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Week 2: Wednesday, September 9th Gilgamesh, 95-99 (overview), 99-112 | 1. 2. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb |
Monday, September 10th Gilgamesh, 128-151 | 1. 2. |
Week 3: Wednesday, September 16th Bhagavad-gita (1282-1301) | 1. 2. |
Week 4: Monday, September 21st Creation and the Cosmos Volume AIntroduction to Creation and the Cosmos, pp. 23-25 “The Great Hymn to the Aten,” pp. 29-33 from Genesis, 158-161 West African Creation stories and Rig Veda selection (Bb) |
1. Richard Zheng 2. |
Week 5:Monday, September 28th Medea, lines 1-680 (pp. 783-803) | 1. Bradley Hemraj 2. Angela Lin |
Wednesday, September 30th Medea, lines 681-end (pp. 803-822) | 1. Freddy Quiñones 2 Justin Mathew |
Week 6: Monday, October 5th Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Acts 1-4 (pp. 871-910) (Volume B) | 1.Jeri Veingrad 2. |
Wednesday, October 7th Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Acts 5-7 (pp. 910-942) | 1. Chasity Velez 2. Alba Rajanibala |
Week 8: Wednesday, October 19th Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection performance (this blog can wait, of course, until you see the performance). | 1. 2. |
Week 9:Monday, October 26th Selections from The Thousand and One Nights (Volume B) |
1. Chana Sitt 2. |
Wednesday, October 28th Selections from The Thousand and One Nights (Volume B) | 1. Michael Matteo 2. |
Week 10: Monday, November 2nd T’ang Poetry: introduction and the poetry of Wang Wei (pp. 1019-1022) and Bo Juyi (pp. 1035-1041; 1045-1047; printout of more Bo Juyi poems on Blackboard under “Content”) (Volume B) |
1. Jared Gabrielli 2. |
Wednesday, November 4th T’ang Poetry: the poetry of Li Bo and Du Fu, pp. 1022-1035 (Volume B) | 1. Karen Suen 2. Nick Dunn |
Week 11:Monday, November 9thThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagan (pp. 1127-1141); Selection of poetry from the Kokinshu (Volume B) | 1. Caitlin Hayes 2. |
Wednesday, November 11thThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagan (pp. 1142-1153) | 1. 2. |
Week 12:Monday, November 16th Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitts I-II (pp. 725-751) | 1. Natalie Kain 2. |
Wednesday, November 18thSir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitt III (pp. 751-769) | 1. Thomas Stirton 2. |
Week 13:Monday, November 23rd Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitt IV (pp. 769-780) | 1. Kevin Gamboa 2. Daniel Rossi |
Wednesday, November 25th Othello, Act I | 1. Bryan Nuñez 2. Marcello Oliveira |
Week 14:Monday, November 30th Othello, Act II-III | 1. Lucille Huang 2. Fatoumata Jallow |
Wednesday, December 2nd Othello, Act IV | 1. Benjamin Balidemaj 2. Kristen Guglielmo |
Week 15 :Monday, December 8th Othello, Act V | 1. 2. |
Wednesday, December 9th Selections from “The Encounters of Europe and the New World” (Volume C) |