GREAT BOOKS 202 Schedule

GREAT BOOKS 202.001

WINTER 1999

WALLIN

Schedule of classes:

Thursday, January 7 Introductory matters; Background to Mark

Friday, January 8 The Gospel of Mark 1:1-8:21

Monday, January 11 The Gospel of Mark 8:22-16:20

Tuesday, January 12 Chs. 5-7 of The Gospel of Matthew, and Paul, Galatians

Thursday, January 14 Paul, Romans 1:1-8:39

Friday, January 15 Paul, Romans 9:1-16:27

Monday, January 18 No class meeting; MLK observance

Tuesday, January 19 Augustine, Confessions Book 1

Thursday, January 21 Augustine, Confessions Books 2-3

Friday, January 22 Augustine, Confessions Books 4-5

Monday, January 25 Augustine, Confessions Books 5-6

Tuesday, January 26 Augustine, Confessions Books 7-8

Thursday, January 28 Augustine, Confessions Books 8-9

Friday, January 29 Gottfried, Tristan Prologue and Chapters 1-4

Monday, February 1 Gottfried, Tristan Chapters 5-8

PAPER #1 DUE (2-3 pp. on Augustine’s Confessions)

Tuesday, February 2 Gottfried, Tristan Chapters 9-12

Thursday, February 4 Gottfried, Tristan Chapters 13-17

Friday, February 5 Gottfried, Tristan Chapters 18-25

Monday, February 8 Gottfried, Tristan Chapters 26-29

REVIEW

Tuesday, February 9 FIRST MIDTERM EXAM

Thursday, February 11 Dante, Inferno Cantos 1-2

Friday, February 12 Dante, Inferno Cantos 3-5

Monday, February 15 Dante, Inferno Cantos 6-10

Tuesday, February 16 Dante, Inferno Cantos 11-16

Thursday, February 18 Dante, Inferno Cantos 17-21

Friday, February 19 Dante, Inferno Cantos 22-26

Monday, February 22 Dante, Inferno Cantos 27-31

Tuesday, February 23 Dante, Inferno Cantos 32-34

Thursday, February 25 More, Utopia Through page 41

Friday, February 26 More, Utopia Through page 80

PAPER #2 DUE (2-3 pp. on Gottfried or Dante)

ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK!

Monday, March 8 More, Utopia Through page 132

Tuesday, March 9 Machiavelli, The Prince Introduction, A Note on the

Translation, Appendix, and Chapters 1-3

Thursday, March 11 Machiavelli, The Prince Chapters 4-11

Friday, March 12 Machiavelli, The Prince Chapters 12-20

Monday, March 15 Machiavelli, The Prince Chapters 21-26

Tuesday, March 16 Shakespeare, King Lear Act I

Thursday, March 18 Shakespeare, King Lear Act II

PAPER #3 DUE (2-3 pp. on More and Machiavelli)

Friday, March 19 Shakespeare, King Lear Act III

Monday, March 22 Shakespeare, King Lear Act IV

Tuesday, March 23 Shakespeare, King Lear Act V

Thursday, March 25 Shakespeare, King Lear

REVIEW

Friday, March 26 SECOND MIDTERM EXAM

Monday, March 29 Rousseau, Confessions Part One, Book 1

Tuesday, March 30 Rousseau, Confessions Books 2-3 (thru p. 102)

Thursday, April 1 Rousseau, Confessions Books 3-4 (thru p. 150)

Friday, April 2 Rousseau, Confessions Books 4-5

Monday, April 5 Rousseau, Confessions Book 6

Tuesday, April 6 Rousseau, Confessions Part Two, excerpts tba

Thursday, April 8 Wagner, Tristan and Isolde Act I

Friday, April 9 Wagner, Tristan and Isolde Act II

PAPER #4 DUE (4 pp. on Shakespeare or Rousseau)

Monday, April 12 Wagner, Tristan and Isolde Act III

Tuesday, April 13 Wagner, Tristan and Isolde

Thursday, April 15 Eliot, The Waste Land

Friday, April 16 Eliot, The Waste Land

Monday, April 19 Eliot, The Waste Land

Tuesday, April 20 REVIEW

Wednesday, April 28 FINAL EXAMINATION 1:30-3:30

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