{"id":4993,"date":"2023-03-29T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/?page_id=4993"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:08:16","slug":"e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-spring-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-spring-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"E240 World Literature to 400 CE Syllabus, Spring 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CE<br>CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*2023 Note<\/strong>. Most hyperlinks and information have been removed from this archival version of the course, leaving mainly the reading schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COURSE INFORMATION<\/strong>. English 240. Tu\/Th 1:00 \u2013 2:15 p.m. Beckman 203. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu\/Th 12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. in Cyber Caf\u00e9. Email: e240_at_ajdrake.com. Course satisfies General Education Requirements, first in a series (240, 242, 244). Catalog: \u201cWorld masterpieces from the beginning to the fall of Rome, 476 A.D.\u201d Units (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REQUIRED TEXTS AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>King James Bible<\/em>. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN: 0192835254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bhagavad-Gita<\/em>. Trans. Stephen Mitchell. New York: Three Rivers, 2000. ISBN: 0609810340.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sappho. <em>Poems.<\/em> Trans. Mary Barnard. UC Press, 1999. ISBN: 0520223128.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aeschylus. <em>The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus II.<\/em> Eds. Richmond Lattimore and David Grene. 2nd Edition. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1992. ISBN: 0226307948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophocles. <em>Three Theban Plays.<\/em> Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1984. ISBN: 0140444254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Euripides. <em>The Complete Greek Tragedies: Euripides 1: Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus.<\/em> Eds. Richmond Lattimore and David Grene. Chicago: U of Chicago Press, 1983. ISBN: 0226307808.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West, Thomas and Grace. <em>Four Texts on Socrates. <\/em>Rev. ed. Ithaca: Cornell, 1998. ISBN: 0801485746.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seneca. The Tragedies<em>, Volume 1: The Trojan Women, Thyestes.<\/em> Eds. Slavitt and Bovie. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1992. 080184309X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> Trans. Robert Graves. Noonday Press, 1998. ISBN: 0374505322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augustine. <em>Confessions.<\/em> Trans. Henry Chadwick. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998 (reprint). ISBN: 0192833723.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTIONAL RESOURCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Classics Sites<\/strong>: Didaskalia | Perseus | Diotima | Forum | Homeric Singing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guides<\/strong>: Nietzsche\u2019s Greeks | Mucius Scaevola | Lucretia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong>2023 Note. <\/strong>Visitors may download the following questions in PDF format: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/drake_world_lit_early.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WORLD ANCIENT LITERATURE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bible | Gita | Sappho | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Euripides | Aristophanes | Plato<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SCHEDULE: WORKS DISCUSSED ON DATES INDICATED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 02\/03. Course Introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 02\/05. <em>King James Bible: Job.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 02\/10. <em>King James Bible: Job,<\/em> begin discussing <em>The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 02\/12. <em>King James Bible: The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 02\/17. <em>Bhagavad-Gita.<\/em> (first half)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 02\/19. <em>Bhagavad-Gita.<\/em> (second half)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 02\/24. Sappho. <em>Poems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 02\/26. Aeschylus. <em>Prometheus Bound.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 03\/02. Aeschylus. <em>Prometheus Bound.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 03\/04. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus Rex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 03\/09. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus Rex.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 03\/11. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus at Colonus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 03\/16. Euripides. <em>Medea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 03\/18. Euripides. <em>Medea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 03\/23. Aristophanes. <em>Clouds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 03\/25. Aristophanes. <em>Clouds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 03\/30. Plato. <em>Apology of Socrates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 04\/01. Plato. <em>Crito.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 04\/06. Spring break&#8211;no class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 04\/08. Spring break&#8211;no class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 04\/13. Lucretius. <em>On the Nature of the Universe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 04\/15. Lucretius. <em>On the Nature of the Universe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 04\/20. Seneca. <em>The Trojan Women.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 04\/22. Seneca. <em>Thyestes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 04\/27. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> (first third)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 04\/29. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> (second third)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 05\/06. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> (final third)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 05\/08. Augustine. <em>Confessions,<\/em> Books 1-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 05\/13. Augustine. Confessions, Books 4-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 05\/15. Augustine. <em>Confessions,<\/em> Books 7-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FINALS WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 05\/20. 8:00 \u2013 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CECHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2004 *2023 Note. Most hyperlinks and information have been removed from this archival version of the course, leaving mainly the reading schedule. COURSE INFORMATION. English 240. Tu\/Th 1:00 \u2013 2:15 p.m. Beckman 203. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu\/Th 12:00 \u2013 1:00 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[64],"class_list":["post-4993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6151,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4993\/revisions\/6151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=4993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}