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Syllabus

GREAT WORKS IN DIALOGUE: TRANSFORMATIONS(GWD03)
Class A Spring2002-2003

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Date

Topics and Readings for Class

Study Questions and Other
Resources

3/31

Lectures:

Introduction to course (Cheri),
Introduction to Ovid (Edward)

Reading:

Metamorphoses, Books 1-3

 

4/7

Lecture:

The Art of Transformation (Edward)

Reading:

Metamorphoses, Books 4-6

Metamorphoses questions, part 1

4/14

Lecture:

No lecture tonight; go directly to discussion

Reading:

Metamorphoses, selections from Book 8: Story of Daedalus and Icarus; Story of Baucis and Philemon; Book 10 (entire); selections from Book 11: Story of Midas; Ceyx Tells Story of Daedalion; Quest for Ceyx; selections from Book 13: Story of Galatea; Song of Polyphemus; selections from Book 15: Teachings of Pythagoras

Metamorphoses questions, part 2

4/21

Lecture:

Shakespeare's Art (Cheri)

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Acts 1-3

The Winter's Tale questions, part 1

4/28

Lecture:

From Winter to Spring (Cheri)

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Act 4

The Winter's Tale questions, part 2

5/5

Lecture:

No lecture tonight; go directly to discussion

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Act 5; review story of Pygmalion in Metamorphoses 10

The Winter's Tale questions, part 3

5/12

Lecture:

Woolf: A Portrait of the Artist (Edward)

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 3-124

To the Lighthouse questions, part 1

5/19

Lecture:

Woolf: Modernism's Changing Vision (Cheri)

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 125-143 and review previous assignment

To the Lighthouse questions, part 2

5/26

Memorial Day – No class

 

6/2

Lecture:

No lecture tonight; go directly to discussion

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 144-209
Evaluation; reception

To the Lighthouse questions, part 3

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