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CVSP 205

Reading Schedule

     

Civilization Sequence Program

CVSP 205: READING AND LECTURE SCHEDULE  Fall 2011-12

Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, MONDAYS, 12:00 PM

Date

Lecture

Assignment

Sept 26- 30

Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sanders Transl.) pp. 61 - 119.

Oct 03 - 07

[no lecture]

The Epic of Gilgamesh (continued)

Oct 10 – 14

Odyssey I

The Odyssey of Homer (Lattimore Transl.), Book I, pp. 27-38; Book V, pp. 88-101; Book VI, pp. 102-110; Book VIII, lines 445-end; Book IX, pp. 137-151; Book XI, pp. 168-184; Book XII, pp. 185-188 (lines 1-126).

Oct 17 – 21

Odyssey II

The Odyssey of Homer, Book XIII, pp. 198-209; Book XIV, pp. 210-215, 219-222 (lines 1-190, 360-456); Book XVI, pp. 240-248 (lines 1-320); Book XIX, pp. 282-297; Book XXI. pp. 309-313 (lines1-142); pp. 316-320 (lines 269-434); Book XXII, pp. 321334; Book XXIII, pp. 335-344; Book XXIV, pp. 357-359 (lines 453-548)

Oct 24 – 28

Sophocles

“Oedipus the King” in The Three Theban Plays (Penguin, trans. Fagles), pp. 155-251.

Oct 31 – Nov 04

Plato

Plato, The Republic (Penguin), 357a-375a and 427d-457b.

Nov 07-08

Al- ADHA HOLIDAY

Nov 09– 11

[No lecture]

Plato, The Republic (Penguin), 471c-487a and 502c-521b.

Nov 14 – 18

Introduction/

Augustine

Augustine, Confessions (Penguin), Book I, Chs. 1, 4-5, 7, 20; II, Chs. 1,4-5, 7; III. Chs. 4-5; IV, Ch. 1; V, Chs. 13-14; VI, Chs. 5, 15-16; VII, Chs. 1, 3, 5, 9, 16, 21; VIII, Chs. 8-12; X, Chs. 6-8, 11, 16-17, 24-27; XI, Chs. 14, 28; XIII, Chs. 8-9, 11.

Nov 21 – 25

Augustine

Augustine, Confessions (continued)

Nov 28 – Dec 02

Introduction/

Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error (CVSP Reading Selection)

Dec 05 – 09

[no lecture]

ASHOURA holiday

Al-Ghazali (continued)

Dec 12 – 16

Ibn Rushd

Ibn Rushd, The Decisive Treatise (CVSP Reading Selection)

Dec 19 – 23

Dante I

Dante, The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Transl. Mark Musa (Penguin) Cantos 1,2, 6, 16-18, 25, 28, 30, 31

Dec 26 – Jan 01

Christmas and New year Vacation (Dec 24 - Jan. 01)

Jan 02- 06

Dante II

Dante (continued)

Jan 09 – 13

[No lecture]

Dante (continued)

Reading Selections

Al Ghazali
Ibn Rushd

Flysheets Fall 2011-12 Flysheets Spring 2010-11
Gilgamesh (See Lecture) Gilgamesh (See Lecture)
Odyssey I (See Lecture) Odyssey I (See Lecture)
Odyssey II (See Lecture)  Odyssey II (See Lecture) 
Sophocles (See Lecture) Sophocles (See Lecture)
Plato (See Lecture) Plato I (See Lecture)
Into/Augustine (See Lecture) Plato II (See Lecture)
Augustine (See Lecture) Intro/Augustine (See Lecture)
Al Ghazali (See Lecture) Augustine

(See Lecture)       &                See Presentation

Ibn Rushd (See Lecture) Intro/Ghazali (See Lecture) 
Dante I (see Lecture) Al Ghazali (See Lecture)
Dante II (See Lecture) Ibn Rushd (See Lecture)
Dante I (See Lecture)
Dante II (See Lecture)
        

 
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