{"id":4999,"date":"2023-03-29T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/?page_id=4999"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:07:01","slug":"e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-fall-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-fall-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"E240 World Literature to 400 CE Syllabus, Fall 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CE<br>CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COURSE INFORMATION<\/strong>. English 240. MWF 9:00 \u2013 9:50 a.m. Beckman 209. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu. 10:00 \u2013 11:00 a.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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> Trans. Robert Graves. Noonday Press, 1998. ISBN 0374505322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bhagavad-Gita.<\/em> Trans. Stephen Mitchell. New York: Three Rivers, 2000. ISBN 0609810340.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boethius. <em>The Consolation of Philosophy. <\/em>Trans. Victor Watts. New York: Penguin, 2000. ISBN 0140447806.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confucius. <em>The Analects.<\/em> Trans. D. C. Lau. New York: Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0140443487.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homer. <em>The Iliad.<\/em> Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1990. ISBN 0140275363.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Livy. <em>The Early History of Rome.<\/em> Trans. Aubrey de Selincourt. New York: Penguin, 2002. ISBN 0140448098.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longus. <em>Daphnis and Chloe.<\/em> Trans. Paul Turner. New York: Penguin, 1989. ISBN 0140440593.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ovid. <em>The Love Poems.<\/em> Trans. A. D. Melville. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN 0192836331.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plato. <em>Gorgias. <\/em>Trans. Robin Waterfield. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN 0192836307.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plautus. <em>Four Comedies.<\/em> Trans. Erich Segal. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN 0192838962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sappho. <em>Poems.<\/em> Trans. Mary Barnard. UC Press, 1999. ISBN 0520223128.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sophocles. <em>Three Theban Plays.<\/em> Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1984. ISBN 0140444254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tibetan Book of the Dead.<\/em> Trans. Robert Thurman. New York: Bantam, 1993. ISBN 0553370901.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTIONAL RESOURCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guides<\/strong>: Sappho Lyric | Nietzsche\u2019s Greeks | Mucius Scaevola | Lucretia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Classics Sites<\/strong>: Didaskalia | Perseus | Diotima | Forum | Homeric Singing | Didaskalia Greek Stagecraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS AND PRESENTATIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confucius | Gita | Tibetan | Homer | Sappho | Sophocles | Plato | Plautus | Livy | Ovid | Longus | Apuleius | Boethius<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 08\/30. Course Introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 09\/01. Confucius. The Analects, Books 1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 09\/03. Confucius. The Analects, Books 7-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 09\/06. Labor Day Holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 09\/08. Bhagavad-Gita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 09\/10. Bhagavad-Gita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 09\/13. Bhagavad-Gita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 09\/15. Tibetan Book of the Dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 09\/17. Tibetan Book of the Dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 09\/20. Homer. The Iliad, Books 1-2. [Journal Set 1 due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 09\/22. Homer. The Iliad, Book 3-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 09\/24. Homer. The Iliad. [Film TBD]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 09\/27. Homer. The Iliad, Books 7-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 09\/29. Homer. The Iliad, Books 13-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 10\/01. Homer. The Iliad. [Film TBD]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 10\/04. Homer. The Iliad, Books 17-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 10\/06. Sappho. <em>Poems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 10\/08. Sappho. <em>Poems.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 10\/11. Sophocles. <em>Antigone. <\/em>[Film, Tzavellas 1962, 86 mins.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 10\/13. Sophocles. <em>Antigone.<\/em> [Film, Tzavellas 1962, 86 mins.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 10\/15. Sophocles. <em>Antigone. <\/em>[Discussion.] [Paper 1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 10\/18. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus Rex.<\/em> [Film, Guthrie 1957, 88 mins.] [Journals]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 10\/20. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus Rex.<\/em> [Film, Guthrie 1957, 88 mins.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 10\/22. [No class today.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 10\/25. Sophocles. <em>Oedipus Rex.<\/em> [Discussion.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 10\/27. Plato. <em>Gorgias.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 10\/29. Plato. <em>Gorgias.<\/em> [Journal Set 2 due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 11\/01. Plautus. <em>The Braggart Soldier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 11\/03. Plautus. <em>The Braggart Soldier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 11\/05. Film: <em>I, Claudius <\/em>(Episode: \u201cWhat Shall We Do About Claudius?\u201d) [BBC]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 11\/08. Livy. <em>The Early History of Rome,<\/em> Book 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 11\/10. Livy. <em>The Early History of Rome,<\/em> Book 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 11\/12. Livy. <em>The Early History of Rome,<\/em> Book 2 (to pg. 126 only).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 11\/15. Film: <em>I, Claudius <\/em>(Episode: \u201cZeus, By Jove\u201d) [BBC]. [Journals]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 11\/17. Ovid. <em>The Art of Love.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 11\/19. Ovid. <em>The Art of Love.<\/em> [Journal Set 3 due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 11\/22. Longus. <em>Daphnis and Chloe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 11\/24. Longus. <em>Daphnis and Chloe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 11\/26. Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 11\/29. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass. <\/em>(First third.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 12\/01. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> (Second third.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 12\/03. Apuleius. <em>The Golden Ass.<\/em> (Final third.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M. 12\/06. Boethius. <em>The Consolation of Philosophy.<\/em> (First third.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 12\/08. Boethius. <em>The Consolation of Philosophy.<\/em> (Second third.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F. 12\/10. Boethius. <em>The Consolation of Philosophy.<\/em> (Final third.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FINALS WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">W. 12\/15. 9:00 \u2013 10:30 a.m. Last journal set and paper due along with exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CECHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 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. MWF 9:00 \u2013 9:50 a.m. Beckman 209. Instructor: Alfred J. 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