| Week |
Day |
Date |
In-Class Subject/Activity |
DUE THIS DAY |
| 1 |
W |
09-Jan |
Intros/ Syllabus |
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F |
13-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Gilgamesh (Volume A) pp 99-112 |
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| 2 |
M |
14-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Gilgamesh pp 112-132 |
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W |
16-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Gilgamesh pp 132-151 |
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F |
18-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
The Odyssey Book VIII (Volume A) pp 412-426 |
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| 3 |
M |
21-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
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W |
23-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
The Odyssey Book IX and X (pp 426-451) |
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F |
25-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Sir Gawain and GK (Volume B) Section I |
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| 4 |
M |
28-Jan |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Sir Gawain and GK Section II |
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W |
30-Feb |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Sir Gawain and GK Section III |
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F |
1-Feb |
Heroes: Discussion/ quiz |
Sir Gawain and GK Section IV |
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| 5 |
M |
4-Feb |
Test I |
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W |
6-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Ovid, Metamorphosis Book I (Volume A) |
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F |
8-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Ovid, Metamorphosis Book X |
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| 6 |
M |
10-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Egyptian love poetry, three (your choice) and Sappho, three poems (your choice) (Volume A) |
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W |
13-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Boccaccio, from Decameron: 10th story on 10th day (Volume B) |
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F |
15-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Thousand and One Nights "Prologue" "Ox and Donkey" "Merchant and Wife" (Volume B) |
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| 7 |
M |
18-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Thousand and One Nights, "Merchant and Demon" [all] |
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W |
20-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Chaucer, from CT: General Prologue (Volume B) |
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F |
22-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Chaucer, Miller's Tale |
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| 8 |
M |
25-Feb |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Chaucer, Wife of Bath Prologue and Tale |
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W |
27-Feb |
No class |
No class |
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F |
1-Mar |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Chaucer, wrap-up and test review |
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| 9 |
M |
4-Mar |
Lovers: Discussion, quiz |
Test II |
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W |
6-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Acts 1-2 (Volume C) |
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F |
8-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
Shakespeare, Hamlet Acts 3-5 |
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| 10 |
M |
11-Mar |
Spring Break |
No Class |
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W |
13-Mar |
Spring Break |
No Class |
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F |
15-Mar |
Spring Break |
No Class |
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| 11 |
M |
18-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
HAMLET (prep) |
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W |
20-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
HAMLET (performance) |
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F |
22-Mar |
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS |
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| 12 |
M |
25-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
Cervantes, Don Quixote, Prologue and I Know Who I Am (Volume C) |
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W |
27-Mar |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz, research paper assigned |
Cervantes, Don Quixote, Fighting the Windmills and Fighting the Sheep |
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F |
28-Mar |
NO CLASS |
NO CLASS |
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| 13 |
M |
1-Apr |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
Cervantes, Part II, Prologue, Put Into a Book |
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W |
3-Apr |
Visionary or Mad?: Discussion, quiz |
Cervantes, Last Duel and Homecoming and Death |
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F |
5-Apr |
Test III |
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| 14 |
M |
8-Apr |
Scholars: Discussion/ quiz |
Plato, The Apology (http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html) |
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W |
10-Apr |
Meet in library |
Research day. Rough thesis/ outline due emailed by 5pm.
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F |
12-Apr |
Scholars: Discussion/ quiz |
Aristotle, Poetics (see uploaded file) |
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| 15 |
M |
15-Apr |
Scholars: Discussion/ quiz |
Confucius, Analects (see uploaded file). Works Cited due. |
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W |
17-Apr |
Peer review |
Machiavelli, Princely Virtues, Fortune is a Woman, Roman Dream (Volume C) Complete draft of research paper due. |
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M |
22-Apr |
1:10-3:10 |
Test IV and Paper Due |
