Course Schedule
(Subject to changes as needed)

Jan. 21: Introduction. What Is Literature? Begin "The Mediterranean": Read Akhenaton, p. 2. "Bel and the Dragon" ( narrated by instructor in class). Begin posts on Heritage College Virtual Campus.
Jan. 26: Read David, p. 8. Read Sappho, p. 11. Begin Student selections (in class or post on Jenzabar).
Jan. 28: Student selections, cont. Read Sophocles, p. 14++.
Feb. 2: Sophocles, cont.
Feb. 4: Sophocles, cont. Read Dante Alighieri, p. 68, and Pirandello, p. 71.
Feb. 9: Read Garcia-Lorca, p. 101. Begin "Continental Europe": Read v. Schiller, p. 114, and Rilke, p. 270.
Feb. 11: Topic and scratch outline for Paper #1. Read Andersen, p. 117, Dostoyevski, p. 129, and Tolstoy, p. 213
Feb, 16: No Class
Feb. 18: Read Kafka, p. 273, and Sartre, p. 281.
Feb. 23: Catch up as necessary. Workshop for Paper #1. Review for Exam #1.
Feb. 25: Exam #1. Paper #1 due.
Mar. 1: Begin "Africa": Read Dahomey (Traditional), p. 318. Praise Names Exercise.
Mar. 3: Read Senghor, p. 340. Dadie, p. 343, Diop, p. 370..
Mar. 8: Read Achebe, p. 373, and Ogot, p. 381.
Mar. 10: Read Paton, p. 331, and Gordimer, p. 356.
Mar. 15: Begin "The Far East": Read Li Po, p. 442, Tagore, p. 464, and Jiang Fang, p. 445.
Mar. 17: Topic and scratch outline for Paper #2. Read Tayama, p. 468, and Akutagawa, p. 501.
Mar. 22: Read Kawabata, p. 511, and Narayan, p. 538.
Mar. 24: Catch up as needed. Workshop for Paper #2. Review for Exam #2.
Mar. 29: Exam #2. Paper #2 due.
Mar. 31: Begin "Latin America": Read Mistral, p. 558, Neruda, p. 569, and Paz, p. 596.
Apr. 5-9: NO CLASS—Spring Break
Apr. 12: Read Castellanos, p. 630, Borges, p. 561, and Rosa, p. 577.
Apr. 14: Read Bombal, p. 584, and Marquez, p. 633.
Apr. 19: Begin "North America": Read Zuni (Traditional), p. 644, Whitman, p. 657, and Dickinson, p. 661.
Apr. 21: Read Hughes, p. 687, Hemingway, p. 682, and Walker, p. 718.
Apr. 21: Begin "Great Britain": Read Shakespeare, p. 726++.
Apr. 26 : Topic and scratch outline for Paper #3. Finish Shakespeare. Read Milton, p. 798 . Workshop for Paper #3.
Apr. 28: Read Wordsworth, p. 801, Browning, p. 804, Bronte, p. 806, and Yeats, p. 849.
May 3: Read Eliot, p. 860, and Joyce, p. 852. Catch up as needed. Paper #3 due. Review for Exam #3. Evaluations.
May 5: Exam #3.

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