The Good Life, HC101, HC102, HC103  

HC Lit 101: 10:00 MWF (CRN 13157); 2:00 MWF (CRN 13158)
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HONORS LITERATURE: THE GOOD LIFE I
SYLLABUS

TEXTS
"Rebellion" and "The Grand Inquisitor," Dostoevsky, xerox
The Iliad, Homer, tr. Robert Fagles, Penguin
The Last Days of Socrates, Plato, Penguin
The Trojan Women, Euripides, signet, tr. Paul Roche
The Aeneid, Virgil, Bantam
The Inferno, Dante, tr. Robert Pinsky, Noonday
Elements of Style, Strunk and White; "Ten Tips for Effective Editing," Schuman, xerox

SYLLABUS
Sept. 25: Introduction
27: "Rebellion" and "The Grand Inquisitor," Fyodor Dostoevsky (xeroxed)
29: Paper #1 due, 2 pages

Oct 2: Introduction, The Iliad (Intro: 3-45); Book I (pp, 77-98)
4: Iliad, II, 1-496 (pp. 99-113); III (pp. 128-144)
6: Iliad, IV, (pp. 145-163); VI, (pp. 195-213); VIII, 382-654 (pp. 242-250)

9: Iliad, IX (pp.251-275); X (pp. 276-295);
11: XI, 1-96 (pp. 296-299), 353-end(pp. 306-324); XII, (pp. 325-340); XIII,400-end (pp. 352-368).
13: XIV 1-460 (pp. 369-382); XVI, (pp, 412-441); XVIII (pp. 467-487)(optional rewrite, Paper #1, due

16: Iliad, XIX, (pp. 392-403); XX, (pp. 503-519); XXI, (pp. 520-540)
18: Iliad, XXII (pp. 541-558); XXIII, 1-258 (pp. 559-566); XXIV (pp. 588-614)
20: Paper #2 due, 3-4pages

23: The Trojan Women, reading, 7:30-8:30, Chapman 307
25: The Trojan Women
27: "Apology," Plato

30: "Crito," Plato
Nov 1: Mid-term exam
3: Aeneid, Book I

6: Aeneid, Books II, III
8: Aeneid, Book IV
10: Aeneid, Books V, VI

13: Inferno, Dante, Introductory materials; Cantos I-IV (2-35)
15: Inferno V-IX (37-75)
17: Inferno X-XIV (76-117)

20: Inferno XV-XIX (119-157)
22: Inferno; Paper #3 due, 4-5 pages XX-XXII (159-185)
24: No class, Thanksgiving

27: Inferno XXIII-XXVII (186-236)
29: Inferno XXX-XXXIV (254-303)
Dec 1: Last Class

Final Exams: 10:00 class, Thursday, Dec. 7, 10:15-12:15; 2:00 class, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 3:15-5:15