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Week VI
The
The
Metamorphoses 684
(quiz)
The
Aeneid continued
John
Milton
Paradise Lost, Book I (material on web site or check out a copy)
Week VII Catch up
Week VIII (2 March and 4 March)
The
The
Bible: The New Testament 708 (quiz)
Galatians,
Chapter 1 (on web site or a bible)
Acts,
Chapter 9 (on web site or a bible)
Essay
II assigned
Essay II In a four- page explication, compare and contrast the god’s involvement in human life in at least three of the following texts: The assigned sections of The New Testament, The Aeneid, The Koran, and The Metamorphoses. Your essay should address or include commentary on one or two of the following related areas: What do the god’s want from humans? How do they treat them? Discuss the view of the afterlife according to the Romans, Muslims, the Christians. Use information provided in the texts assigned and class discussion. Also, how are women portrayed in these texts?
Week IX (9 March and 11 March)
Extra credit: Write a 2 - 3 page personal narrative about a hero in your life: someone who has taken one or more of the three archetypal journeys that we've been applying to ancient world literature. It can be a family member or friend, male or female. Please do not write fiction, but you may change the name(s) to protect anonymity. Due before I leave for Padre Island. (In my mail box in TEC 145 before Thursday, 18 March. I'll score this as a quiz--up to 20 points--and enter that score twice.
The Rise
of Islam and Islamic Literature 600
A.D. - 1600 A.D.
The
Koran 868
(quiz)
The
Crusades and Islam (material provided in class)
Islamic Web Site http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Polemics/deception.html
Week X (16 March and 18 March)
Finish Islam and Muhammad
John
Milton
Paradise Lost, Book I Download Book I (20 pp. MS Word format) or check out a copy at any library. [quiz]
Essay III Due Tuesday, 13 April.
Rearrange the seven deadly sins of the Middle Ages according to American society’s standards today, and according to your own standards. Make three short lists: Dante’s, today’s society, and your arrangement. The sins don't all have to be exactly the same as the list that Dante worked from, but there's no reason to exchange or add more then two. The seven that are listed are pervasive. Explain to your audience the differences and reasons for those differences in Dante’s order and today’s American society’s order. Then discuss how your order explains who you are or how and why your values are different than other Americans. And what seems to have changed since the Middle Ages that would change or affect traditional moral mores Consider what has changed in the world that has affected the latter two lists.
This essay should be about four pages in length. If you use any outside sources—Internet, books, magazines, a short interview with your pastor or priest or rabbi, etc.—be sure to cite them in the text of your essay and document them on a works cited page. It is not necessary that you use any outside sources other than the prefatory material in your text.
Find these in Dante’s Inferno.
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the
individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from
which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Wrath is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for
fury. It is also known as Anger.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the
spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.
Prepare for Exam II: Roman, Christian, and Muslim literature. 30 March.
Spring Break (22 March through 26 March)
Week XI (30 March and 1 April)
Tuesday, 30 March. Exam II. Download one-page study sheet for Exam II.
Thursday Dante and The Inferno links
The Inferno (The first half) [quiz]
Extra credit: From the LRC Reserve desk, check out the animated The Hobbit, and write a 2 - 3 page explication of Bilbo Baggins' Heroic Journey. Compare this to one of the heroes we've encountered this semester. Due before I leave campus on Thursday, 8 April. (In my mail box in TEC 145 before Thursday, 8 April. I'll score this as a quiz--up to 20 points--and enter that score twice.)
Week XII (April 6 and 8)
Tuesday, 6 April The Inferno (The second half) [quiz]
Thursday, 8 April Finish The Inferno. Begin Petrarch and sonnet forms.
Essay III due. Assign Essay IV.
Petrarch and the Renaissance Sonnet Glossary
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