poetry (Web or Library Reserve)
Nov 22   NO CLASS
Nov 24   NO CLASS
Nov 27   Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1-72); see Study Aid
Nov 29   Austen, Pride and Prejudice (73-132)
Dec 01   Austen, Pride and Prejudice (133-88)
Dec 04   Austen, Pride and Prejudice (188-262); Paper Due
Dec 06   Dickinson, Selected Poems
Dec 08   Student-led Review
Dec 15   FINAL EXAM, Sec. 05 at 10:30
Dec 15   FINAL EXAM, Sec. 11 at 1:30