The Good Life, HC101, HC102, HC103
HC Lit 101: 10:00 MWF (CRN 13157); 2:00 MWF (CRN 13158)
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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