English 201-03/04                                                 World Literature                                                 Fall 2005

TR 9:30-10:45; 11:00-12:15 Grainger G18; Dr. Lund (Grainger G10; 395-2168; Office Hours:  MW 11:00-11:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment. http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/lundmc.html

Texts:  All texts except The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard (which is published by Picador) are Dover Thrift Editions or to be read online.

August       30:       Introduction:   "Characters Wanted" (no reading assignment) 

September   1:       Shirley Hazzard, The Great Fire Chpts 1-2; Aristophanes, The Birds (pp. 1-12)

                   6:        The Birds (pp. 13-46); The Great Fire (Chpts 3-4)

                   8:        Voyages 1-3 of Sinbad the Seaman in Arabian Nights; comma splice

                 13:        Voyages 4-7 of Sinbad; The Great Fire (Chpts 5-7)

                 15:        Reading Day; no class meeting

                 20:        Alladin in  Arabian Nights

                 22:        Ali Baba in  Arabian Nights; The Great Fire (Chpts 8-10)

                 27:         The Recognition of Sakuntala, Kalidasa (Acts I-IV)

                 29:        Essay Exam (sample question here)

October     4 :        The Recognition of Sakuntala (Acts V-VII)

                  6:         The Great Fire (Chpt 11)

                11:         Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , The Sorrows of Young Werther (1-39)

                13:         The Great Fire (Chpts 12-14);  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

*  *  *  Fall Break  *  *  *

                 20 :        Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1-44)

                 25:          The Sorrows of Young Werther  (40-88) 

                 27:         The Great Fire (Chpts 15-17); Journey to the Center of the Earth (44-69)

 November 1:          Journey to the Center of the Earth (69-111)

                  8:          Journey to the Center of the Earth (122-155); Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead  (1-16)

                10:          Essay Exam

                15:          Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead (16-67)

                17:          The Great Fire (Chpts 19); Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead (67-106)

                22:          The House of the Dead (106-160)

*  *  *  Thanksgiving  *  *  *

               29:           The House of the Dead (160-206); The Great Fire (Chpt 20)

December 1:           The Great Fire (Chpts 21-22); The House of the Dead (206-221)

                 8:           Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House (Act II-III); Review

               15:           Final Exam: 11:30-2:00 (9:30 class); 3:00-5:30 (11:00 class)

Course Requirements:  read-- before the dates shown--the material specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take
regular short quizzes (average=200 points); write two in-class essay exams (400 points); write an essay final exam (200
points).  Complete a research project.  Some assignments may not be graded.
Grading:  You should save all written work from the course for one semester.  Grading scale:  90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C;
60%=D; less than 60%=F.
Policies:  The make-up work for any absence, excused or unexcused, is a one-page typed essay on the reading including
direct quotations from the text and correct citation (MLA style) for the class missed due at the beginning of the next class
attended.  A superficial essay will result in a quiz grade of zero.
See also 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.  Students are expected to abide by the college Honor Code.
Inclement Weather:  If the college closes for inclement weather, students should continue work as outlined above.

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