Syllabus: addresses, requirements, calendar
 

Calendar (paper due dates are boxed):

8/26
 
poems
8/29
 
lecture 8/31
 
Odyssey, 1–4 9/2
 
Odyssey, 5–6, 8–9
9/5
 
Odyssey, 10–13 9/7
 
Odyssey, 16–19 9/9
 
Odyssey, 21–24
9/12 lecture 9/14
notes
Keim, Mistaking Africa
Ben Bly
9/16
notes
Sunjata epic
Austin Shurtz
9/19
notes
Kebra Nagast
Josh Day
9/21
notes
African arts (assignment)
Derek Woods
9/23
notes
Ngugi, The River Between
John Moore
9/26
notes
Negritude poetry
Max Bader
9/28
 
Emecheta, Joys of Motherhood
Mike Karam
9/30
notes
Emecheta (cont’d)
Pat Maguire
10/3 lecture 10/5
notes
Ba, So Long a Letter
Emmanuel Valmé
10/7
 
Sembene, Guelwar
Renny Esser
10/10 lecture 10/12
notes
Hesiod & Greek religion
Shaun Rico
midsemester break
10/17
notes
Euripides, Bacchae
Ryan Grand
10/19
 
Lysias (trial oration)
Danny Heslep
10/21
 
Sophocles, Antigone
Paul Stolarczuk
10/24
 
Thucydides sels. I
Matt Olivarez
10/26
notes
Thucydides sels. II
Ben Bly
10/28
 
Aristophanes, The Clouds
Mike Karam
10/31
notes
Plato, Republic I
Austin Shurtz
11/2
notes
Plato, Apology
Shaun Rico
11/4
notes
Greek art (Parthenon)
Josh Day
11/7 lecture 11/9
notes
Book of Songs, Li Po
Derek Woods
11/11
notes
Confucius, Analects
Pat Maguire
11/14
notes
Mencius
John Moore
11/16
 
Han Fei Tzu
Paul Stolarczuk
11/18
notes
Fifteen Strings of Cash
Max Bader
Thanksgiving break
11/28 lecture 11/30
notes
notes
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Shaun Rico
Derek Woods
12/2
 
Chuang Tzu
Danny Heslep
12/5
notes
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Ryan Grand
12/7
 
Tu Fu (poetry)
Renny Esser
12/9
 
Chinese painting
Matt Olivarez
12/12 exam