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World Literature English 2205

Spring 2016

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call 6+0,#220,#221. 9arious acco**odations are a4ailable through the 8dapti4e 7eeds

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Evaluation Procedures&

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GuiJJes Dail assign*ents and b Discussions,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,#0IWriting 8ssign*ent,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,20I

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+lass %chedule& !his schedule is tentative. If you are out of class, you need to chec with

someoneolume $ Gilgamesh, pages JJ1C:C

F !E%! E

4ee %ix

J The Iliad, 3oos I, >I, and 2>I

CC The Iliad, 3oos 22II, 22I>

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4ee %even

CK +oncludeIliadand begin The Odyssey, 3oos I, II, 2>I

C The Odyssey, 3oos 22, 22I, 22II

4ee Eight

8L +onclude The Odyssey

8: Aeneid Books II, IV

*arch@4ee ine

C $eneid 3oo 2II

L !E%! !4

%P'I7 3'E$;

A1CC

4ee !en

C: >olume 3 Dante The Inferno, +antos C1

CA The Inferno, +antos J1CK

4ee Eleven

88 Inferno, +antos CA18F

8F Inferno, +antos 8:1LF

4ee !welve

8J1LC 'umi 6 !his poetry is found in your syllabus $ppendix. 3'I7 EI!)E' +PIE%

P'I!ED -! ' Y-' +*P-!E'. Y- *$Y ! -%E Y-' P)E

! 'E$D !)E%E %E#E+!I%.

$pril@4ee !hirteen

: %honagon The Pillow Book,pages CCLC1CC:L

A 4riting $ssignment 3'I7 $ 3#-E 3;

4ee "ourteen

C8 >olume + )amlet,Prince of Denmark$cts I and II

CF Hamlet, Prince of Denmark$ct III

4ee "ifteen

CJ Hamlet, $ct I>

8C )amlet, $ct >

4ee %ixteen

8K 'eview for "inal Exam

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$ppendix $

$henatens )ymn to the %un CL:9 3.+.

3When in splendor ou !irst took our throne

High in the precinct o! hea4en

li4ing od

Li!e trul began;

7o !ro* eastern horiJon risen and strea*ing

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(he herds are at peace in their pastures

(rees and the 4egetation gro greenirds start !ro* their nests

Wings ide spread to orship our >ersonS*all beasts !risk and ga*bol and all

Who *ount into !light or settle to rest

Li4e once ou ha4e shone upon the*

Ships !loat donstrea* or sail !or the south

Each path lies open because o! our rising

ish in the :i4er leap in our sight

8nd our ras strike deep in the reat reen Sea.

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3t is ou that createsM the ne creature in Wo*an

Shapes the li!egi4ing drops into an

osters the son in the o*b o! his *otherSoothes hi* ending his tears

7urses through the long generations o! o*en(o those gi4en 8ir that is li!eM

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8nd the rich lack Land o! Egpt.

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. . .M Each *ens skins are di!!erent

(hat ou *ight distinguish the nations.

3Neople

3n the sa*e skilled a ou !ashion the*.

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?ntil ou go to our rest

8ll ork is laid aside

8s ou sink don the estern horiJon.

(hen Shine reborn; :ise spendidl;

Lord let li!e thri4e !or the Fing;or 3 ha4e kept pace ith our e4er !ootstep

Since ou !irst *easured ground !or the orld.Li!t up the creatures o! earth !or our Son

Who ca*e !orth !ro* our od o! ire;

$ppendix 3

!he #eiden )ymns C8L 3.+.

M7od is a master craftsmanN

od is a *aster cra!ts*an

erson.

air !eatures !irst ca*e into being

3n the hushed dark here he *used alone

He !orged his on !igure thereHa**ered his likeness out o! hi*sel!O

8ll poer!ul one Pet kindl

Whose heart ould lie open to *enQ.He *ingled his hea4enl godseed

With the in*ost parts o! his being

>lanting his i*age there

3n the unknon depths o! his *ster.

He cared and the sacred !or*

(ook shape and contour splendid at birth;

od skilled in the intricate as o! the cra!ts*anirst !ashioned Hi*sel! to per!ection.

