HONR210
Reading Through the Millennia

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

The nature of this course is such that only the most general outline of activities can be provided. This schedule is a work in progress.

Jan. 14 Millennial Introductions
Jan. 16 Gould's Questioning the Millennium
Jan. 21 Gould's Questioning the Millennium

Y0K
Jan. 23 Vergil's Aeneid
Jan. 28 Vergil's Aeneid Calendar Reports: Muslim (Alexis); French Republic (Zack); Julian (Brittany)
Jan. 30 Vergil's Aeneid Webpage Design. Calendar Reports: Tolkein (Tiffany); Egyptian (Mike); Hebrew (Ryan)
Feb. 4 Vergil's Aeneid Books I-III
Calendar Reports: Chinese (Wendy); Babylonian (Mat); Mayan (Sherri-Gae)
Feb. 6 Vergil's Aeneid. Books IV-VI
Calendar Reports: Buddhist (Christine); Hindu (Bill); Ethiopian (Jimmy)
Feb. 11 Vergil's Aeneid:Books VII-VIII
Dido (Wendy); Prophecy (Sherri-Gae)
Feb. 13 Vergil's Aeneid Books IX-X
Mike (Underworld). Calendar Report: Aztec (Nick)
Feb. 18 Vergil's Aeneid Books XI-XII and Vergil's Messianic Eclogue
Aeneid in Art (Alexis)
Feb. 20 Vergil's Aeneid
Aeneas the Anti-Hero (Jimmy)
Feb. 25 Vergil's Aeneid XII and Eclogue IV (the Messianic Eclogue)

Y1K
Feb. 27 Dante's Inferno Introduction and Canto I.
Geography of Dante's Underworld (Christine)
Dante's Biography (Brittany)
March 4 Dante's Inferno Cantos II-VIII: Wendy, Brittany and Christine
Dante and Florence (Mat Underwood)
Vergil paper due.
March 6 Dante's Inferno
Mar. 11-13 Spring Break
Mar. 18 Dante's Inferno Cantos IX-XV: Tiffany, Mike, Alexis, Nick
Dante in Pop Culture (Nick)
Women in Dante (Wendy)
Mar. 20 Dante's Inferno Cantos XVI-XXIII: Zach, Ryan, Jimmy
Psychology in Dante (Tiffany)
Mar 25 Dante's Inferno Cantos XXIV-XXXIV: Sherri-Gae, Bill and Mat
Mar. 27 The World of Dante (Zach)
Dante (Bill)
Apr. 1 Dante in Art (Alexis)

Y2K
Apr. 3 Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey The Film (at Boone House)
Apr. 8 Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey (Tiffany) Inferno paper due
Apr. 10 Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey (Ryan and Mathew)
Apr. 15 Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey
Odyssey and Pop Culture (Nick); 2010 (Mike);
(Jimmy)
(Zack)

Y1-3K
Apr. 17  Cicero's The Dream of Scipio (Ryan)
Clark's 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 paper due.
Apr. 22 Pear's The Dream of Scipio
Sophia (Sherri-Gae); The Plague (Brittany)
Apr. 24 FOUNDERS' DAY (No Classes)
Apr. 29 Pear's The Dream of Scipio
May 1 Pear's The Dream of Scipio
May 4 Final Meeting: Dinner and Evaluation.1 P.M. 

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