LS195 -- Great Ideas in Western Culture I -- Fall 1998

Reading Schedule

Professor Caldwell, Clarkson University
Box 5750, Liberal Arts Room 207, Tel: 268-3972

Note: The reading schedule is subject to change.

Sep 01 Tu Introduction to the Greeks. Assignments.
03 Th Ancient World Websites. Introduction to Homer. Assignments.

Sep 08 TuOdyssey, Books 1-4. Assignments.
10 ThOdyssey, Books 5-8. Assignments.

Sep 15 TuOdyssey, Books 9-12. Assignments.
17 ThOdyssey, Books 13-16. Assignments.

Sep 22 TuOdyssey, Books 17-20. Assignments.
24 ThOdyssey, Books 21-24. Assignments.

Sep 29 TuAncient Greece, Documents on War. Assignments.
Oct 01 ThAncient Greece, Documents. Assignments. Paper 1 Due.

Fall recess begins Friday, October 2, at 6:00 pm.
Classes resume Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 am.

Oct 08 ThAncient Greece, Documents on Philosophy, Religion, Science. Assignments.

Oct 13 TuAncient Greece, Documents on Politics and Society. Assignments.
15 ThAncient Greece, Documents from Fifth-Century Athens. Assignments.

Oct 20 TuAncient Greece, Documentary background to Sophocles. Assignments.
22 ThFifth-century Athenian Drama. Ancient Greece, selections from Antigone. Assignments.

Oct 27 TuSophocles, Oedipus the King. Assignments.
29 ThOedipus the King. Assignments.

Nov 02 Mn

Shakespeare's Richard III.

Snell Hall Auditorium, 8:00 pm. Attendance required.
Nov 03 TuOedipus the King. Assignments. Paper 2 Due.
05 ThMachiavelli, The Prince, Introduction (pp. vii-xxiv), 3-19. Assignments.

Nov 10 TuThe Prince, pp. 20-68. Assignments.
12 ThThe Prince, pp. 68-111. Assignments.

Nov 17 TuShakespeare. Background to the Wars of the Roses. Assignments.
19 ThShakespeare, Richard III, Act I. Looking for Richard. Assignments.

Nov 24 TuRichard III, Act I. Assignments.

Thanksgiving recess begins Tuesday, November 24, at 6:00 pm.
Classes resume Monday, November 30, at 8:00 am.

Dec 01 TuRichard III, Act II. Assignments. Paper 3 Due
03 ThRichard III, Act III. Assignments.

Dec 08 TuRichard III, Acts IV and V. Assignments. Questions for Paper 4 (in class on Thursday, 10 Dec.)
10 ThPaper 4, to be written in class. Assignments.

Final Exam Week: December 14-19, 1998.

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