PART I: Reading in Depth

F	Aug 27	Introduction to C&T; Greek and Chinese Poetry [Readings Book B]
M	30	LECTURE: The Odyssey (John Fischer)
W	Sept. 1	Odyssey, Books 1-4
F	3	Odyssey, Books 5, 6, 8, 9; synopses [Readings Book C]
M	6	Odyssey, Books 10, 11, 12
W	8	Odyssey, Books 21, 22, 23; synopses [Readings Book C]

PART II: Reading for Themes

F	10	LECTURE: Humans and the Divine (William Placher)
M	13	Augustine, Confessions [Readings Book D]
W	15	Peter Schaffer, Equus
F	17	Selections from The Upanishads [Readings Book E]
M	20	Stories of Abraham from the Bible and Quran [Readings Book F]
W	22	LECTURE: Human Beings and the Natural World (Eric Wetzel)
F	24	Genesis 1-3 [Readings Book G]
M	27	William Paley, Natural Theology (selections) [Readings Book H]
W	29	J. B. Lamarck, Zoological Philosophy (selections) [Readings Book I]
F	Oct 1	Darwin, Presentation to the Linnean Society, and selections from the Descent of Man, and Origin of the Species [Readings Book J]
M	4	LECTURE: Does Human Suffering Have Meaning? (Raymond Williams)
W	6	The Epic of Gilgamesh
F	8	Job [Readings Book K]
M	11	Buddhist Readings from the Teaching of the Buddha [Readings Book L]
W	13	Wiesel, Night
2	2	Mid-semester Break 14-17 October

PART III: Reading in Cultural Context: Classical Greece

M	18	LECTURE: Greek Art and Drama (Leslie Day)
		Film: Michael Cacoyannis, Iphigenia (1982), 2 hours, 10 minutes. Shown Tu, Oct 19 and Wed, Oct 20 at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb
W	20	Greek Art and Poetry: Hesiod and Lyric Poetry [Readings Book M], and Greek Art (slides)
F	22	Aeschylus, Agamemnon
M	25	Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers
W	27	Aeschylus, The Eumenides
F	29	LECTURE: Greek History and Philosophy (William Placher)
M	Nov. 1	Thucydides I, The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Woodruff, pp. xvi-xvii (background), 1 (preface), 12-13 (method), 15-16 (explanation), 39-50, 66-76 (the Mytilenean debate)
W	3	Thucydides II, The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Woodruff, pp. 62-66 (the siege of Plataea), 76-87 (the Plataean debate), 89-95, 102-124 (the Melian dialogue)
F	5	Plato I, The Republic, Books I and II [Readings Book N]
M	8	Plato II, The Republic, Selections from Books VI and VII [Readings Book N]

PART IV: Reading in Cultural Context: Classical China

W	10	LECTURE: From Confucius to Empire (David Blix)
F	12	Chinese Poetry [Readings Book O]
2	2	Film: China: The Mandate of Heaven (1991), 57 minutes. Shown Thur, Nov 11 and Fri, Nov 12 at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb
M	15	Confucius, The Analects [Readings Book P]
W	17	Mencius, [Readings Book Q]
F	19	Han Fei Tzu, Basic Writings, pp. 1-3, 16-48, 80-83, 90-129
2	2	Thanksgiving Recess 20-28 November
M	29	LECTURE: Taoism and Chinese Developments (Hall Peebles)
W	Dec 1	Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching [Readings Book R]
F	3	Chuang Tzu, [Readings Book S]
M	6	Chinese Ghost Stories, and "A Woman Taoist Priest" [Readings Book T]
W	8	Sun Tzu, The Art of War [Readings Book U]
F	10	Chinese Painting (Slides)