Schedule of Daily Reading

Fall: Antiquity

Wed., Sept. 3 Homer, The Odyssey, 1-4

Fri., Sept. 5 The Odyssey, 5-8

Mon., Sep. 8 The Odyssey, 9-12

Wed., Sep. 10 The Odyssey, 13-16

Fri., Sep. 12 The Odyssey, 17-20

Mon., Sep. 15 The Odyssey, 21-24

Wed., Sep. 17 Sappho, selected poems (to be put on electronic reserve)

Fri., Sep. 19 Sappho, selected poems

Mon., Sep. 22 Medea

Wed., Sep. 24 Medea

Fri., Sep. 26 Bacchae

Mon., Sep. 29 Bacchae

Wed., Oct. 1 Tragedy Comparison

Fri., Oct. 3 Plato, Apology

Mon., Oct. 6 Plato, Symposium, pp. 1-39

Wed., Oct. 8 Symposium, pp. 40-60

Fri., Oct. 10 Symposium, pp. 61-77

Mon., Oct. 13 Fall Break

Wed., Oct. 15 Gilgamesh, 1-3

Fri., Oct. 17 Gilgamesh, 4-8

Mon., Oct. 20 Gilgamesh, 9-11

Wed., Oct. 22 Genesis, 1-11

Fri., Oct. 24 Genesis 12-22

Mon., Oct. 27 Exodus 1-15

Wed., Oct. 29 Exodus 16-24; 32-34

Fri., Oct. 31 Job 1-21

Mon., Nov. 3 Job 28-31, 38-42

Wed., Nov. 5 Cicero, On Duties I.1-91 (pp. 1-36)

Fri., Nov. 7 On Duties I.92-161 (pp. 36-62)

Mon., Nov. 10 On Duties II (pp. 63-100)

Wed., Nov. 12 Luke 1-9:50

Fri., Nov. 14 Luke 9:51-19:27

Mon., Nov. 17 Luke 19:28-24:53

Wed., Nov. 19 Paul, Romans, 1-8

Fri., Nov. 21 Romans, 9-16

THANKSGIVING BREAK

Mon., Dec. 1 Augustine, Confessions 1-3

Wed., Dec. 3 Confessions 4-6

Fri., Dec. 5 Confessions 7

Mon., Dec. 8 Confessions 8-9

Wed., Dec. 10 Confessions 10

Fri., Dec. 12 Semester Wrap-up

Spring: Modernity

1/21 W Machiavelli, Prince, cc. 1-11

1/23 F Machiavelli, Prince, cc. 12-20

1/26 M Machiavelli, Prince, cc. 21-26

1/28 W Shakespeare, Othello, Act I

1/30 F Shakespeare, Othello, Act II

2/2 M Shakespeare, Othello, Act III

2/4 W Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV

2/6 F Shakespeare, Othello, Act V

2/9 M Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 1-2

2/11 W Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 3-4

2/13 F Descartes, Discourse on Method, parts 5-6

2/16 M President’s Day, No class.

2/18 W Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart, cc. 1-2; 7-14

2/20 F La Mettrie, Man a Machine (entire)

2/23 M La Mettrie, Man a Machine

2/25 W Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, pp. 1-18

2/27 F Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality I

3/2 M Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality II

3/4 W Kant, What is Enlightenment?

3/6 F Mandatory plenary lecture on Kant

3/9 M English Romantic Poetry, Bright Star, I Wandered Lonely, My Heart Leaps Up

3/11 W Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey

3/13 F Keats, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode On A Grecian Urn, Ode on Melancholy; Wordsworth, Mutability. On-line: Shelley, Mutability

3/14-3/29 Spring Break

3/30 M Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, pp. 54-97

4/1 W Marx, Theses on Feuerbach, pp. 98-101; Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, pp. 209-13.

4/3 F Marx, Communist Manifesto (complete)

4/6 M Marx, Communist Manifesto

4/8 W E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, cc.. 1-5

4/10 F E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, cc.. 6-12

4/13 M E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, cc.. 13-20

4/15 W E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, cc. 21-29

4/17 F E. Brontë, Wuthering Heights, cc.. 30-34

4/20 M Kafka, Metamorphosis, cc. 1, 2

4/22 W Kafka, Metamorphosis, c. 3

4/24 F Frayn, Copenhagen Act I

4/27 M Frayn, Copenhagen Act II

4/29 W Morrison, Beloved, pp. 3-51 (end of carnival)

5/1 F Morrison, Beloved, pp. 52-124 (Beloved’s dress in water)

5/4 M Morrison, Beloved, pp. 125-195 (end of section one)

5/6 W Morrison, Beloved, pp. 199-277 (the end of section two)

5/8 F Morrison, Beloved, pp. 281-end

5/11 M Last Day