M4hen 3eing began bac in the days of the genesisN

When eing began back in das o! the genesis

3t as 8*un appeared !irst o! all

?nknon his *ode o! in!loing

(here as no god co*e be!ore hi*7or as anotherM god ith hi* there

When he uttered hi*sel! into 4isible !or*

(here as no *other to hi* that she *ight ha4e borne hi* his na*e(here as no !ather to !ather the one

Who !irst spoke the ords R3 8*;

Who !ashioned the seed o! hi* all on his on

Sacred !irst cause hose birth la in *ster

Who cra!ted and car4ed his on splendorO

He is od the Creator sel!created the Hol

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8ll other gods ca*e a!ter

With Hi*sel! he began the orld.

$ppendix +

!he %ong of the )arper CCK9 3.+.

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8ll ho co*e into being as !leshpass on and ha4e since od alked the earth

and oung blood *ounts to their places.

(he bus !luttering souls and bright

trans!igured spirits

ho people the orld belo

and those ho shine in the stars ith rion

the built their *ansions the built their to*bs,

and all *en rest in the gra4e.

So set our ho*e ell in the sacred land

that our good na*e last because o! itCare !or our orks in the real* under od

that our seat in the West be splendid

(he aters !lo north the ind blos southand each *an goes to his hour.

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So seiJe the da; Hold holida;

e unearied unceasing ali4e

ou and our on true lo4e

Let not our heart be troubled

during our soKourn on earthbut seiJe the da as it passes;

>ut incense and seet oil upon ou

garlanded !loers at our breast

While the lad ali4e in our heart !ore4er

delights as she sits beside ou.rie4e not our heart hate4er co*es

let seet *usic pla be!ore ou

:ecall not the e4il loathso*e to od

but ha4e Ko Ko Ko and pleasure; upright *an *an Kust and true

patient and kind content ith our lotreKoicing not speaking e4il",

Let our heart be drunk on the gi!t o! Da

until that da co*es hen ou anchor

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*y #ove is ne and nly without Peer

lo4e is one and onl ithout peerlo4el abo4e all Egpts lo4el girls.

n the horiJon o! * seeingsee her rising

listening goddess o! the sunrise star

bright in the !orehead o! a luck ear.

So there she stands epito*e

o! shining shedding light

Her eebros glea*ing darkl *arking

ees hich dance and ander.

Seet are those lips hich chatter

Pbut ne4er too *uchQ

8nd the line o! the long neck lo4el dropping

Psince songs notes slide that aQ

(o oung breasts !ir* in the bouncing lighthich shi**ers that blueshadoed side!all o! hair

8nd sli* are those ar*s o4ertoned ith gold

those !ingers hich touch like a brush o! lotus.

8nd PahQ ho the cur4e o! her back slips gentl

b a hisper o! aist to ods plent belo.

PSuch thighs as hers pass knoledge

o! lo4eliness knon in the old das.Q

Dressed in the per!ect !lesh o! o*en

Pheart ould run capti4e to such sli* ar*sQ

she ladies it o4er the earth

Schooling the neck o! each schoolbo *ale to sing on a si4el to see her *o4e.

PHe ho could hold that bod tight

ould kno at last

per!ection o! delight

est o! the bullbos !irst a*ong lo4ers.Q

Look ou all *en at that golden going

like ur Lad o! Lo4eithout peer.

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$ppendix D

R(he HeroBs 8d4enture

3 e-pect these responses to be thought!ul and ell ritten. ne or to sentences can 7E9E: be

a discussion response. Set our sights higher than *ediocre. >lease rise abo4e a4erage. (hink

re!lect ru*inate be!ore ou respond.

1. n page 1#5 Ca*pbell is speaking o! dsseus and his *en being in the presence o!

illu*ination and dsseusBs *en not being read !or this e-perience. E-plain hat ou think he

*eans b the !olloing underlined portion o! the Auotation" @(he loer consciousness as still

!unctioning hile the ere up there in the sphere o! the highest spiritual light. When ouBre inthe presence o! such an illu*ination ou are not to think Bee 3B* hungr. et *e a roast bee!

sandich.B dsseusB *en ere not read or eligible !or the e-perience hich had been gi4en to

the*.@

2. (hese to Auotations also co*e !ro* page 1#5. Discuss their *eaning.

aQ an heroesM gi4e their li4es. ut then the *th also sas that out o! the gi4en

li!e co*es a ne li!e. 3t *a not be the heroBs li!e but itBs a ne li!e a ne a

o! being or beco*ing.

bQ (he heroM e4ol4es as the culture e4ol4es.

