Fall:
8/31, W Introduction; Homer Odyssey, Books 1-4.
9/2, F Homer, Odyssey 5-8.
9/5, M Homer, Odyssey 9-12.
9/7, W Homer, Odyssey 13-16.
9/9, F Homer, Odyssey 17-20.
9/12, M Homer, Odyssey 21-24.
9/14, W Sappho.
9/16, F Sappho.
9/19, M Sophocles, Antigone.
9/21, W Sophocles, Antigone.
9/23, F Euripides, Medea.
9/26, M Euripides, Medea.
9/28, W Plato, Apology.
9/30, F Plato, Symposium 1-44.
10/3, M Plato, Symposium 45-60.
10/5, W Plato, Symposium 61-77.
10/7, F The Tanakh, Genesis 1-11.
10/10, M Fall Break
10/12, W Genesis 12-22.
10/14, F Exodus 1-23, 32.
10/17, M Amos.
10/19, W Job.
10/21, F Virgil, Aeneid 1-2.
10/24, M Virgil, Aeneid 3-4.
10/26, M Virgil, Aeneid 5-6.
10/28, F Virgil, Aeneid 7-8.
10/31, M Virgil, Aeneid 9-10.
11/2, W Virgil, Aeneid 11-12.
11/4, F Sallust, Catiline, 175-214.
11/7, M Sallust, Catiline, 215-233.
11/9, W The Bible, New Revised Standard Version, The Gospel of Luke, 1-11.
11/11, F The Gospel of Luke, 12-21;
11/14, M The Gospel of Luke, 22-24.
11/16, W Romans.
11/18, F Romans.
Thanksgiving Break
11/28, M Augustine, Confessions 1-3.
11/30, W Augustine, Confession 4-6.
12/2, F Augustine, Confessions 7.
12/5, M Augustine, Confessions 8-9.
12/7, W Augustine, Confessions 10.
12/9, F Augustinian synthesis.
12/xx, x x-xx Final Exam
Spring:
1/18, W Kant, What Is Enlightenment?.
1/20, F Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 1-3.
1/23, M Descartes, Discourse on Method, part 4.
1/25, W Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 5 and 6.
1/27, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1.
1/30, M Shakespeare, Othello, Acts 2-3.
2/1, W Shakespeare, Othello, Act 4.
2/3, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 5.
2/6, M Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 1-4.
2/8, W Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 5-6.
2/10, F Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 7-9.
2/13, M Voltaire, Candide, ch. 1-13.
2/15, W Voltaire, Candide, ch. 14-21.
2/17, F Voltaire, Candide, ch. 22-30.
2/20, M Presidents’ Day Break / no classes
2/22, W Mozart, Don Giovanni.
2/24, F Mozart, Don Giovanni.
2/27, M Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Preface and Section 1.
3/1, W Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Section 2 (to marg. 428).
3/3, F Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Section 2 (remainder).
3/6, M Keats: "Bright Star"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud", "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold".
3/8, W Wordsworth: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey".
3/10, F Keats: "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy".
Spring Break
3/27, M Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital.
3/29, W Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital and Communist Manifesto.
3/31, F Marx and Engels, Communist Manifesto, continued.
4/3, M Darwin, Origin of Species, 27-30, 41-94, 115-121 (white cover); 25-28, 38-99, 115-123 (brown cover).
4/5, W Darwin, Origin of Species, continued.
4/7, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Preface and First Essay.
4/10, M Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, sections 1-12.
4/12, W Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, sections 13-25.
4/14, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Third Essay, sections 1, 8-15, 22-24, 27-28.
4/17, M Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act 1.
4/19, W Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Acts 2-3.
4/21, F Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act 4.
4/24, M, Goldman, The Traffic in Women (19-32) and Marriage and Love (37-46).
4/26, W Morrison, Beloved 1-52 (3-49, earlier version).
4/28, F Morrison, Beloved 53-111 (50-105, earlier version).
5/1, M Morrison, Beloved 112-174 (106-165, earlier version).
5/3, W Morrison, Beloved 177-247 (169-235, earlier version).
5/5, F Morrison, Beloved 251-end (239-end, earlier version).
5/8, M Final Review.
5/xx, x x-xx Final Exam