J. Roth
Winter 2009 World Masterpieces 271
Assignments
â = Topics and readings we
will likely cover in class. These are
subject to exams, pop quizzes, etc. Other authors and works listed are open to further
research on your part.
â Gilgamesh, pp. 15-34 â The Bible: The Old Testament, pp. 34-92 â Homer, pp. 100-106 â The Iliad, pp.107-205 (Selected parts) â The Odyssey, pp. 206-495 (Selected parts) Aeschylus, The Oresteia, pp. 506-606 â Sophocles, Oedipus the King, pp. 607-652 Euripides, The Media, pp. 688-720 Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 720-756 Plato, The Apology of Socrates, pp. 756-779 Aristotle, Poetics, pp. 779-784 Ovid, The Metamorphosis, pp. 1023-1064 âThe Bible: The New Testament, pp. 1082-1097 âAugustine, pp. 1113-1141 (Selected parts)
âThe Koran, pp. 1148-1176 âBeowulf, pp. 1174-1247 (Selected parts) The Song of Roland, pp. 1247-1316 âMedieval Lyrics: A Selection, pp. 1380-1424 (Selected poems) âMedieval Tales: A Selection, pp. 1425-1456 (Selected tales) â Dante Alighieri, The Inferno, pp. 1456-1597 (Selected parts) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, pp. 1642-1695 âGeoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, pp. 1696-1769 (Selected parts)
â The Thousand and One Nights, pp. 1769-1821 (Selected parts) Everyman, pp. 1821-1843 âMedieval Women, pp. 1843-1882 (Selected Parts)
âFrancis Petrarch, pp. 1894-1908 (Selected poems) âNiccolo Machiavelli, pp. 1945-1961 â Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, pp. 2217-2221 Part I pp. 2221-2225 Prologue pp. 2226-2242, (Chapters 1-4) pp. 2242-2285 (Chapters 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18) Part II pp. 2298-2301 pp. 2316--2331 (Chapters 14, 15, 16) pp. 2332 –2349 (Chapters 17, 64, 65, 73, 74) â William Shakespeare, Hamlet, pp. 2406-2500 pp. 2406-2446 Introduction plus Act I and Act II pp. 2447-2467 Act III pp. 2468-2500 Act IV and Act V â John Milton, Paradise Lost, pp. 2550-2554 pp. 2555-2584, Introduction plus Books 1 and 4 pp. 2584-2620 Books 8 and 9 pp. 2620-2631 Books 10 and 12 |
