History of World Literature I
                        English 3361
                          Fall 1997

Thomas A. Ryan             Monday. Wednesday. Friday: 8:00-8:50
202 CH                     211B Ransom Hall
Phone: 272-2692 or 272-2758
Email: ryan@uta.edu        Web: http://www.uta.edu/english/TAR/tar.html
Course Web Site: http://www.uta.edu/english/TAR/worldlit.html
Office Hours: MWF 9:00-10:50
Course Prerequisites: Six hours sophomore literature
Text: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Expanded
         Edition. Mack et al., eds.

Course Description: The primary focus of this course will be
the literature of the Western World, although we will
dedicate a few class meetings to the study of some non-
Western literature. This semester the class will try to take
advantage of the Internet and other learning and teaching
aids made possible by computers. Students will be encouraged
to explore the literary, artistic, musical, cultural, and
historical milieus of the works we shall read and to share
their discoveries with the other students in the class
through email, contributions to the course web page, or
short reports.

Course Learning Goals/Objectives: The goals of this course
are to broaden and deepen the student's knowledge of the
Western literary tradition, to introduce the student to the
use of the computer in literary exploration, research, and
communication, and to improve the student's writing skills.

Attendance and Drop Policy: Attendance in class and class
participation are important. If you miss more than four (4)
classes, you will be in danger of being dropped from the
class. It is extremely important that you read the assigned
material before coming to class. I will give reading
quizzes, if necessary, as an incentive. If for some reason
you cannot continue in the class, remember to officially
drop the course. It is now against University policy for
faculty members to drop students.

Course Requirements: In addition to a Midsemester and a
Final Examination, four (4) essays (each three to five pages
in length) will be required on topics generated from the
readings, class discussions, and explorations on the
Internet. These essays may be submitted electronically. Be
sure to acknowledge and correctly document the primary and
any secondary sources you use. Due dates for the essays are
     September 29
     October 22
     November 19
     December 5.
There will also be a group project on Greek tragedy.

Course Evaluation and Final Grade: The two
examinations-which will be part machine-graded multiple
choice and part essay-will count fifty percent, the four
essays will count forty percent, and the group project will
count 10 percent.

Student Evaluation of Teaching: Toward the end of the
semester, I shall ask your opinion on the success of the
course by having you complete the Student Evaluation of
Teaching Survey.

                      Reading Schedule

Dates and assignments are tentative.

M Aug 25: Introduction
W Aug 27: Gilgamesh
F Aug 29: Gilgamesh, cont.
W Sep 3:  Ancient Egyptian Poetry: "Shipwrecked Sailor" and lyrics
F Sep 5:  The Bible: The Old Testament
M Sep 8:  Homer, The Odyssey
W Sep 10: Homer, The Odyssey
F Sep 12: Homer, The Odyssey
M Sep 15: Aristotle, Poetics; Greek Tragedy Group Reports
W Sep 17: Greek Tragedy cont.
F Sep 19: Greek Tragedy cont.
M Sep 22: Ancient Chinese and Indian Literature
W Sep 24: Virgil, from The Aeneid
F Sep 26: Virgil, from The Aeneid
M Sep 29: Catullus, lyrics
W Oct 1:  Ovid, from Metamorphoses
F Oct 3:  Ovid, from Metamorphoses
M Oct 6:  Petronius, from The Satyricon
W Oct 8:  The Bible: The New Testament
F Oct 10  Augustine, The Confessions
M Oct 13: The Koran; Ibn Ishaq, from The Biography of the Prophet
W Oct 15: The Thousand and One Nights; Poems from China's
          Middle Period, tba
F Oct 17: MIDSEMESTER TEST
M Oct 20: "The Story of Deirdre"; "The Wanderer"
W Oct 2/  The Song of Roland
F Oct 24: Marie de France, Eliduc
M Oct 27: Dante, The Inferno
W Oct 29: Dante, The Inferno
F Oct 31: Dante, The Inferno;
M Nov 3:  Dante, from Purgatorio and Paradiso
W Nov 5:  Boccaccio, from The Decameron
F Nov 7:  Chaucer, "The Nun's Priest's Tale"
M Nov 10: Francois Villon
W Nov 12: Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji; Sei Shonagon,
          The Pillow Book
F Nov 14: Petrarch; Erasmus
M Nov 17: Marguerite de Navarre
W Nov 19: Rabelais
F Nov 21: Michel de Montaigne, Essays
M Nov 24: Cervantes, Don Quixote
W Nov 26: Cervantes, cont.
Nov 27-28:     Thanksgiving
M Dec 1:  Marlowe
W Dec 3:  Pedro Calderon de la Barca
F Dec 5:  Popul Vuh
F Dec 12: FINAL EXAMINATION: 8:00-10:30

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