E240 World Literature to 400 CE Syllabus, Fall 2005 – Alfred J. Drake's Academic Site

SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CE
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2005

*2023 Note. Most hyperlinks and information have been removed from this archival version of the course, leaving mainly the reading schedule.

COURSE INFORMATION. English 240. Tu/Th 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Argyros Forum 206A. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu/Th 12:00 – 12:55 p.m. in Cyber Café. Email: e240_at_ajdrake.com. Course satisfies General Education Requirements, first in a series (240, 242, 244). Catalog: “World masterpieces from the beginning to the fall of Rome, 476 A.D.” Units (3).

REQUIRED TEXTS AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE

Lawall, Sarah, ed. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. 2nd edition. Volume 1A. NYork: Norton, 2002. ISBN A = 0393977552.

Achilles Tatius. Leucippe and Clitophon. Trans. Tim Whitmarsh. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. ISBN: 0192804278.

Augustine. Confessions. Trans. Henry Chadwick. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998 (reprint). ISBN: 0192833723.

OPTIONAL RESOURCES

Guides: Odyssey Time Frame | Agamemnon Structure | Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters” | Tennyson’s “Ulysses” | Nietzsche’s Greeks

Classics Sites: Didaskalia | Perseus | Diotima | Forum | Homeric Singing

QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS

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

SCHEDULE: WORKS DISCUSSED ON DATES INDICATED

WEEK 1

Tu. 08/30. Course Introduction.

Th. 09/01. Gilgamesh (10-41).

WEEK 2

Tu. 09/06. Gilgamesh (10-41).

Th. 09/08. Ancient Egyptian Poetry (41-52).

WEEK 3

Tu. 09/13. Bible. Genesis (52-77).

Th. 09/15. Bible. Job (77-93), Psalms (93-96), Song of Songs (96-100), “Jonah” (101-103).

WEEK 4

Tu. 09/20. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 1-4 (225-78).

Th. 09/22. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 5-8 (278-319).

WEEK 5

Tu. 09/27. Homer. The Odyssey, Books 9-12 (319-76). Journal Set 1 Due.

Th. 09/29. Aeschylus. The Oresteia: Agamemnon. (Film)

WEEK 6

Tu. 10/04. Aeschylus. The Oresteia: Agamemnon (533-82). {Discussion}

Th. 10/06. Aeschylus. The Oresteia: The Eumenides (582-611). {Discussion}

WEEK 7

Tu. 10/11. Plato. The Apology of Socrates (779-99).

Th. 10/13. Class cancelled.

WEEK 8

Tu. 10/18. Classic of Poetry (812-20). Confucius. Analects (820-31).

Th. 10/20. Chuang Chou (832-58). Journal Set 2 Due.

WEEK 9

Tu. 10/25. The Mahabharata (953-1001).

Th. 10/27. The Mahabharata (953-1001).

WEEK 10

Tu. 11/01. The Jataka and The Bhagavad-Gita (1002-1031).

Th. 11/03. Catullus. Lyrics (1046-51). Horace. From “The Art of Poetry” (Online).

WEEK 11

Tu. 11/08. Virgil. The Aeneid (1052-1105).

Th. 11/10. Virgil. The Aeneid (1106-34).

WEEK 12

Tu. 11/15. Ovid. Metamorphoses.

Th. 11/17. Ovid. Metamorphoses. Journal Set 3 Due.

WEEK 13

Tu. 11/22. Thanksgiving Holiday. (Note the change as of 11/14.)

Th. 11/24. Thanksgiving Holiday.

WEEK 14

Tu. 11/29. Achilles Tatius. Leucippe and Clitophon, Books 1-8.

Th. 12/01. Augustine. Confessions, Books 1-3.

WEEK 15

Tu. 12/06. Augustine. Confessions, Books 4-6.

Th. 12/08. Augustine. Confessions, Books 7-9.

FINALS WEEK

Final Exam Date: Friday, December 16th, 8:00 – 10:30 a.m. Also due: Term Paper and Journal Set 4.

SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CECHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2005