Course: World Literature 1. Ancient to Shakespeare

Topic outline

General
- About this course URL
- Announcements Forum
Day 1
- Introduction to the course. What is literature? URL
- Wellek & Warren on the concept of literature URL
Day 2
- The invention of writing and the earliest literature URL
Day 3. 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
- 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
- Gilgamesh X-XI
- Tablet X. Study questions URL
- Tablet XI. Study questions URL
Day 7. Ancient Egyptian Poetry
Day 8. The Hebrew Bible. Introduction
- Introduction URL
- Genesis: Part 1. Podcast URL
Day 9. The Hebrew Bible. Genesis 1-3
- Introduction URL
- Study Questions URL
Day 10. "The Song of Songs"
Day 11. Ancient Greece
- Introduction URL
Day 12. Greek Theater
- Introduction URL
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"
- Study Guide URL
- Reading Questions URL
Day 15. Euripides. "Medea"
- Continue readings from Day 14.
Day 16. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"
Day 17. Aristophanes. "Lysistrata"
- Continue readings from Day 16.
Day 18. Plato’s Apology of Socrates
Day 19. Plato’s Apology of Socrates
- Continue readings from Day 18.
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
- Continue readings from Day 20.
Day 22. Somadeva. "The Red Lotus of Chastity"
Day 23. The Story of Yingying
- Text URL
- Reading Questions URL
Day 24. Rise of Islam and Islamic literature
- Introduction URL
Day 25. The Koran. 4. Women; 5. Table
- 4. Women. Text URL
- 5. The Table URL
Day 26. The Thousand and One Nights
- The Story of the Merchant and the Genie URL
Day 27. The Middle Ages
- Medieval Britain URL
- Medieval Religious Knights URL
Day 28. Beowulf
- Text URL
- Reading Questions URL
Day 29. Beowulf
- Continue readings from Day 28.
Day 30. Beowulf
- Continue readings from Day 28.
Day 31. Beowulf
- Continue readings from Day 28.
Day 32. Marie de France
Day 33. Chaucer. "General Prologue"
- "General Prologue". Text URL
- Reading Questions URL
Day 34. Chaucer. "The Miller's Tale"
- "The Miller's Tale". Text URL
- Reading Questions URL
Day 35. Renaissance Humanism
- Introduction URL
- Renaissance Humanism URL
Day 36. Michel de Montaigne
Machiavelli. "The Prince"
Day 38. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
- "Hamlet". Text URL
- Reading Questions URL
- Act I
Day 39. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
- Act II
Day 40. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
- ACT III
Day 41. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
- ACT IV
Day 42. Shakespeare. "Hamlet"
- ACT V