{"id":5001,"date":"2023-03-29T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T00:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/?page_id=5001"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:06:38","slug":"e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-fall-2003","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/e240-world-literature-to-400-ce-syllabus-fall-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"E240 World Literature to 400 CE Syllabus, Fall 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CE<br>CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2003<\/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 11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m. Beckman 203. Instructor: Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. Office hours: Tu. 10:00 \u2013 11:15 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<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aeschylus. The Oresteia. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 1984. ISBN: 0140443339.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. Seth Bernardete. St. Augustine Press, 2002. ISBN: 1587310260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 1999. ISBN: 0140268863.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. A.D. Melville. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. ISBN: 019283472X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plato. Four Texts on Socrates. Plato\u2019s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and Aristophanes\u2019 Clouds. Translators West, Thomas G. and Grace West. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1998. ISBN: 0801485746.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophocles. Three Theban Plays. Trans. Robert Fagles. NY: Penguin, 2000. ISBN: 0140444254.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil. The Aeneid. Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam, 1981. ISBN: 0553210416.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OPTIONAL RESOURCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guides<\/strong>: Odyssey Time Frame | Agamemnon Structure | Tennyson\u2019s \u201cThe Lotos-Eaters\u201d | Tennyson\u2019s \u201cUlysses\u201d | Nietzsche\u2019s Greeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Classics Sites<\/strong>: Didaskalia | Perseus | Diotima | Forum | Homeric Singing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">QUESTIONS FOR JOURNALS AND PRESENTATIONS<\/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>Homer | Aeschylus | Aristotle | Sophocles | Plato | Virgil | Ovid<\/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. 08\/26. Intro to class and to Homer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 08\/28. Homer. <em>The Odyssey,<\/em> Book 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 09\/02. Homer. <em>The Odyssey<\/em>,<em> <\/em>Books 2-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 09\/04. Homer. <em>The Odyssey,<\/em> Books 6-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 09\/09. Homer. <em>The Odyssey,<\/em> Books 9-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 09\/11. Homer. <em>The Odyssey, <\/em>Books 11-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 09\/16. Homer. <em>The Odyssey,<\/em> Books 18-21. (skim 14-17 for plot)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 09\/18. Homer. <em>The Odyssey,<\/em> Books 22-24. [First journal set due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 09\/23. Intro to Greek Tragedy. Arisotle. <em>Poetics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 09\/25. Aristotle. <em>Poetics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 09\/30. Aeschylus. <em>The Oresteia.<\/em> (Film in class &#8212; <em>Agamemnon<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 10\/02. Aeschylus. <em>The Oresteia.<\/em> (Film in class &#8212; <em>Agamemnon<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 10\/07. Aeschylus. <em>The Oresteia.<\/em> Discussion of <em>Agamemnon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 10\/09. Aeschylus. <em>The Oresteia.<\/em> Discussion of <em>The Libation Bearers.<\/em> (+ Film selections.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 10\/14. Aeschylus. <em>The Oresteia.<\/em> Discussion of <em>The Eumenides.<\/em> (+ Film selections.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 10\/16. Sophocles. <em>Antigone.<\/em> (Film, 70 minutes.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 10\/21. Sophocles. <em>Antigone. <\/em>(Film, remaining 20 minutes, discussion.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 10\/23. Sophocles. <em>Antigone<\/em>. Discussion. [Second journal set due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 10\/28. Plato. <em>Apology.<\/em> (First half.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 10\/30. Plato. <em>Apology.<\/em> (Second half.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 11<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 11\/04. Virgil. <em>The Aeneid,<\/em> Books 1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 11\/06. Virgil. <em>The Aeneid, <\/em>Books 3-4. [Paper rough draft due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 11\/11. Virgil. <em>The Aeneid, <\/em>Books 5-6. Comment on 7-12, which aren\u2019t assigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 11\/13. Ovid. <em>Metamorphoses, <\/em>Book 1. [Third journal set due.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 11\/18. Ovid. <em>Metamorphoses,<\/em> Books 2-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 11\/20. Ovid. <em>Metamorphoses, <\/em>from Book 5, \u201cThe Rape of Proserpine\u201d and \u201cArethusa\u201d; from Book 6, \u201cArachne\u201d and \u201cTereus, Procne, and Philomela.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 14<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 11\/25. Ovid. <em>Metamorphoses, <\/em>from Book 7, \u201cMedea and Jason,\u201d \u201cMedea and Aeson,\u201d \u201cMedea and Peleas,\u201d \u201cTheseus\u201d; from Book 8, \u201cDaedalus and Icarus\u201d; from Book 10, \u201cOrpheus and Eurydice,\u201d \u201cCyparissus,\u201d \u201cGanymede,\u201d \u201cHyacinth,\u201d \u201cPygmalion\u201d; from Book 11, \u201cDeath of Orpheus,\u201d \u201cMidas,\u201d \u201cFirst Foundation and Destruction of Troy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 11\/27. Thanksgiving Holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WEEK 15<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tu. 12\/02. Ovid. <em>Metamorphoses, <\/em>from Book 12, \u201cExpedition Against Troy,\u201d \u201cDeath of Achilles\u201d; from Book 13, \u201cAjax and Achilles\u2026,\u201d \u201cFall of Troy,\u201d \u201c Pilgrimage of Aeneas\u201d; from Book 14, \u201cPilgrimage of Aeneas, cont.,\u201d \u201cIsland of Circe,\u201d \u201cTriumph and Apotheosis of Aeneas\u201d; from Book 15, \u201cAesculapius,\u201d \u201cApotheosis of Julius Caesar,\u201d \u201cEpilogue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Th. 12\/04. Course Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FINALS WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>12\/09. Tuesday, 10:45 \u2013 1:15 p.m., regular location. Final draft of paper and last journal set due along with final exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYLLABUS FOR E240 WORLD LITERATURE TO 400 CECHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, FALL 2003 *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 11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m. Beckman 203. Instructor: Alfred J. 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