READING SCHEDULE FOR CPLT 324 WORLD ANCIENT LITERATURE
CSU FULLERTON SPRING 2006

*2023 Note. Most links and procedural information have been removed from this archival copy, leaving mainly the assigned editions and the reading schedule.

COURSE INFORMATION. Comp. Lit. 324, Course Code 11740. Monday 4:00 – 6:45 p.m., Irvine Campus (IRVC) 211. Office hours: M 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. in IRVC 254. Email: cplt324_at_ajdrake.com . Catalog: “Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and completion of any literature course from General Education Category III.B.2 Asian and Western literature from the beginning to 1650.Units: (3).”

REQUIRED TEXTS AT TITAN BOOKSTORE

Lawall, Sarah, ed. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. 2nd ed. Volume 1ABC. New York: WW Norton, 2002. ISBN A = 0393977552, B = 0393977560, C = 0393977579.

QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS AND PRESENTATIONS

*2023 Note. Visitors may download the following questions in PDF format: WORLD LITERATURE TO 1650.

SCHEDULE: WORKS DISCUSSED ON DATES INDICATED

WEEK 1

01/30. Introduction to class and to wiki features.

WEEK 2

02/06. Epic of Gilgamesh (Vol. A, 10-41). Egyptian Poetry (Vol. A, 41-52).

WEEK 3

02/13. Genesis and Job from The Old Testament (Vol. A, 52-93).

WEEK 4

02/20. President’s Day Holiday, No Classes.

WEEK 5

02/27. Sophocles. Oedipus the King (Vol. A, 612-58).

WEEK 6

03/06. Classic of Poetry, Confucius, Chuang Chou. Classic of Poetry (Vol. A, 812-20). Confucius, The Analects (Vol. A, 820-31). Chuang Chou (Vol. A, 832-58).

WEEK 7

03/13. The Jataka (Vol. A, 1002-1010). The Bhagavad Gita (Vol. A, 1010-28). The Tamil Anthologies (Vol. A, 1029-38).

WEEK 8

03/20. The Koran (Vol. B, 1426-60) and Ibn Ishaq, The Biography of the Prophet (Vol. B, 1460-76).

WEEK 9

03/27. Spring recess. No classes all week.

WEEK 10

04/03. Murasaki Shikibu. The Tale of Genji (Vol. B, 2174-2270).

WEEK 11

04/10. Sei Shonagon, Yoshida Kenko, Zeami Motokiyo. Shonagon, The Pillow Book (Vol. B, 2270-2300). Kenko, Essays in Idleness (Vol. B, 2326-2342). Motokiyo’s Atsumori (Vol. B, 2350-55).

WEEK 12

04/17. Francis Petrarch, Ludovico Ariosto, Niccolo Machiavelli. Petrarch, “Letter” and Sonnets (Vol. C, 2476-90). Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (Vol. C, 2534-49). Machiavelli, The Prince (Vol. C, 2517-34).

WEEK 13

04/24. Michel de Montaigne. Essays (Vol. C, 2632-70).

WEEK 14

05/01. Lope de Vega. Fuente Ovejuna (Vol. C, 2783-2821). Florentine Codex (Vol. C, 3070-73), Cantares Mexicanos (Vol. C, 3073-76), Popol Vuh (Vol. C, 3076-92).

WEEK 15

05/08. William Shakespeare. Othello (Film: Director Oliver Parker, Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irene Jacob as Desdemona, Kenneth Branagh as Iago).

WEEK 16

05/15. William Shakespeare. Othello (Vol. C, 2919-2996).

FINALS WEEK

Final exam Monday, May 22nd 5:00 – 6:50 p.m.