Do not print this schedule. Subject to change at any time, up to the class meeting preceding that on which the assignment is due.
Republic, 327a-5354c [43 OCT pages] | Republic Book 1 | |
Aug. 30 | Plato Rep. 327a-328d6 [2.5 OCT pages] | Read by sight in class |
Sept. 1 | No class. waj in CA | |
Sept. 6 | Rep. 328d7-331d9 [4.5] | Cephalus |
Sept. 8 | Rep. 331e1-336a10 [8 OCT pages, but lots of snappy dialogue, so not all that much] | Polemarchus |
Sept. 13 | Rep. 336b1-339a4 [4] | Thrasymachus |
Sept. 15 | Rep. 339a5-342d1 [5] | |
Sept. 20 | Rep. 343d2-347a6 [6] | Thrasymachus's speech |
Sept. 22 | 347a7-350c11 [6.5] | |
Sept. 27 | 350c12-352d6 [3.5] | Secondary reading: Finish reading/rereading Julia Annas, An Introduction to Plato's Republic, chapter 2, "Book One" |
Sept. 29 | 352d7-354c3 (end of "Book I") [3.5] | Secondary reading, student generated |
Oct. 4 | Work on short paper | |
Oct. 6 | Short paper/presentation on Republic Book I | |
Oct. 11 (Fall break is Oct. 7-11) | FALL BREAK | |
Oct. 13 | (canceled, illness) | |
Oct. 18 | Republic Book 10; 595a-587b13 | |
Oct. 20 | No class (waj in Munich) | |
Oct. 25 | Final paper revision due | |
Republic 597c-621d [41 OCT pages] | Republic Book 10 | |
Oct. 27 | 597c-602b [8] | |
Nov. 1 | 602c-605b [5] | (best to read a bit further to make time for the secondary reading on Thursday) |
Nov. 3 | 605b-608b [4] | Secondary reading. Moss 2007: Jessica Moss, "What is imitative poetry and why is it bad?" in Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic, ed. G. Ferrari, 2007. |
Nov. 8 | 608c-612a [5.5] | Time to choose and start work on translation project |
Nov. 10 | 612b-615c [5] | |
Nov. 15 | 615d-618b [5] | |
Nov. 17 | 618b-621d [4] | Secondary Reading. Barney 2010: Rachel Barney, "Platonic Ring Composition and Republic X" in Plato's Republic, A Critical Guide, ed. M. McPherran, 2010. |
Nov. 22 (Nov. 24 is Thanksgiving) | No Class (waj in San Antonio) | Phase 1 of translation project due. |
Republic, Books 2-3: 376e-398b [32 OCT pp.] | Plato on Poetry, Republic Books 2-3 | |
Nov. 29 | [Book 2} 376e-380c [7] | |
Dec. 1 | 380c-383c [6] + [Book 3] 386a-387b [2] | |
Dec. 6 | [Book 3] 387c-392c [9] | |
Dec. 8 | 392c-398b [8] | |
Exam date | Final version of translation project due |