World Lit I Calendar Spring 2013
**Readings are listed on date assigned and must be read by the next class period. This calendar is subject to change.
1/22--Invention of Writing: Introduction A3-8, Gilgamesh A95-124
1/24—Gilgamesh A124-151.
1/29—Prologue The Hero with a Thousand Faces 3-4, 10-96
1/31—The Hero Initiation: 97-149
2/5—The Hero Initiation: 149-192, Return: 193-244
2/7— Reread Gilgamesh, pulling it all together, Essay #1 topic given.
2/12— Pulling it together/drafting day.
2/14—Essay #1 Due. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B725-751
2/19 —Sir Gawain and the Green Knight B751-780
2/21-- Ancient Greece and Iliad (Bks. I, VI, VIII) A222-256
2/26—Iliad (Bks. IX, XVI, XVIII) A256-299
2/28—Iliad (Bks.XXII, XXIV) A299-312
3/5—Beowulf B107-1
3/7— Beowulf B150-182; Mid-Term topic given
3/19—Mid-Term Exam Prep.
3/21—Mid-Term Exam. The Ramayana A1161-1202
3/26—The Ramayana A1203-1234
3/28—The Shahnameh B182-207, Essay #2 Topic given
4/2—Discussion of readings, Essay #2 Invention on topic
4/4—Draft of Essay #2 Due
4/9— Essay #2 Due. Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande People C12-28
4/11--Popol Vuh C520-535
4/16—Dante Inferno intro, Canto I-V B387-409. Introduction of Dante Project.
4/18—Inferno Canto VI-XV B409-443
4/23—Inferno Canto XVI-XXV B440-478
4/25—Inferno Canto XXVI-XXXIV B478-511
4/30—Inferno Discussion/ Project preparation
5/2—Project preparation/ early Project Presentations
5/7—Dante Projects Due.
Dante Project presentations
5/9—Dante Project presentations
Final Exam Explanation and Review
5/16—Final Exam