Texts for the Fall Semester.
Diana Hacker, A Pocket Style Manual, 3rd ed, St. Martins, 0-312-20488-4
Homer, The Odyssey, trans. R. Fagles, Viking-Penguin, 0-140-44529-3
Sappho, trans. Mary Barnard, U. of California Press, 0-520-01117-1
Sophocles I, ed. Grene and Lattimore, 2nd ed., U. of Chicago, 0-226-30792-1
Euripides I, ed. Grene and Lattimore, U. of Chicago, 0-226-30780-8
Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates, trans. G.M.A. Gruber, Hackett, 0-915144-15-8
Plato, Symposium, trans. Nehamas and Woodruff, Hackett, 0-87220-076-0
Tanakh, Jewish Publication Society, 0-8276-0366-5
Virgil, The Aeneid of Virgil, trans. Mandelbaum, Bantam, 0-553-21041-6
Sallust, The Jugurthine War / The Conspiracy of Catiline, Penguin, 0-14-044132-8
New Oxford Annotated Bible, Oxford, 0-19-528411-9
Augustine, Confessions, trans. Pine-Coffin, Penguin, 0-14-044114-x
Schedule of Readings
9/1, W Homer, Odyssey Book 1-4.
9/3, F Homer, Odyssey 5-8.
9/6, M Homer, Odyssey 9-12.
9/8, W Homer, Odyssey 13-16.
9/10, F Homer, Odyssey 17-20.
9/13, M Homer, Odyssey 21-24.
9/15, W Sappho
9/17, F Sappho
9/20, M Sophocles, Antigone
9/22, W Sophocles, Antigone
9/24, F Euripides, Medea
9/27, M Euripides, Medea
9/27, M, 7 p.m., Maxey Auditorium. Kimball Lecture: Prof. Ruby Blondell, "How do you solve a problem like Medea?" (Attendance required of all Core student s.)
9/29, W tragedy comparison
10/1, F Plato, Apology
10/4, M Plato, Symposium 1-44.
10/6, W Plato, Symposium 45-60.
10/8, F Plato, Symposium 61-77.
10/11, M Fall Break
10/13, W The Tanakh, Genesis 1-11.
10/15, F Genesis 12-22.
10/18, M Exodus 1-23, 32.
10/20, W Amos
10/22, F Job
10/25, M Job
10/27, W Virgil, Aeneid 1-2
10/29, F Virgil, Aeneid 3-4
11/1, M Virgil, Aeneid 6, 8
11/3, W Virgil, Aeneid 10, 12
11/5, F Sallust, Catiline, 175-214
11/8, M Catiline, 215-233
11/10, W The Bible, New Revised Standard Version, The Gospel of Luke, 1-11
11/12, F The Gospel of Luke, 12-21.
11/15, M The Gospel of Luke, 22-24.
11/17, W Romans
11/19, F Romans
Thanksgiving Break
11/29, M Augustine, Confessions 1-3.
12/1, W Augustine, Confessions 4-6.
12/3, F Augustine, Confessions 7.
12/6, M Augustine, Confessions 8-9.
12/8, W Augustine, Confessions 10.
12/10, F Augustinian synthesis
12/xx, x final exam time
Texts for the Spring Semester
Descartes, Discourse on Method, trans. D. Cress, Hackett, 0-915144-83-2
Shakespeare, Othello, ed. Gerald Bentley, Penguin, 0-14-071410-3
Locke, Second Treatise of Government, ed. C.B. Macpherson, Hackett, 0- 915144-86-7
Voltaire, Candide, trans. D.M. Frame, Signet, 0-451-52426-8
Mozart, Don Giovanni, Dover, 0486249441
Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, trans. J. Ellington, Hackett, 0-87220-166-x
English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology, ed. S. Appelbaum, Dover, 048692827
Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto. International, 0-7178-0241-8
Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital, International, 0-7178-0470-4
Darwin, The Origin of Species, ed. P. Appleman, Norton, 0-393-09219-4
Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, trans. W. Kaufmann, Vintage, 394-70401-0
Ibsen, Four Major Plays: Vol 1, trans. R. Fjelde, Signet, 0-451-52406-3
Goldman, The Traffic in Women, Times Change Press, 0-87810-001-6
Morrison, Beloved. Plume. 0-452-26446-4
Schedule of Readings
1/19, W Kant, What Is Enlightenment?
1/21, F Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 1 and 2
1/24, M Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 3 and 4
1/26, W Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 5 and 6
1/28, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1
1/31, M Shakespeare, Othello, Acts 2-3
2/2, W Shakespeare, Othello, Acts 4
2/4, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 5
2/7, M Locke, Second Treatise on Government Ch. 1-4.
2/9, W Locke, Second Treatise on Government Ch. 5-6.
2/11, F Locke, Second Treatise on Government Ch. 7-9.
2/14, M Voltaire, Candide, ch. 1-13
2/16, W Voltaire, Candide, ch. 14-21
2/18, F Voltaire, Candide, ch. 22-30
2/21, M Presidents' Day Break / no classes
2/21, M 7:30 p.m. Maxey Auditorium. Film version of Mozart's "Don Giovanni", starring Raimondi, Te Kanawa, et al. Musical direction by Maazel; film direction by Losey. Length of film: three hours.
2/22, T 7:30 p.m. Maxey Auditorium. Film version of Mozart's "Don Giovanni", starring Raimondi, Te Kanawa, et al. Musical direction by Maazel; film direction by Losey. Length of film: three hours.
2/23, W Mozart, Don Giovanni, all
2/25, F Mozart, Don Giovanni
2/28, M Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Preface and Section 1.
3/2, W Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Section 2 to marg. 428.
3/4, F Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals Section 2 remainder.
3/7, M Keats: "Bright Star"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold"
3/9, W Wordsworth: " Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"
3/11, F Keats: "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "On Melancholy"
Spring Break
3/28, M Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital
3/30, W Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital and Communist Manifesto.
4/1, F Marx, Communist Manifesto
4/4, M Darwin, Origin of Species, 27-30, 41-75
4/6, W Darwin, Origin of Species, 75-94, 115-121
4/8, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals Preface and First Essay
4/11, M Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals Second Essay, sections 1-12
4/13, W Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals Second Essay, sections 13-25
4/15, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals Third Essay, sections 1, 8-15, 22-24, 27-28
4/18, M Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, act 1
4/20, W Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, acts 2-3
4/22, F Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, act 4
4/25, M Goldman, The Traffic in Women (19-32) and Marriage and Love (37-46)
4/27, W Morrison, Beloved 1-52 (3-49, earlier version).
4/29, F Morrison, Beloved 53-111 (50-105, earlier version).
5/2, M Morrison, Beloved 112-174 (106-165, earlier version) to the end of section one.
5/4, W Morrison, Beloved 177-247 (169-235, earlier version) to the end of section two.
5/6, F Morrison, Beloved 251-end (239-end, earlier version).
5/9, M Final Review
5/xx, X final exam time