Studies in Literature

Schedule


Week I

6/9
Introduction to course; introduction to literary traditions and influences; Introduction to Homer and The Odyssey.
Ezra Pound on close reading [PDF]
Samuel Johnson on literary antiquity [PDF]

6/12
The Odyssey: Books I-III
George Chapman, 1616
Alexander Pope, 1715
Samuel Butler, 1900
S H Butcher and A Lang, 1909
Richmond Lattimore, 1961
Robert Fitzgerald, 1961
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," John Keats
Quiz
Comments on Quiz
Week II

6/16
The Odyssey: Books IV - IX
Information literacy session.
Quiz
Meet in library.
6/19
The Odyssey: Books X - XV
Quiz
Week III

6/23
The Odyssey: Books XVI - XX
Presentations on articles
Quiz
Proposal
6/26
The Odyssey: Books XXI - XXIV
Presentations on articles
Quiz
Week IV    
6/30
The Odyssey, A Play. Derek Walcott Essay
7/3
Walcott (cont.)
Dante's Inferno, Book XXVI
Tennyson's "Ulysses"
Working Bibliography
Week V

7/7
Troilus and Cressida. William Shakespeare
Quiz
7/10
 
 
Week VI    
7/14
Cold Mountain. Charles Frazier.
Quiz
7/17
 
 
Week VII    
7/21
Meadowlands. Louise Gluck.
Essay
7/24
Panel: David, Stephanie, Marianne, Ashley
Panel 1
Week VIII    
7/28
The Penelopiad. Margaret Atwood.
Panel: Tim, Jill, Lori, Chrissy
Quiz
Panel 2
7/31
Final Papers due
Panel: Maggie, Linda, Emily, Joe.
Final Paper
Panel 3