Great Books Reading Schedule Spring 2008
February | March | April | May
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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

January 141

 

152

 Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, I

163

 

174

The Brothers Karamazov, II 
Group A

185

 

216

The Brothers Karamazov, III 
Group B

221

 

232

The Brothers Karamazov, IV
Group C

243

 

254

 Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude, chs 1-14. Group D

285

 

296

One Hundred Years of Solitude, to end Group A

301

 

312

Woolf, To the Lighthouse, I: “The Window”
Group B

February 13

 

44

To the Lighthouse, finish
Group C

55

 

66

Austen, Emma, 1-18
Group D

71

 

82

Emma, 19-36
Group A

113

 

124

Emma, finish
Group B

135

 

146

Flaubert, Madame Bovary, I-II.6
Group C

151

 

182

 no class
(Br. Dennis in Minneapolis)

193


 

204

 Madame Bovary, finish
Group D

21

Long weekend

22

Long weekend

255

 

266

 Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, 1-24
Group A

271

 

282

Tess of the D’Urbervilles, 25-39
Group B

293

 

March 34

Tess of the D’Urbervilles, finish
Group C

45

 

56

Chekhov, Uncle Vanya (complete)
Group D

61

 movie: Vanya on 42nd Street
TBA

72

discussion of movie

103

114

O'Connor, Short Stories (see list)
Group A

125

 

136

O'Connor, Short Stories (see list)
Group B

141

 

17

Easter Break

18

 Easter Break

19

Easter Break
 

20

 Easter Break

21

Easter Break

24

 Easter Break

252

Boccaccio, The Decameron: Days 1-4
 

263

 

274

The Decameron: Days 5-6
Group c

285

 

316

The Decameron: Days 7-8
Group D

April 11

 

22

The Decameron: Days 9-10
Group A

33

 

44

Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, Essay I
Group B

75

 

86

Group Books I

91

 

102

Group Books II

 

113
 

144

Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality I
Group C

155

 

166                 

 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality II
Group D

171                 

 

182                 

Levi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1-4

213


 

224

 Tristes Tropiques, 5-6

23

Scholarship & Creativity Day

245

 

256

Tristes Tropiques, 7-9

281

 Paper Meeting Day

292

Paper Meeting Day

 

303

Paper Meeting Day

May 14

Mamet: American Buffalo (Drama book)

25

 

56

Sophocles: Philoctetes, Greek Tragedies, vol. 3

11

 Study Day

12

Exam Day 1

135

Exam Day 2 

146 

Exam Day 3