2006-2007 Core Schedule of Readings

Fall:

8/30, W Introduction; Homer Odyssey, Books 1-4.

9/1, F Homer, Odyssey 5-8.

9/4, M Homer, Odyssey 9-12.

9/6, W Homer, Odyssey 13-16.

9/8, F Homer, Odyssey 17-20.

9/11, M Homer, Odyssey 21-24.

9/13, W Sappho.

9/15, F Sappho.

9/18, M Sophocles, Antigone.

9/20, W Sophocles, Antigone.

9/22, F Euripides, Medea.

9/25, M Euripides, Medea.

9/27, W Plato, Apology.

9/29, F Plato, Symposium 1-47.

10/2, M Plato, Symposium 48-60.

10/4, W Plato, Symposium 61-77.

10/6, F The Tanakh, Genesis 1-11.

10/9, M Fall Break

10/11, W Genesis 12-22.

10/13, F Exodus 1-23, 32.

10/16, M Amos.

10/18, W Job.

10/20, F Virgil, Aeneid 1-2.

10/23, M Virgil, Aeneid 3-4.

10/25, M Virgil, Aeneid 5-6.

10/27, F Virgil, Aeneid 7-8.

10/30, M Virgil, Aeneid 9-10.

11/1, W Virgil, Aeneid 11-12.

11/3, F Sallust, Catiline, 175-214.

11/3, F, Maxey Auditorium 7:00 p.m.: Professor Alain Gowing of the University of Washington will present a lecture on Sallust's Catiline.

11/6, M Sallust, Catiline, 215-233.

11/8, W The Bible, New Revised Standard Version, The Gospel of Luke, 1-11.

11/10, F The Gospel of Luke, 12-21;

11/13, M The Gospel of Luke, 22-24.

11/15, W Romans.

11/17, F Romans.

Thanksgiving Break

11/27, M Augustine, Confessions 1-3.

11/29, W Augustine, Confession 4-6.

12/1, F Augustine, Confessions 7.

12/4, M Augustine, Confessions 8-9.

12/6, W Augustine, Confessions 10.

12/8, F Augustinian synthesis.

12/12, T 2-4 Final Exam



Spring:

1/17, W Kant, What Is Enlightenment?.

1/19, F Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 1-3.

1/22, M Descartes, Discourse on Method, part 4.

1/24, W Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 5 and 6.

1/26, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1.

1/29, M Shakespeare, Othello, Acts 2-3.

1/31, W Shakespeare, Othello, Act 4.

2/2, F Shakespeare, Othello, Act 5.

2/5, M Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 1-4.

2/7, W Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 5-6.

2/9, F Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Ch. 7-9.

2/12, M Voltaire, Candide, ch. 1-13.

2/14, W Voltaire, Candide, ch. 14-21.

2/16, F Voltaire, Candide, ch. 22-30.

2/19, M Presidents’ Day Break / no classes

2/21, W Mozart, Don Giovanni.

2/23, F Mozart, Don Giovanni.

2/26, M Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Preface and Section 1.

2/28, W Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Section 2 (to marg. 428).

3/2, F Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Section 2 (remainder).

3/5, M Keats: "Bright Star"; Wordsworth: "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud", "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold".

3/7, W Wordsworth: "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey".

3/9, F Keats: "Ode to a Nightingale", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy".

Spring Break

3/26, M Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital.

3/28, W Marx, Wage-Labour and Capital and Communist Manifesto.

3/30, F Marx and Engels, Communist Manifesto, continued.

4/2, M Darwin, Origin of Species, 27-30, 41-94, 115-121 (white cover)

4/4, W Darwin, Origin of Species, continued.

4/6, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Preface and First Essay.

4/9, M Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, sections 1-12.

4/11, W Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Second Essay, sections 13-25.

4/13, F Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Third Essay, sections 1, 8-15, 22-24, 27-28.

4/16, M Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act 1.

4/18, W Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Acts 2-3.

4/20, F Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, Act 4.

4/23, M, Goldman, The Traffic in Women and Marriage and Love.

4/25, W Morrison, Beloved, 3-51 (1-52, 3-49, earlier versions).

4/27, F Morrison, Beloved, 52-124 (53-111, 50-105, earlier versions).

4/30, M Morrison, Beloved, 125-195 (112-174, 106-165, earlier versions).

5/2, W Morrison, Beloved, 199-277 (177-247, 169-235, earlier versions).

5/4, F Morrison, Beloved, 281-end (251-end, 239-end, earlier versions).

5/7, M Final Review.

5/10, R 9-11 Final Exam