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CVSP 201
Reading Schedule
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Civilization Sequence Program
CVSP 201: READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE Fall 2011-12
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, MONDAYS, 1:00 pm |
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Date |
Lecture |
Reading assignment for class discussions |
Sept 26- 30 |
Introduction |
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin, trans. Sanders), pp. 61-119. |
Oct 03 - 07 |
Gilgamesh |
The Epic of Gilgamesh (continued) |
Oct 10 – 14 |
Odyssey I |
The Odyssey of Homer (Harper, trans. Lattimore), Books I, V, VI, VIII (line 445-end), IX, XI, XII (lines 1-126). |
Oct 17 – 21 |
Odyssey II |
The Odyssey of Homer, Books XIII, XIV (lines 1-190, 360-456), XVI (lines 1-320), XIX, XXI (lines 1-142, 269-434), XXII, XXIII, XXIV (lines 453-548). |
Oct 24 – 28 |
Herodotus |
The Histories, Herodotus (Oxford Classics), Book I (chs. 1-92), VII (chs. 101-4, 132-147, 175-190, 201-225, 234-9), VIII (chs. 40-2, 49-97, 109, 115)
Optional: Book I (chs. 95-130), II (35-53), IV (36-77), VI (102-120), IX (89-122) |
Oct 31 – Nov 04 |
Sophocles |
“Oedipus the King” in The Three Theban Plays (Penguin, trans. Fagles), pp. 155-251. |
Nov 07-08 |
Al- ADHA HOLIDAY |
Nov 09– 11 |
[No lecture] |
“Oedipus” (continued) |
Nov 14 – 18 |
Plato I |
The Republic (Penguin, trans. Lee, 2nd ed. revised), 357a-375a and 427d-457b. |
Nov 21 – 25 |
Plato II |
The Republic, 471c-487a and 502c-521b. |
Nov 28 – Dec 02 |
Aristotle |
The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin, trans. Thomson/Tredennick), Books I (i-ix; xii-xiii), II, and X (vii-ix) Optional: Book III |
Dec 05 – 09 |
[No lecture] |
Aristotle (continued) |
Dec 12 – 16 |
Lucretius |
The Nature of Things (Penguin, trans. Stallings), Book I (lines 1-158, 266-343), II (lines 1-332, 1024-end), III (lines 1-94, 179-258, 417-473, 830-end), IV (lines 469-521, 877-907, 1037-1287), V (lines 1-90, 771-1241), VI (1089-end). |
Dec 19 – 23 |
[no lecture] |
Lucretius (continued) |
Dec 26 – Jan 01 |
Christmas and New year Vacation (Dec 24 - Jan. 01) |
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Jan 02- 06 |
Virgil-I |
The Aeneid: A New Prose Translation, (Penguin, tr. West), Books I, II, IV, V (line 507-end), VI (lines 268-478 and 560-902), VII (to line 641), XII. |
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Jan 09 – 13 |
Virgil-II |
The Aeneid (continued) |
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