World Literature 1. Ancient to Shakespeare

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • About this course URL
  • Announcements Forum
• Day 1
  

  Day 1

  • Introduction to the course. What is literature? URL
  • Wellek & Warren on the concept of literature URL
• Day 2
  

  Day 2

  • The invention of writing and the earliest literature URL
• Day 3. The Epic of Gilgamesh
  

  Day 3. The Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Gilgamesh I-II

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh. Text (pdf) URL
  • Gilgamesh PowerPoint Presentation URL
  • Gilgamesh: Part 2. Podcast (24:31) URL
  • Tablet I. Study questions URL
  • Tablet II. Study questions URL
• Day 4. The Epic of Gilgamesh
  

  Day 4. The Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Gilgamesh III-V
    

  • Tablet III. Study questions URL
  • Tablet IV. Study questions URL
  • Tablet V. Study questions URL
• Day 5. The Epic of Gilgamesh
  

  Day 5. The Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Gilgamesh VI-IX
    

  • Tablet VI. Study questions URL
  • Tablet VII. Study questions URL
  • Tablet VIII. Study questions URL
  • Tablet IX. Study questions URL
• Edit Day 6. The Epic of Gilgamesh
  

  Edit Day 6. The Epic of Gilgamesh

  • Gilgamesh X-XI
    

  • Tablet X. Study questions URL
  • Tablet XI. Study questions URL
• Day 7. Ancient Egyptian Poetry
  

  Day 7. Ancient Egyptian Poetry

  • Akhenaten. Hymn to the Sun URL
  • Akhenaten on "In Our Time" at the BBC. URL
  • Reading questions URL
• Day 8. The Hebrew Bible. Introduction
  

  Day 8. The Hebrew Bible. Introduction

  • Introduction URL
  • Genesis: Part 1. Podcast URL
• Day 9. The Hebrew Bible. Genesis 1-3
  

  Day 9. The Hebrew Bible. Genesis 1-3

  • Introduction URL
  • Study Questions URL
• Day 10. "The Song of Songs"
  

  Day 10. "The Song of Songs"

  • Text URL
  • Introduction URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 11. Ancient Greece
  

  Day 11. Ancient Greece

  • Introduction URL
• Day 12. Greek Theater
  

  Day 12. Greek Theater

  • Introduction URL
• Day 13. Aristotle. "Poetics"
  

  Day 13. Aristotle. "Poetics"

  • "Poetics". Text URL
  • Introduction URL
  • Reading Questions URL
  • Aristotle: Poetics URL

    Joe Sachs. International Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Day 14. Euripides. "Medea"
  

  Day 14. Euripides. "Medea"

  • Study Guide URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 15. Euripides. "Medea"
  

  Day 15. Euripides. "Medea"

  • Continue readings from Day 14.

• Day 16. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"
  

  Day 16. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"

  • Background URL
  • "Lysistrata". Text URL
  • Study Guide URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 17. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"
  

  Day 17. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"

  • Continue readings from Day 16.

• Day 18. Plato’s Apology of Socrates
  

  Day 18. Plato’s Apology of Socrates

  • "Apology". Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
  • Introduction URL
• Day 19. Plato’s Apology of Socrates
  

  Day 19. Plato’s Apology of Socrates

  • Continue readings from Day 18.

• Day 20. Roman Love Poetry. Catullus
  

  Day 20. Roman Love Poetry. Catullus

  • Poems URL

    Read poems 2, 5, 8, 11, 51, 58, 70, 72, 72, 76, 83, 85, 86, 87, 109

  • Podcast by Dr. Rick Albright URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 21. Roman Love Poetry. Catullus
  

  Day 21. Roman Love Poetry. Catullus

  • Continue readings from Day 20.

• Day 22. Somadeva. "The Red Lotus of Chastity"
  

  Day 22. Somadeva. "The Red Lotus of Chastity"

  • Text URL
  • Introduction URL
  • Lecture notes by Jay Cochran URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 23. The Story of Yingying
  

  Day 23. The Story of Yingying

  • Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 24. Rise of Islam and Islamic literature
  

  Day 24. Rise of Islam and Islamic literature

  • Introduction URL
• Day 25. The Koran. 4. Women; 5. Table
  

  Day 25. The Koran. 4. Women; 5. Table

  • 4. Women. Text URL
  • 5. The Table URL
• Day 26. The Thousand and One Nights
  

  Day 26. The Thousand and One Nights

  • The Story of the Merchant and the Genie URL
• Day 27. The Middle Ages
  

  Day 27. The Middle Ages

  • Medieval Britain URL
  • Medieval Religious Knights URL
• Day 28. Beowulf
  

  Day 28. Beowulf

  • Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 29. Beowulf
  

  Day 29. Beowulf

  • Continue readings from Day 28.

• Day 30. Beowulf
  

  Day 30. Beowulf

  • Continue readings from Day 28.
    

• Day 31. Beowulf
  

  Day 31. Beowulf

  • Continue readings from Day 28.
    

• Day 32. Marie de France
  

  Day 32. Marie de France

  • Introduction URL
  • Lanval URL
  • Laustic URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 33. Chaucer. "General Prologue"
  

  Day 33. Chaucer. "General Prologue"

  • "General Prologue". Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 34. Chaucer. "The Miller's Tale"
  

  Day 34. Chaucer. "The Miller's Tale"

  • "The Miller's Tale". Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 35. Renaissance Humanism
  

  Day 35. Renaissance Humanism

  • Introduction URL
  • Renaissance Humanism URL
• Day 36. Michel de Montaigne
  

  Day 36. Michel de Montaigne

  • Montaigne. From "Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy" URL
  • "Of Cannibals". Text URL
  • "Of the Inconsistencies of Our Actions". Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Machiavelli. "The Prince"
  

  Machiavelli. "The Prince"

  • "The Prince". Text URL
  • Introduction URL
  • Study Guide URL
  • Reading Questions URL
• Day 38. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
  

  Day 38. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"

  • "Hamlet". Text URL
  • Reading Questions URL
  • Act I
    

• Day 39. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
  

  Day 39. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"

  • Act II
    

• Day 40. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
  

  Day 40. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"

  • ACT III
    

• Day 41. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
  

  Day 41. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"

  • ACT IV
    

• Day 42. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
  

  Day 42. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"

  • ACT V