WORLD LITERATURE
SUMMER 2019
CALENDAR WEEK ONE: MAY 29-JUNE 1 The Odyssey by Homer1 Books 1-10 Volume A, Page 325 READING RESPONSE 1: INTRODUCTION Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 1 READING RESPONSE 2: THE ODYSSEY (BOOKS 1-10) Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 1 WEEK TWO: JUNE 2-8 The Odyssey by Homer1 Books 11-24 Volume A, Page 440 Aesop’s Fables2 “The Shepherd and The Lion” Volume A, Page 605 “The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’” Volume A, Page 606 “The Tortoise and the Hare” Volume A, Page 608 “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” Volume A, Page 609 “The Man and the Golden Eggs” Volume A, Page 610 Poems by Sappho3 Poem #58 Volume A, Page 619
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Poem #111 Volume A, Page 622 “[The Brother Poem]” Volume A, Page 623 “[The Cypress Poem]” Volume A, Page 623 READING RESPONSE 3: THE ODYSSEY (BOOKS 11-24) Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 8 READING RESPONSE 4: AESOP’S FABLES Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 8 READING RESPONSE 5: POEMS BY SAPPHO Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 8 WEEK THREE: JUNE 9-15 The Bhagavad Gītā4 From “Chapter One” Volume A, Page 1278 From “Chapter Two” Volume A, Page 1282 From “Chapter Three” Volume A, Page 1285 From “Chapter Six” Volume A, Page 1289 From “Chapter Eleven” Volume A, Page 1294 Beowulf5 Volume B, Page 118 MID-TERM EXAM Must be completed on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 11 READING RESPONSE 6: THE BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 15 READING RESPONSE 7: BEOWULF Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 15
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WEEK FOUR: JUNE 16-22 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight6 Volume B, Page 835 READING RESPONSE 8: SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 22 FINAL (AND ONLY) ESSAY Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 22 WEEK FIVE: JUNE 23-25 Essays by Michel de Montaigne7 “Of Cannibals” Volume C, Page 329 “Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions” Volume C, Page 338 FINAL EXAM Must be completed on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 25 READING RESPONSE 9: ESSAYS BY MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 25 READING RESPONSE 10: YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CLASS Due on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 25
Translated by Emily Wilson Translated by Laura Gibbs 3 Translated by Philip Freeman 4 Translated by Gavin Flood and Charles Martin 5 Translatred by Seamus Heaney 6 Translated by Simon Armitage 7 Translated by Donald Frame 1
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