Short Story

Spring Syllabus

16 Farvardin “Hunters in the Snow” (Wolff);

23 Farvardin “The Finest Hunter in the World” (Harrison)

30 Farvardin “Two Little Soldiers” (de Maupassant); “The Lumber-Room” (Saki)

6 Ordibehesht “Defender of the Faith” (Roth)

13 Ordibehesht Midterm Examination

20 Ordibehesht “The Garden of Forking Paths” (Borges)

27 Ordibehesht “The Lady with the Pet Dog” (Chekhov)

3 Khordad Essay writing

10 Khordad To be announced

17 Khordad To be announced

Mythology Spring Syllabus

14 Farvardin: “Phaëthon”; Romeo and Juliet [3. 2. 1-4]

21 Farvardin: “The Trojan War”, “The Fall of Troy”, "Orpheus and Eurydice"

28 Farvardin: Midterm: "Introduction", Olympian gods (Greek and Roman name and function), "The Underworld" (Charon, Cerberus, Elysian Fields, Styx, Lethe, Furies), "The Lesser Gods of Earth" (Pan, Leda, Satyrs, Dryads, Zephyr, Centaurs, Gorgons, Sirens, Fates), "The Two Great Gods of Earth", “Phaëthon”, “The Trojan War”, “The Fall of Troy”, "Orpheus and Eurydice"

4 Ordibehesht: “Pygmalion and Galatea”, “Pegasus and Bellerophon”, “Daedalus”

11 Ordibehesht: “Hercules”, “Cupid and Psyche”, “The Adventures of Odysseus”

18 Ordibehesht: Everything on Prometheus in the book, Narcissus

25 Ordibehesht: “The Adventures of Aeneas”, Parts 1, 2; “Midas”, “Arachne”, “Clythe”

1 Khordad: “Sisyphus”, The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus)

8 Khordad: “The House of Atreus”

CLASSICAL AND RENAISSANCE DRAMA

Spring Syllabus
15 Farvardin Antigone: Review; The Misanthrope Act 1

22 Farvardin Midterm: Antigone + Introductions to Ch. 1, Ch. 3

29 Farvardin The Misanthrope Acts 2,3

5 Ordibehesht The Misanthrope Acts 4,5

12 Ordibehesht Othello: Acts 1, 2

19 Ordibehesht Othello: Act 3

26 Ordibehesht Othello: Acts 4, 5

2 Khordad A medieval play

9 Khordad To be announced

16 Khordad To be announced