#. Henr (horeau an 8*erican transcendentalist rote in Walden @3 ent to the oods because

3 ished to li4e deliberatel to !ont onl the essential !acts o! li!e and see i! 3 could not learn

hat it had to teach and not hen 3 ca*e to die to disco4er that 3 had not li4ed. 3 did not ishto li4e hat as not li!e li4ing is so dear.@

Ho do (horeaus ords abo4e pro4e true Ca*pbells ords beloT

Ca*pbell sas @

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+. Wh does the !olloing scare Ca*pbell soT @(he orld is !ull o! people ho ha4e stopped

listening to the*sel4es or ha4e listened onl to their neighbors to learn hat the ought to do

ho the ought to beha4e and hat the 4alues are that the should be li4ing !or@ P1'+Q.

$. Discuss the !olloing in *ore concrete ter*s than does Ca*pbell"

Ca*pbell" @8n orld is a 4alid orld i! itBs ali4e. (he thing to do is to bring li!e to it and theonl a to do that is to !ind in our on case here the li!e is and beco*e ali4e oursel!.@

oers" @When 3 take that Kourne and go don there and sla those dragons do 3 ha4e to go

aloneT@

Ca*pbell" @3! ou ha4e so*eone ho can help ou thatBs !ine too. ut ulti*atel the last deed

has to be done b onesel!U.(he ulti*ate dragon is ithin ou it is our ego cla*ping ou

don.@

&. Ho is this trueT @

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$ppendix E

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Poem OC

Little b little ean oursel!.

(his is the gist o! hat 3 ha4e to sa.

ro* an e*bro hose nourish*ent co*es in the blood

o4e to an in!ant drinking *ile

to a child on solid !ood

to a searcher a!ter isdo*

to a hunter o! *ore in4isible ga*e.

(hink ho it is to ha4e a con4ersation ith an e*bro.

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Poem OF@!ot "ere

(hereBs courage in4ol4ed i! ou antto beco*e truth. (here is a broken,

open place in a lo4er. Where are

those Aualities o! bra4er and sharp

co*passion in this groupT WhatBs the

use o! old and !roJen thoughtT 3 ant

a holing hurt. (his is not a treasur

here gold is stored this is !or copper.

We alche*ists look !or talent thatcan heat up and change. Lukear*

onBt do. Hal!hearted holding back

ell,enough getting bT 7ot here.

Poem O:

(he core o! *asculinit does not deri4e !ro* being

*ale

nor !riendliness !ro* those ho console.

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blind ith lo4e. What should 3 doT@

#ive up owning things and

being somebody. $uit existing.

Poem OA

So*e gnats co*e !ro* the grass to speak ith Solo*on.

@ Solo*on ou are the cha*pion o! the oppressed.

resence o!

od arri4es

here are the seekersT irst thereBs ding then ?nion like gnats inside the ind.

Poem O

(hese spiritual indo shoppers

ho idl ask"ow much is that% &h I'm just looking.(he handle a hundred ite*s and put the* don

shados ith no capital.

What is spent is lo4e and to ees et ith eeping.ut these alk into a shop

and their hole li4es pass suddenl in that *o*ent

in that shop.

Where did ou goT @7ohere.@

What did ou ha4e to eatT @7othing *uch.@

E4en i! ou donBt kno hat ou ant

bu so*ething to be part o! the e-changing !lo.

Start a huge !oolish proKect

like 7oah.

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3t *akes absolutel no di!!erence

hat people think o! ou.

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Poem OJ

ain co*es !ro* seeing

ho arrogant ouB4e been and pain

brings ou out o! that conceit.

,,8 child cannot be born

until the *other has pain.

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Poem OCC

When ou do things !ro* our soulou !eel a ri4er *o4ing in ou a Ko.

When actions co*e !ro* another section

the !eeling disappears.

DonBt let others lead ou. (he *a be blind

or orse 4ultures. :each !or the rope

o! od. 8nd hat is thatT

>utting aside sel!,ill.

ecause o! ill!ulness people sit in Kail.ro* ill!ulness the trapped birdsB ings are tied.

ro* ill!ulness the !ish siJJles in the skillet.

(he anger o! police is ill!ulness.

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Poem OCL

What 3 ant is to see our !acein a tree in the sun co*ing out

in the air.

What 3 ant is

to hear the !alcon,dru* and light again

on our !orear*.

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Poem OCF

So*e people ork and beco*e ealth.thers do the sa*e and re*ain poor.

arriage !ills one ith energ.

8nother it drains.

DonBt trust as (he change.

8 *eans !lails about like a donkeBs tail.

