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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYLiterature Humanities
Assignments by Week
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| Week of Monday: | (Classes begin Wed., Jan. 15) | |
| January | 15 | The Gospel according to St. Luke |
| 20 | The Gospel according to St. John | |
| 27 | St. Augustine (354-430), Confessions , Books I-IX | |
| February | 3 | Dante (1265-1321), Inferno |
| 10 | Boccaccio (1313-1375), Decameron : 1.1,2,3,; 11.7,9,10; III.1,10; IV.1,2,5; V.4,10; VI.1-10; VII.2,6,8,9; VIII, 7; IX.6,1O; X.5,10 (Plus Preface and Introduction pp.45-68; Epilogue pp.829-833) | |
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| 17 | Montaigne (1533-1592), Essays : To The Reader, 23; On idleness, 1:8, On Cannibals, I:50, 105-11; On Repentance, III:2, 235-250; On Experience, III:13, 343-406; additional essays optional. Total: 3 hours | |
| 24 | Shakespeare (1564-1616), free choice of play | |
| March | 2 | Shakespeare, King Lear |
| 9 | Cervantes (1547-1616), Don Quixote , 25-63, 84-276,324-42, 445-58, 467-92, 754-72, 934-40. | |
| 16 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 23 | Descartes (1596-1650), Meditations on the First Philosophy | |
| 30 | Goethe (1749-1032), Faust I | |
| April | 6 | Austen (1775-1817), Pride and Prejudice |
| 13 | Woolf, (1882-1941), To the Lighthouse | |
| 20 | Instructor's choice: Eliot, "The Waste Land" | |
| 27 | Last day of classes (Monday classes only) |
Note: The above is a minimum list of works and readings to be covered by all sections and to be included on the final examination. Instructors may require additional readings from these works and/or one or more additional works; i.e. Hroswitha.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
There will be a midterm, a final examination, and at least two papers involving analysis of original works. Participation in classroom discussions is an essential part of the course--and will figure in the final grade.