Texts (available at Von's):

The Odyssey by Homer, ISBN 0374525749

The Portable Dante by...um...Dante, ISBN 0142437549

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, ISBN 0060955228

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, ISBN 0451526570

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, ISBN 039397278X

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, ISBN 0142437204

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, ISBN 0393960129

Texts (online - click on link):

"Little Red Cap" and "Cinderella" by the Brothers Grimm

"The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen

"A White Heron" by Sylvia Orne Jewett

"In the Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Prologue by Joseph Campbell

The Epic of Gilgamesh

First six books of The Aeneid by Virgil

"Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson

"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" by Chinua Achebe

Schedule:

January 9 Introductions and Reading “Great Narrative Works”

January 11 The construction of the edification narrative

"Cinderella"

"Little Red Cap"

"The Little Mermaid"
"A White Heron"

"The Company of Wolves"
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

January 16 The Epic of Gilgamesh

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes: Introduction to Classical Mythology pp. 13-43
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

Visual Interpretations of Mythology

The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Prologue Myths and Dream (read pdf page numbers 20, 35-54)

January 18 Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes: Intro to Classic. Mythology pp.178-201, 236-53
The Odyssey: Books 1-4
Visual Representations of the Odyssey

January 23 The Odyssey: Books 5-9

January 25 The Odyssey: Books 10-12

January 30 The Odyssey: Books 13-20

February 1 The Odyssey: Books 21-24

February 6 First six books of The Aeneid

February 8 NO CLASS!! BUT READING WILL STAY ON SCHEDULE

Dante and Images of Hell

February 13 Inferno: Cantos I-XXVI

“Ulysses”

February 15 Inferno: Cantos XXVII-XXXIV

FILM NIGHT AFTER CLASS! 6PM!

February 20 Under the Volcano: Chaps. I-III

February 22 Under the Volcano: Chaps. IV-V

February 27 Under the Volcano: Chaps. VI-X

March 1 Under the Volcano: Chaps. XI-XII

March 6 Heart of Darkness

"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness"

March 8 Review

March 13, March 15 – SPRING BREAK

March 20 REFLECTIVE PAPER DUE and EXAM I

March 22 The Bluest Eye: Autumn pp. 1-58

March 27 The Bluest Eye: Winter-Spring pp. 59-131

March 29 The Bluest Eye: Spring-Summer pp. 132-206

April 3 Jane Eyre: Chaps. 1-15

April 5 Jane Eyre: Chaps. 16-20

April 10 Jane Eyre: Chaps. 21-33

April 12 Jane Eyre: Chaps. 34-38 and Wide Sargasso Sea: Part I

April 17 Wide Sargasso Sea: Part II

April 19 Exam II

April 24 Group Presentations

April 26 Group Presentations and papers due