Encounters Reading
Assignments, 2011-12
Unless otherwise noted,
the selections are indicated by section, chapter, part, act, sura, or book, NOT pages.
Fall
2011
Unit
I Journeys
W Aug. 31 Homer,
Odyssey, 1-4.
F Sep. 2
Odyssey, 5-8.
M Sep. 5 Odyssey,
9-12.
W Sep. 7 Odyssey, 13-16.
F Sep.
9 Odyssey, 17-20.
M Sep. 12 Odyssey,
21-24.
W Sep. 14 Bhagavad-Gita,
1-2
F Sep.
16 Bhagavad-Gita, 3-6.
M Sep. 19 Bhagavad-Gita,
7-12.
W Sep. 21 Bhagavad-Gita,
13-18
F Sep.
23 Spiegelman,
Maus, I.1-3
M Sep. 26 Maus, I.4-6
W Sep. 28 Maus,
II, 1-2
F Sept. 30
Maus, II,
3-5.
M Oct. 3 Instructor's
choice
Unit
2 Encounters with Divinity
W Oct. 5 Tanakh, Genesis, 1-11.
F Oct. 7
Genesis, 12-22.
M Oct. 10 Fall Break
W Oct. 12 Tanakh, Exodus, 1-15.
F Oct. 14
Exodus, 16-24, 32-34.
M Oct. 17
Euripides, The Bacchae,
entire.
W Oct. 19
The Bacchae.
F Oct. 21
Bible, The
Gospel According to Luke, 1-9:50.
M Oct. 23
Luke, 9:51-19:27.
W Oct. 25
Luke, 19:28-24:53.
F Oct. 28 Ibn Ishaq, Life of Muhammad
(e-reserve); Qur’an 1, 96:1-4, 112, 113, 114, 2:255, and 24:35.
M Oct. 31 Qur’an,
11, 14, 29, 37, and 54.
W Nov. 2 Qur’an,
2:29-39, 2:117; 4:1; 7:10-36, 7:54, 7:189; 10:4; 20:116-123; 21:16-17;
23:12-14; 27:64; 29:19-20; 32:4; 35 (all); 36:82; 50:38; 51:47-49; 57:4-6;
79:27-33.
F Nov. 4
Qur’an, 2, esp. 149-286.
M Nov. 7 Instructor's
choice
Unit
3 Social and Political Encounters
W Nov. 9 Seneca,
Selected Letters, 8, 9, 16, 18, 48, 84, and 90.
F Nov. 11 Seneca,
“On the Private Life” (e-reserve)
M Nov. 14
Marx, Selected Writings, pp.
54-79.
W Nov. 16 Marx,
pp. 98-101, 209-13.
F Nov. 18 Marx,
pp. 157-76, 185-86.
Thanksgiving
Break
M Nov. 28
Gandhi, Message of the Gita, (e-reserve); Selected Political Writings, pp. 35-37,
41-42, 44-45, 51-57, 69-71, and 75-79
W Nov. 30 Gandhi,
pp. 98-100, 103-07, 121-22, 135-37, and 148-50
F Dec. 2
Pontecorvo,
M Dec 5
Battle of
W Dec. 7
King, Letter from
F Dec. 9
Instructor's choice
Spring
2012
Unit
4 Truth and Doubt
W Jan. 18
Plato, The Symposium, pp. 1-39.
F Jan. 20
Symposium, pp. 40-60.
M Jan. 23
Symposium, pp. 61-77.
W Jan. 25
Augustine, Confessions, 1-3.
F Jan. 27
Confessions, 4-6.
M Jan. 30
Confessions, 7.
W Feb. 1
Confessions, 8-9.
F Feb. 3
Confessions, 10.
M Feb 6 Shakespeare, Othello, I.
W Feb. 8 Othello, II-III.
F Feb. 10
Othello, IV.
M Feb. 13 Othello,
V.
W Feb. 15
Galileo, “Letter to the Grand
Duchess Christina.”
F Feb. 17
Instructor's choice
M Feb. 20
President’s Day
W Feb. 22
Descartes, Discourse on the
Method, 1-3.
F Feb. 24
Discourse, 4.
M Feb. 27
Discourse, 5-6.
W Feb. 29 Kurosawa, Rashomon.
F Mar. 2
Rashomon.
M Mar. 5
Rashomon.
W Mar. 7 Frayn,
F Mar. 9
Spring
Break
Unit
5 Identity and Difference
M Mar. 26 Euripides,
Trojan Women, entire
W Mar. 28
Trojan Women.
F
M Apr. 2
Romans, 9-end.
W Apr. 4 Broken
Spears, 1-5.
F Apr. 6 Broken
Spears, 6-10.
M Apr. 9
Broken Spears, 11-15.
W Apr. 11
Sor
Juana Ines de la Cruz, Poems, Protest, and a Dream, “Loa” to “The Divine Narcissus”, pp. 195-239.
F Apr. 13
Sor
Juana, “Response to the Most Illustrious Poetess Sor Filotea,” pp. 1-75.
M Apr. 16
Instructor's choice
W Apr. 18
Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part
I
F Apr. 20
Heart of Darkness, Part II
M Apr. 23
Heart of Darkness, Part III
W Apr. 25
Morrison, Beloved, I to end of
carnival
F Apr. 27
Beloved, I to Beloved’s dress in
the water
M Apr. 30 Beloved, rest of I.
W May 2 Beloved, II.
F May 4
Beloved, IIII.
M May 7 Instructor's
choice