Literature II
Tentative Schedule of Assignments
January Introduction to Course
Greek
Drama; reading and discussion of Oedipus
Film:
Oedipus
February Antigone
Myth and Symbolic Allusion in Poetry
These
poems are not in the text, but copies will be provided.
“Myth”
“Leda and the Swan”
“Siren Song”
“Odysseus”
“Penelope”
“Circe”
“The Suitor”
“Flight 063”
“Icarus”
“Waiting for Icarus”
Paper
#1 Due
February 21-March Introduction to Shakespeare
Film: Much
Spring Break: March 7-11
Midterm
The Sonnets
Sonnet
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
“God’s Grandeur”
“Desire”
“Golden Retrievals”
Unholy Sonnet
“Fishing”
“From Here to There”
Paper #2 Due
April - May Introduction to Realism
Shaw's
Arms and the Man
Modern Drama
Glaspell's
Trifles
Contemporary Drama
Selected Poems
Explication
(written and oral)
Final Exam