230 Syllabus

English 230 - World Literature		Spring 2013
Instructor: Elisabetta LeJeune

Assigned readings must be completed before the date listed below. This schedule may change. Click on the links for reading questions

Week 1
	Course information Ancient Greece - Pages 105 -111 Homer - Pages 114 -119
		Study Guide for the Iliad
		Start Assignment 1
Week 2	The Iliad Books I - VI - VIII- Pages 120 -147	The Historical Background of the Trojan War
	The Iliad Books IX -XVI- XVIII Pages 147-192
		Map of Ancient Greece
Week 3	The Iliad Books XXII - XXIV Pages 192 - 225	The Iliad Game
	Assignment 1 due Exam 1
		PowerPoint: The Iliad
Week 4	The Odyssey Books I - II The Odyssey Books III-IV
		Start Assignment 2
	The Odyssey Books V- VI The Odyssey Books VII-VIII
		Homeric singing
Week 5	The Odyssey Books IX - X The Odyssey Books XI - XII	Map of Odysseus' journey
	The Odyssey Books XIII - XIV The Odyssey Books XV - XVI
		The Odyssey game
Week 6	The Odyssey Books XVII - XVIII The Odyssey Books IXX - XX	PowerPoint: The Odyssey
	The Odyssey Books XXI - XXII The Odyssey Books XXIII - XXIV
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Week 7	Assignment 2 due Exam 2

	The Roman Empire - Pages 1041- 1045 Virgil - Pages 1052-1054	Reading questions for The Aeneid
Week 8	The Aeneid Books I and II - Pages 1055-1085	BBC Radio discussion of the Aeneid
	The Aeneid Books IV and VI - Pages 1085
		PowerPoint: The Aeneid
March 15, 2013 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT GRADE PENALTY
Week 9	Exam 3
	Dante - Pages 1826- 1836
		An online translation of the Inferno
Week 10	Cantos I - VI Pages 1836-1854	PowerPoint Presentation on Dante and The Inferno
	Cantos VII - XII Pages 1845-1872

Week 11	Cantos XIII - XVIII Pages 1872-1891	Maps of the Inferno
	Cantos XIX - XXIV Pages 1891-1910

Week 12	Cantos XXV- XXX Pages 1910 - 1929
	Cantos XXXI -XXXIV Pages 1929 - 1942

Week 13


Week 14


Week 15
	Study guide for final exam
May _____ 2012	FINAL EXAM

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Updated on January 14, 2012 by Elisabetta LeJeune