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Syllabus

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

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Date

Topics and Readings for Class

Study Questions and Other
Resources

4/1

Lectures:

Introduction to course (Renee),
Introduction to Ovid and the Art of Transformation (Renee)

Reading:

Metamorphoses, Books 1-3

 

4/8

Lecture:

Mythos v. Logos in Metamorphoses (Renee)

Reading:

Metamorphoses, Books 4-6

Metamorphoses questions, part 1

4/15

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 or Pygmalion); Song of Pholyphemus); Book 15 (entire).

Metamorphoses questions, part 2

4/22

Lecture:

Shakespeare's World (Richard)

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Acts 1-3

The Winter's Tale questions, part 1

4/29

Lecture:

Shakespeare (Richard)

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Act 4

The Winter's Tale questions, part 2

5/6

Lecture:

No lecture tonight; go directly to discussion

Reading:

The Winter's Tale, Act 5; in conjunction with Ovid's Story of Pygmalion in Metamorphoses Book 10

The Winter's Tale questions, part 3

5/13

Lecture:

Woolf:, Modernism and Vision (Renee)

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 1-124

To the Lighthouse questions, part 1

5/20

Lecture:

Woolf: (Richard)

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 125-143

To the Lighthouse questions, part 2

5/27

Lecture:

No lecture tonight; go directly to discussion

Reading:

To the Lighthouse, pp. 144-209

To the Lighthouse questions, part 3

6/3

Lecture:

Epic and Transformation

Reading:

Wrap up of To the Lighthouse. Reception and evaluation.

 

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