Beginnings to A.D. 100-1500
January 16: Introduction: "Working for you."
18: Hebrew, The Bible: the Old Testament (60-71)
Homer, The Odyssey (270-303)
23: The Odyssey (303-36); Egyptian poetry (44-48)
25: Chinese Books of Songs (534-545);
Virgil, Aeneid (668-83)
30: Ramayana (581-612)
February 1: Paper # 1; Exam # 1
100-1500
6: New Testament (715-722);
Yuan chen, "Ying-ying" (841-48)
8: Kalidasa, Sakuntala and the Ring (750-811)
13: Thousand and One Nights (926-948); Tu Fu (834-38)
15: Reading Day
20: Shikibu, Tale of Genji (1364-1393)
Marie de France, Eliduc (998-1010)
22: Paper # 2 due; Exam # 2
1500-1800
27: Cervantes, Don Quixote (1527-1560)
March 1: Don Quixote (1560-1603)
6: Don Quixote (1603-1629); Popul Vuh (1746-1759)
8: Voltaire, Candide (2037-2067)
* * * Spring Break * * *
20: Candide (2067-2101); Basho, "The Narrow Road of the
Interior" (2112-2134)
1800-1900
22: Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades" (2286-2305)
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler (2480-2499)
27: Hedda Gabler (2499-2573)
29: Paper # 3; Exam # 3
1900-2000
April: 3: Navajo, "The Night Chant" (2614-18)
Tagore, "Punishment" (2621-2627)
Lu Xun, "Diary of a Madman" (2726-35)
5: T.B.A.
10: Brecht, Mother Courage (2817-2846)
12: Mother Courage (2846-2871);
Borges, "The Garden of the Forking Paths" (2874-81)
17: Nobuo, "The American School" (2896-2919)
19: Gordimer, "Oral History" (2923-2931)
24: Research Paper Due
26: Review
May 1: Final Exam 9:00-12:00 (section 03)
3: Final Exam 9:00-12:00 (section 02)
Course Requirements: read--before the dates shown--the material
specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take short quizzes (average=100
points); write two 1-page papers on assigned topics (100 points); take
two 45-minute exams on the reading (100 points); write one two-page paper
(100 points) and one 75-minute exam (100 points); write one paper involving
research (100 points); write an essay final exam (200 points). 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.
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 here.