PART I: Reading in Depth
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Introduction to C&T; Greek and Chinese Poetry [Readings Book B] |
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LECTURE: The Odyssey (David Kubiak) |
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Odyssey, Books 1-4 |
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Odyssey, Books 6, 8, 9; synopses [Readings Book C] |
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Odyssey, Books 10, 11, 12 |
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Odyssey, Books 21, 22, 23; synopses [Readings Book C] |
PART II: Reading for Themes
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LECTURE: Does Human Suffering Have Meaning? (Bill Placher) |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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Job [Readings Book D] |
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Wiesel, Night |
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Buddhist Readings from the Teaching of the Buddha [Readings Book E] |
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LECTURE: Humans and the Divine (Stephen Webb) |
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Augustine, Confessions [Readings Book F] |
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Julian of Norwich, Showings [Readings Book G] |
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Stories of Saul and David, 1 Samuel 8-24, 27-28, 31 [Readings Book H] |
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Tolstoy, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," in The Death of Ivan Ilyich, pp. 93-152 |
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LECTURE: Human Beings and the Natural World (Paul McKinney) |
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Popul Vuh [Readings Book I] |
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"The Hymn to Purusha" from the Rig Veda; Jain Readings from the Book of Sermons, the Book of Good Conduct, and the Great Legend [Readings Book J] |
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Genesis 1-3 [Readings Book K] |
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Darwin, Presentation to the Linnean Society and selections from the Descent of Man, and Origin of the Species [Readings Book L] |
Mid-semester Break 18-21 October
PART III: Reading in Cultural Context: Classical Greece
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LECTURE: Greek Art and Drama (Andrew Scholtz) |
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Greek Art and Poetry: Hesiod and Lyric Poetry [Readings Book M], and Greek Art (slides) |
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon |
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Film: Agamemnon:, at 4:00 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb |
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Film: Agamemnon:, at 4:00 and 7:00 P.M. in Korb |
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Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers |
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Aeschylus, The Eumenides |
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LECTURE: Greek History and Philosophy (William Placher) |
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Thucydides I, The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Woodruff, pp. xvi-xvii (background), 1 (preface), 12-13 (method), 15-16 (explanation), 39-58, 66-76 (the Mytilenean debate) |
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Thucydides II, The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Woodruff, pp. 62-66 (the siege of Plataea), 76-87 (the Plataean debate), 89-95, 102-109 (the Melian dialogue), 145-154 (the Athenian retreat, and Nicias' exhortation) |
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Plato I, The Republic, Books I and II [Readings Book N] |
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Plato II, The Republic, Books IV, V, and VII [Readings Book N] |
PART IV: Reading in Cultural Context: Classical China
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LECTURE: From Confucius to Empire (David Blix) |
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Chinese Poetry [Readings Book O] |
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Film: China: The Mandate of Heaven (1991), 57 minutes at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. in Korb |
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Film: China: The Mandate of Heaven (1991), 57 minutes at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. in Korb |
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Confucius, The Analects [Readings Book P] |
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Mencius, [Readings Book Q] |
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Han Fei Tzu, Basic Writings, pp. 1-3, 16-48, 80-83, 90-129 |
Thanksgiving Recess 25-29 November
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LECTURE: Taoism and Chinese Developments (Hall Peebles) |
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Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching [Readings Book R] |
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Chuang Tzu, [Readings Book S] |
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Chinese Ghost Stories, and "A Woman Taoist Priest" [Readings Book T] |
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Sun Tzu, The Art of War [Readings Book U] |
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Chinese Painting (Slides) |