11:00/12.15 TTh Grainger G16; Dr. Lund (Stevens 107; 395-2168;
Office Hours: T 1:45-2:45; W 11:00-11:50; and by appointment).
http://www.longwood.edu/staff/lundmc/mlund.html.

Text: Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Translated by Richard Pevear and
Clarissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2007.

August 26: Introduction: "Go World."

28: War and Peace Volume I Part One Chapters I-X (45 pages); Homer, Book I online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/homer/h8o/book1.html

September 2: War and Peace Part One Chapters XI-XV; Part Two Chapters I-III (82 pages)

4: The Odyssey Book XXIII online at http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/homer/h8o/book23.html

9: War and Peace Part Two Chapters IV-XXI (73 pages)

11: Homer, The Iliad Book Six online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/h/homer/h8i/book6.html
Discussion of Assignment # 1.

16: War and Peace Part Three (94 pages)

18: Kalidisha, The Recognition of Sakuntala Act I online at
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16659 Assignment # 1 Due

23: War and Peace Volume II Part One; Part Two Chapters I-XIII (95 pages)

25: Arabian Nights “The First Voyage of Sinbad the Seaman” online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/burton/richard/b97a/

30: War and Peace Volume II Part Two Chapters XIV-XXI; Part Three (94 pages)

October 2: Arabian Nights Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/burton/richard/b97a/an32.html

7: War and Peace Part Four (44 pages) ; Dr. John Mebane, Simpkins Lecturer (“Christianity, Pacifism, and Principles of Justice in Warfare”)

9:  Boccaccio, The Decameron Second Day  Stories II, V, VI  online at
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/decameron/engDecShowText.php?myID=nov0202&expand=day02

* * * Fall Break * * *
16: War and Peace Part Five (65 pages)

21: War and Peace Volume III Part One (79 pages)

23: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Read Chamber Chapter 1
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/cao_xueqin/c2359h ;Basho, "Narrow Road of the Interior" (verses 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 21, 23, 27, 43, 44) online at
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/index.html

28: War and Peace; Part Two, Chapters I-XXIII (88 pages);

30: Cervantes, Don Quixote Chapters 1-3 online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/cervantes/c41d/

November 4: War and Peace; Part Two Chapters XXIV-XXXIX; Part III Chapters I-X (78 pages)

6: Franz Kafka, “In the Penal Colony” online at
http://www.kafka-online.info/in-the-penal-colony.html; Assignment # 2 Due
Research
Cultural material

11: War and Peace Part Three Chapters XI-XXXIII ( 85 pages)

13: Proust, Remembrance of Things Past Chapter 1 (first 14 paragraphs) online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/p/proust/marcel/p96w/chapter1.html

18: War and Peace Volume Four Parts One and Two (94 pages)

20: Contemporary World Literature excerpts:
Monica Ali, Brick Lane online at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1416584072/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/002-9908777-0016837?ie=UTF8&p=S00H#reader-link

Ha Jin, Waiting online at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0375706410/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/102-4146179-0220954?ie=UTF8&p=S00U#reader-link

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Half of a Yellow Sun online at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1400095204/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/103-0228985-4799020?ie=UTF8&p=S00J#reader-link

25: War and Peace Part Three; Part Four (95 pages)


* * * Thanksgiving * * *

December 2: War and Peace Epilogue Part One (49 pages)

4: War and Peace Epilogue Two (35 pages) Assignment # 3 Due

12: Final Exam 3:00-5:30

Course Requirements: read--before the dates shown--the material
specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take short quizzes (av-
erage=200 points); 3 projects (100 points each); make a presentation (100 points) write an essay final exam (200 points).

Grading: You should save all written work from the course for one se-
mester. Grading scale: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less than
60%=F.

Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is the same as
the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.
Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a final
grade one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than
25% of classes may be an automatic F in the course. If the college is
open (even in inclement weather), class will be held. If the college is
closed for any reason, keep reading according to the schedule outlined
here.