Chinese
Poetry
As we will note when we reach Confucius and The Analects,
poetry has enormous influence in Chinese culture: particularly, a body of work
known as The Classic of Chinese Poetry.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
ENGL 2013: The Bhagavad-Gita
Bhagavad-Gita
The Bhagavad-Gita is a very small part of the immense Hindu
epic the Mahabharata.
(Basically an epic about a war of succession between two inter-related royal
families in India.)
ENGL 2013: Plato, The Symposium
Plato,
The Symposium
A little background: Plato is a student of Socrates – one of
the main speakers here. In all of the dialogues Plato wrote, he uses Socrates
as his main speaker.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Global Lit Assignments September 21 - October 17
Thursday September 21: Read The Bhagavad-Gita 727-739.
Tuesday Sept 26: Chinese Poetry 759-763
Friday, September 1, 2017
Global Lit Assignments from Thursday Sept 14 through Thursday October 3
Tuesday September 19: Read Plato's Symposium -- the text is online from Socrates's spech onward. Alternative link to text of the Symposium
Thursday September 21: Read The Bhagavad-Gita 727-739.
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