8las add the gratitude clause

to an sentence i! od ills

than go.

oisoned bait.

rophet @Wh is it

3 get scre in business dealsT

3tBs like a spell. 3 beco*e distracted

b business talk and *ake rong decisions.@

uha**ad replies @Stipulate ith e4er transactionthat ou need three das to *ake sure.@

Deliberation is one o! the Aualities o! od.

(hro a dog a bit o! so*ething.He sni!!s to se i! he ants it.

e that care!ul.

Sni!! ith our isdo*,nose.

et clear. (hen decide.

(he uni4erse ca*e into being graduall

o4er si- das. od could ha4e Kust co**anded

e; Pcontinued on ne-t pageQ

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Little b little a person reaches !ort and !i!t and si-t

and !eels *ore co*plete. od could ha4e thron

!ull,blon prophets

!ling through the cos*os in an instant.

=esus said one ord and a dead *an sat up

but Creation usuall un!oldslike cal* breakers.

Constant slo *o4e*ent teaches us to keep orking

like a s*all creek that stas clear

that doesnBt stagnate but !inds a a

through nu*erous details deliberatel.

Deliberation is born o! Ko

like a bird !ro* an egg.

irds donBt rese*ble eggs;

(hink ho di!!erent the hatching out is.

8 hite,leather snake egg a sparroBs egg

a Auince see an apple see" 9er di!!erent things

look si*ilar at one stage.

(hese lea4es our bodil personalities see* identical

but the globe o! soul,!ruit

e *ake

each is elaboratel

uniAue.

Poem OC:@ne Song

E4er ar and e4er con!lict beteen hu*an beings

has happened because o! so*e disagree*ent about na*es.

3t is such an unnecessar !oolishness

because Kust beond the arguing

there is a long table o! co*panionship

set and aiting !or us to sit don.

What is praised is one so the praise is one too

*an Kugs being poured into a huge basin.

8ll religions all this singing one song.

(he di!!erences are Kust illusion and 4anit.

Sunlight looks a little di!!erent on this all

than it does on that all

and a lot di!!erent on this other one

but it is still one light.

We ha4e borroed these clothes

these ti*e,and,space personalities

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!ro* a light and hen e praise

e are pouring the* back in.

Poem OCK 4hat 4as %aid to the 'ose

What as said to the rose that *ade it open

as said to *e here in * chest.

What as told the Cpress that *ade it strong

and straight hat as

hispered the Kas*ine so it is hat it is hate4er *ade

sugarcane seet hate4er

as said to the inhabitants o! the ton o! Chigil in

(urkestan that *akes the*

so handso*e hate4er lets the po*egranate !loer blushlike a hu*an !ace that is

being said to *e no. 3 blush. Whate4er put eloAuence in

language thatBs happening here.

(he great arehouse doors open 3 !ill ith gratitude

cheing a piece o! sugarcane

in lo4e ith the one to ho* e4er that belongs;

Poem OCA !he 7uest )ouse

(his being hu*an is a guest house.

E4er *orning a ne arri4al.

8 Ko a depression a *eannessso*e *o*entar aareness co*es

as an une-pected 4isitor.

Welco*e and entertain the* all;

E4en i! the are a crod o! sorrosho 4iolentl seep our house

e*pt o! its !urniturestill treat each guest honorabl.

He *a be clearing ou out!or so*e ne delight.

(he dark thought the sha*e the *alice.

*eet the* at the door laughing and in4ite the* in.

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e grate!ul !or hate4er co*es.

because each has been sent

as a guide !ro* beond.

Poem OC@4ho %ays 4ords 4ith *y *outh

8ll da 3 think about it then at night 3 sa it.

Where did 3 co*e !ro* and hat a* 3 supposed to be doingT3 ha4e no idea.

soul is !ro* elsehere 3B* sure o! that

and 3 intend to end up there.

(his drunkenness began in so*e other ta4ern.

When 3 get back around to that place

3Bll be co*pletel sober. eanhile

3B* like a bird !ro* another continent sitting in this a4iar.

(he da is co*ing hen 3 !l o!!

but ho is it no in * ear ho hears * 4oiceT

Who sas ords ith * *outhT

Who looks out ith * eesT What is the soulT

3 cannot stop asking.

3! 3 could taste one sip o! an anser

3 could break out o! this prison !or drunks.

3 didnBt co*e here o! * on accord and 3 canBt lea4e that a.

Whoe4er brought *e here ill ha4e to take *e ho*e.

(his poetr 3 ne4er kno hat 3B* going to sa.

3 donBt plan it.When 3B* outside the saing o! it

3 get 4er Auiet and rarel speak at all.

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