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course calendar:
| Date |
Author |
Required
Readings |
| Wed.
Jan. 19 (10:00) |
Introductory
Class |
None |
| Fri.
Jan. 21 |
Unknown |
Epic
of Gilgamesh |
| Mon.
Jan. 24 |
Bible |
Genesis |
| Wed.
Jan. 26 |
Bible |
Exodus
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| Fri.
Jan. 28 |
Bible |
Job |
| Mon.
Jan. 31 |
Bible |
Isaiah/Amos |
| Wed.
Feb. 2 |
Bible
|
Matthew |
| Fri.
Feb. 4 |
Bible |
John |
| Mon.
Feb. 7 |
Bible |
Galatians/Corinthians |
| Wed.
Feb. 9 |
Bible |
Romans |
| Fri.
Feb. 11 |
Unknown |
Beowulf |
| Mon.
Feb. 14 |
Augustine |
Confessions
I-V |
| Wed.
Feb. 16 |
Augustine |
Confessions
VI-IX |
| Fri.
Feb. 18 |
Augustine
|
Confessions
X to Ch. 27, XII |
| Mon.
Feb. 21 |
Aquinas
|
Sacred
Doctrine, Goodness (pp 3-27,34-52) |
| Wed.
Feb. 23 |
Aquinas
|
Law
& Custom (pp. 609-650) |
| Fri.
Feb. 25 |
Aquinas |
Grace
(pp. 651-681) |
| Mon.
Feb. 28 |
Dante |
Inferno |
| Wed.
Mar. 2 |
Dante |
Purgatorio |
| Fri.
Mar. 4 |
Dante |
Paradiso |
| Mon.
Mar. 7 |
General
Discussion
5 page
paper due |
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| Wed.
Mar. 9 |
Chaucer |
Canterbury
Tales: Knight's Tale, Wife of Bath Prologue & Tale, Nun's Priest's
Tale |
| Fri.
Mar. 11 |
Christine
de Pizan |
City
of Ladies: Pt I: 1-11, 14,27,28, 33, 43; Pt II: 1-7, 12-13,19, 25,
28, 29, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 47, 53, 54, 62, 64, 66, 69; Pt III: 1-5,
18-19. |
| Spring
Break |
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| Mon.
Mar. 28 |
Erasmus
& Luther |
On
Free Will |
| Wed.
Mar. 30 |
Machiavelli |
The
Prince |
| Fri.
Apr. 1 |
Descartes |
Discourse
on Method I-III |
| Mon.
Apr. 4 |
Descartes |
Discourse
on Method IV-VI |
| Wed.
Apr. 6 |
Montaigne |
Of
the Education of Children, True & False, Raymond Sebond, Of Repentance,
Husbanding yr Will, Of Experience,
"On Cannibalism" |
| Fri.
Apr. 8 |
Hobbes |
Leviathan,
"Of Man," 1-13 |
| Mon.
Apr. 11 |
Hobbes |
Leviathan,
"Of Man," 14-16; "Of Commonwealth," 17-21 |
| Wed.
Apr. 13 |
General
Discussion
5 page
paper due |
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| Fri.
Apr. 15 |
Shakespeare |
Othello |
| Mon.
Apr. 18 |
Shakespeare |
King
Lear |
| Wed.
Apr. 20 |
Shakespeare |
Troillus
& Cressida |
| Fri.
Apr. 22 |
Pascal |
Sect.
One: II,III,VI-VIII,XV; Sect. Two: II,III,XXI-XXV |
| Mon.
Apr. 25 |
Milton |
Paradise
Lost I-IV |
| Wed.
Apr. 27 |
Milton |
Paradise
Lost V-IX |
| Fri.
Apr. 29 |
Milton |
Paradise
Lost X-XII |
| Mon.
May 2 |
General
Discussion
10 page
paper due
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| Wed.
May 5 |
Shakespeare
|
Tempest |
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