Week 1
Thursday, 8/26: Introduction

Week 2
Tuesday, 8/31: The Hebrew Bible | The Garden of Eden, The Flood, and The Tower of Babel
Thursday, 9/2: Mayan and West African creation myths | Popol Vuh and Anansi the Spider

 Week 3
Tuesday, 9/7: No class
Thursday, 9/9: Norse mythology | The Master Builder

Week 4
Tuesday, 9/14: The Odyssey | Book 5
Thursday, 9/16: No class

Week 5
Tuesday, 9/21: The Odyssey | Book 9
Thursday, 9/23: The Odyssey | Book 12

Week 6
Tuesday, 9/28: The Republic | The Allegory of the Cave
Thursday, 9/30: The Republic | The City and the Philosopher King

Week 7
Tuesday, 10/5: The Daodejing | I–VII, XVI–XX, XXV, XXVIII, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XLII, XLVIII, LXIV, LXX, LXXVI, LXXXI
Thursday, 10/7:

Week 8
Tuesday, 10/12: 1001 Nights | Prologue through the Fourth Night
Thursday, 10/14: 1001 Nights | The Fifth through the Sixteenth Nights

Week 9
Tuesday, 10/19: The Book of the City of Ladies | Part One, 1–19
Thursday, 10/21: Midterm exam

Week 10
Tuesday, 10/26: Inferno | Canto I, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Thursday, 10/28: Inferno | Canto XVIII, XIX, XXI, XXVIII, XXIX, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV

Week 11
Tuesday, 11/2: Utopia | Book II: “The Geography of Utopia” through “Their Philosophy”
Thursday, 11/4: Utopia | Book II: “Their Delight in Learning” through “The Religions of the Utopians”

Week 12
Tuesday, 11/9: The Diversity of the World and Letter Concerning the First Voyage
Thursday, 11/11: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Week 13
Tuesday, 11/16: The Canterbury Tales | The Miller’s Prologue and Tale
Thursday, 11/18: Macbeth | Act I (Scenes 1–7)

Week 14
Tuesday, 11/23: Macbeth | Act II (Scenes 1–4)
Thursday, 11/25: No class

Week 15
Tuesday, 11/30: Macbeth | Act III (Scene 1–6)
Thursday, 12/2: Macbeth | Act IV (Scenes 1–3)

Week 16
Tuesday, 12/7: Macbeth | Act V (Scenes 1–8)
Thursday, 12/9: Maps