1660-1800

Introductory Lecture: Modernity Grossly Oversimplified

Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Reply to Sor Filotea Study Questions
Sor Juana Lecture Notes
Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
The Mission: Bring to class the following Study Questions
The Mission: Additional Study Questions
Lecture covering The Mission and Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture
Ueda Akinari, "Bewitched"
How to Prepare for and Write Short Answer and Essay Exams

1760-1900

Romanticism

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Confessions
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, lecture one
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, lecture two
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, lecture three
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, The Queen of Spades,
Frederick Douglass, selections from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Lecture One

Frederick Douglass, selections from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Lecture Two
Urdu Lyric Poetry: Mirza Ghalib, selected Ghazals

Realism and Symbolism

Charles Beaudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, selections
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, lecture one
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, lecture two

1900-2000

Modernité

Sigmund Freud, "Dora"
Thomas Mann, A Death in Venice, First Lecture
Thomas Mann, A Death in Venice, Second Lecture
Wallace Stevens, “Sunday Morning”

Post-1945

Tadeusz Borowski, "Ladies and Gentleman, to the Gas Chamber"
Samuel Beckett, Endgame, First Lecture
Samuel Beckett, Endgame, Second Lecture
Naguib Mahfouz, “Zaabalawi”
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam