AUGUST
F 24 Introduction to C&T; Greek and Chinese Poetry [Readings Book B]
M 28 LECTURE: The Odyssey (John Fischer)
W 30 Odyssey, Books 1-4
SEPTEMBER
F 1 Odyssey, Books 5, 6, 8, 9; synopses [Readings Book C]
M 4 Odyssey, Books 10, 11, 12, 16; synopses [Readings Book C]
W 6 Odyssey, Books 21, 22, 23, 24
F 8 LECTURE: Humans and the Divine (William Placher)
M 11 The Epic of Gilgamesh
W 13 Stories of Abraham from the Bible and Quran [Readings Book D]
F 15 Augustine, Confessions [Readings Book E]
M 18 Peter Schaffer, Equus
W 20 LECTURE: Humans and the Natural World (Eric Wetzel)
F 22 William Paley, Natural Theology (selections) [Readings Book F]
M 25 Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, Chapters 1, 4 [Readings Book G]
W 27 Poetry, Music, & Art [Readings Book H]
F 29 William McKibben, "The End of Nature" [Readings Book I]
OCTOBER
M 2 LECTURE: Does Human Suffering Have Meaning? (Raymond Williams)
W 4 Job 1-14, 38-42 [Readings Book J]
F 6 Buddhist Readings from the Teaching of the Buddha [Readings Book K]
M 9 Jean-Paul Sartre, "The Wall" [Readings Book L]
W 11 Elie Wiesel, Night
M 16 LECTURE: Greek Art and Drama (John Fischer)
W 18 Greek Art (slides)
Film: Michael Cacoyannis, Iphigenia (1982), 75 minutes, shown Thursday, Oct 19 and Sunday, Oct 22 at 4:15 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb
F 20 Greek Poetry: Hesiod and Lyric Poetry [Readings Book M]
M 23 Aeschylus, Agamemnon (unabridged), in Grene and O’Flaherty, The Oresteia, pp. 33-93
W 25 Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers, pp. 94-133
F 27 Aeschylus, The Eumenides, pp. 134-172
M 30 LECTURE: Greek History and Philosophy (William Placher)
NOVEMBER
W 1 Thucydides, 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), 102-109 (the Melian Dialogue)
F 3 Plato I, The Republic, Books I and II, selections [Readings Book N, pp. 1-15]
M 6 Plato II, The Republic, Books V, VI, & VII, selections [Readings Book N, pp. 16-29]
W 8 LECTURE: From Confucius to Empire (David Blix)
F 10 Chinese Poetry [Readings Book O]
M 13 Confucius, The Analects [Readings Book P]
W 15 Mencius [Readings Book Q]
F 17 Han Fei Tzu [Readings Book R]
M 27 LECTURE: Taoism and Chinese Developments (Hall Peebles)
W 29 Chuang Tzu [Readings Book S]
DECEMBER
F 1 Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching [Readings Book T]
M 4 Chinese Ghost Stories, and "A Woman Taoist Priest" [Readings Book U]
W 6 Sun Tzu, The Art of War [Readings Book V]
F 8 Chinese Painting (slides)