"What
a joy for one who lives to tell the things he has been through
when the suffering is over!"
--The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (c. 2000 BC)
Introduction: Who We Are and the Stories We Read and Tell
Discussion: Kafka, "Leopards in the Temple"
Audio Excerpt: "China's Gold Farmers," from Morning Edition, NPR
What is culture?
Reading:
Ember and Ember, Cultural Anthropology, "The Concept of Culture"
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Reading:
Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 141-144
Workshop:
Rough Draft of First Essay
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 1-14
Introduction: The Ancient Near East
Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets 1-5, pp. 3-28
Essay 1 due
Reading:
The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets 6-8, pp. 29-47
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 19-28
Reading:The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablets 9-11, pp. 48-82
Introduction:
Arabic Culture
Reading: The
Arabian Nights, "Prologue," pp. 5-18
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 30-40
Reading:
The Arabian Nights, "The Merchant and the Demon,"
and "The Fisherman and the Demon," pp. 18-65
Reading:
The Arabian Nights, "The Tales of the Three Dervishes,"
and "The Tales of the Two Ladies," pp. 85-148
Reading: Graff and
Birkenstein, pp. 42-50
Reading:
The Arabian Nights, "The Story of the Three Apples,"
and "The Story of the Hunchback," pp. 148-154; 203-211
FALL BREAK
Introduction: The Anglo-Saxon World
Reading: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 33-43
Reading:
Anglo-Saxon Elegies, pp. 45-60
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 55-67
Workshop: Rough Draft of Second Essay
Reading:
Beowulf, pp. 74-105
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 68-75
Essay 2 due
Reading: Beowulf, pp. 105-129
Reading:
Beowulf, pp. 129-154
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 78-90
Reading: Anglo-Saxon Heroic Poems, pp. 7-21
Introduction:
The Adirondacks--Past Meets Present
Reading: Banks, The Sweet Hereafter, pp. 1-88
Reading: Graff and
Birkenstein, pp. 92-100
Reading: Banks, The Sweet Hereafter, pp. 89-157
Reading:
Banks, The Sweet Hereafter, pp. 159-257
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 105-118
Discussion: Banks, The Sweet Hereafter
Introduction:
The Islamic Revolution in Iran
Reading:
Satrapi, Persepolis, pp. 3-17
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 121-128
Reading: Satrapi, Persepolis, pp. 18-79
Reading:
Satrapi, Persepolis, pp. 80-153
Reading: Graff and Birkenstein, pp. 145-155
Student Presentations
Film: Persepolis
THANKSGIVING
Student Presentations
Student Presentations
Monday, December 9
Final essay due in HU/SS office (Snell 265) by noon