English 251 - Survey of World Literature I
Reading List

INSTRUCTOR:
Dianne M. Daily
Associate Professor of English
Humanities and Social Sciences Division
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria Campus
OFFICE:
Room 252 - Bisdorf Building
(703) 933-3973
Office Hours: On Main Page

Contact Information: On Main Page


READINGS:
ALWAYS READ INTRODUCTIONS TO THE PERIOD, AUTHOR, and WORK
Specific Assignments and Due Dates Will be Discussed in Class

INVENTION OF WRITING AND THE EARLIEST LITERATURES

  • Gilgamesh

THE WESTERN TRADITION

  • Homer - The Odyssey
  • Ovid - Metamorphoses - Selections
  • Marie de France - Eliduc
  • Dante - The Divine Comedy - Inferno
  • Petrarch - Sonnets - Selections
  • Cervantes - Don Quixote - Selections

INDIA

  • Bhartrhari - Selections
  • Amaru - Selections

ISLAM

  • Rumi - Selections

CHINA

  • Confucius - Analects - Selections
  • Li Po - T'Ang Poetry - Selections
  • Tu Fu - T'Ang Poetry - Selections

JAPAN

  • Murasaki Shikibu - The Tale of Genji - Selections
  • Sei Shonogon - The Pillow Book - Selections



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