World Literature I

A Survey of Important Works of World Literature from Ancient Times to the Mid-Seventeenth Century

Study Guides

Texts/Films

• Gilgamesh
• Ramayana
• The Iliad
• The Aeneid
• Beowulf
• Othello
• 300
• Decameron
• Canterbury Tales
• Name of the Rose
• Gladiator
• Metamorphoses
• Lysistrata
• Hamlet
• Song of Roland
• Medea

• Bhagavad-Gita

• Symposium

• Le Morte d'Arthur

• De amicitia

• Dr. Faustus

Other

• History of Witches (authored by Dawn Rider)
• Rules of Courtly Love
• Chivalry
• Hinduism Vocabulary and Reference Guide (Bhagavad-Gita)
• Movie Guide
• Movie Worksheet (blank)
• Movie Worksheet (Gladiator)
• Analytical Reading Guide
• The Four Humors
• Abrahamic Religions Pretest
• Reading Strategies
• Ways to Write about Literature
• Jonathan and David

Music and Videos

• Doctor Faustus

  • Faust-symphonie by Liszt conducted by Leonard Bernstein with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

    • I. Faust 1:06

    • II. Gretchen 31:22

    • III. Mephistopheles 54:41

• Doctor Faustus

  • Camille Saint-Saëns - La danse macabre

Links

• OWL (Online Writing Lab at Purdue University: this site has all kinds of writing tips, from developing a thesis to correct usage to avoiding plagiarism; pay special attention to the sections titled The Writing Process and General Academic Writing)
• Bible Gateway (A variety of translations (in English and other languages) of the Bible. From their website: "a free service for reading and researching Scripture online--all in the language or translation of your choice! We provide advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools to enhance your study of the Bible.")
• Perseus Digital Library (A great resource for Greek and Roman  literature and mythology)

Art Galleries

• Egyptian Art
• Iliad and Aeneid Art (art from various periods representing characters and events portrayed in both Homer's Iliad and Virgil's Aeneid)
• Bhagavad-Gita
• Tree and Serpent Motifs
• Inferno

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Email: rhonda.kelley@sgsc.edu