READING SCHEDULE FOR CPLT 324 WORLD LITERATURE TO 1650
CSU FULLERTON SPRING 2007

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COURSE INFORMATION. Comp. Lit. 324, Course Code 11813. Section 80. Monday 4:00 – 6:45 p.m., Irvine Valley Campus (IRVC 1) 216. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Monday 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. in IRVC 261. Email: cplt324_at_ajdrake.com. Catalog: “Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and completion of any literature course from General Education (GE) Category III.B.2 , Asian and Western literature … to 1650. Units (3).”

REQUIRED TEXTS AT THE IRVINE CAMPUS BOOKSTORE

Lawall, Sarah, ed. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. 2nd. ed. Vols. ABC: Beginnings to 1650. New York: Norton, 2001. ISBN-10: 0393977641; # ISBN-13: 978-0393977646.

Buddha. The Three Cardinal Discourses. (Online Text)

Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. Washington Square Press, 2004. ISBN-10: 074348486X. ISBN-13: 978-0743484862.

QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS AND PRESENTATIONS

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SCHEDULE: WORKS DISCUSSED ON DATES INDICATED

WEEK 1

01/22. Introduction to class and to Wiki features.

WEEK 2

01/29. Epic of Gilgamesh (Vol. A, 10-41). Egyptian Poetry (Vol. A, 41-52).

WEEK 3

02/05. Genesis and Job from The Old Testament (Vol. A, 52-93).

WEEK 4

02/12. Sophocles. Oedipus the King (Vol. A, 612-58).

WEEK 5

02/19. Presidents’ Day Holiday – No classes.

WEEK 6

02/26. Classic of Poetry, Confucius, Chuang Chou. From Classic of Poetry (Vol. A, 812-20). Confucius, The Analects (Vol. A, 820-31). Chuang Chou (Vol. A, 832-58).

WEEK 7

03/05. Buddha’s Three Discourses. (Online text.) The Jataka (Vol. A, 1002-1010). The Bhagavad Gita (Vol. A, 1010-28).

WEEK 8

03/12. The Koran (Vol. B, 1426-60) and Ibn Ishaq’s The Biography of the Prophet (Vol. B, 1460-76).

WEEK 9

03/19. Faridoddin Attar, Jalâloddin Rumi, Sa’di. Attar’s The Conference of the Birds (Vol. B, 1528-41). Rumi, Selections (Vol. B, 1544-49), Sa’di, The Golestan (Vol. B, 1351-65).

WEEK 10

03/26. Spring Recess — No classes.

WEEK 11

04/02. Sei Shonagon, Yoshida Kenko, Zeami Motokiyo. Shonagon, The Pillow Book (Vol. B, 2270-2300). Kenko, Essays in Idleness (Vol. B, 2326-2342). Motokiyo, Atsumori (Vol. B, 2350-55).

WEEK 12

04/09. Francis Petrarch, Niccolo Machiavelli, Baldesar Castiglione. Petrarch, “Letter” and Sonnets (Vol. C, 2476-90). Machiavelli, The Prince (Vol. C, 2517-34). Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (Vol. C, 2552-64).

WEEK 13

04/16. Michel de Montaigne. Essays (Vol. C, 2632-70).

WEEK 14

04/23. Lope de Vega. Fuente Ovejuna (Vol. C, 2783-2821). Florentine Codex (Vol. C, 3070-73), Cantares Mexicanos (Vol. C, 3073-76), Popol Vuh (Vol. C, 3076-92).

WEEK 15

04/30. Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. (Film.)

WEEK 16

05/07. Shakespeare, William. As You Like It. (Separate text.)

FINAL EXAM

Final Exam Date Monday, May 14 from 5:00 – 7:45 p.m.