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ENG 231: World Literature I

This textbook of world literature covers the time period from earliest texts to c1651. In the “Professor’s Introductions” that precede each reading, you will find information to guide and enhance your understanding of the reading selections themselves. The introductions are based on close analysis of each of the readings presented here, and intensive scrutiny of their social and historical contexts. Readings themselves are all from openly licensed and/or Public Domain sources.

Humanities

Tác giả: Brendan Shapiro
Nhà xuất bản: College of Southern Nevada
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC-SA
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Tiếng Anh

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01: Editor's Introduction
02: LYSISTRATA
2.01: Professor's Introduction
2.02: Lysistrata
03: Selected Texts from GENESIS
3.01: Professor's Introduction
3.02: Genesis Chapters 1-4
3.03: Genesis Chapters 6-9
3.04: Genesis Chapter 11
3.05: Genesis Chapter 12
3.06: Genesis Chapter 17
3.07: Genesis Chapter 18
3.08: Genesis Chapters 21-22
3.09: Genesis Chapter 25
3.10: Genesis Chapters 27-28
3.11: Genesis Chapter 29
3.12: Genesis Chapter 31
3.13: Genesis Chapter 32
3.14: Genesis Chapter 33
3.15: Genesis Chapters 37 39-45
3.16: Genesis Chapter 46-47
3.17: Genesis Chapter 50
04: Selected Texts from NEW TESTAMENT Gospels
4.01: Professor's Introduction
4.02: LUKE 2 The Birth and Youth of Jesus
4.03: MATTHEW 5-7 The Sermon on the Mount
4.04: LUKE 15 Parables
4.05: From MATTHEW 13 Why Jesus Teaches in Parables
4.06: MATTHEW 27-28 Crucifixion and Resurrection
4.07: John 1 The Word
05: Excerpts from St. Augustine's CONFESSIONS
5.01: Professor's Introduction
5.02: The Confessions of St. Augustine
5.03: From Book II The Pear Tree
5.04: BOOK III
5.05: Book V Augustine Leaves Carthage for Rome
5.06: From Book V1 Earthly Love
5.07: From Book VIII Conversion
5.08: From Book IX Death of His Mother
5.09: From Book XI Time
06: Excerpts from QUR'AN (also spelled QURAN or KORAN)
6.01: Professor's Introduction
6.02: Chapter 1 sura THE OPENING
6.03: Chapter 12 sura JOSEPH
6.04: Chapter 19 sura MARY
6.05: Chapter 24 sura (Excerpt)- Light
6.06: Chapter 36 sura YA SEEN
6.07: Chapter 55 sura The ALL-MERCIFUL
6.08: Chapter 91 sura THE SUN
6.09: Chapter 112 sura PURITY (OF FAITH)
07: Cantos I-VIII of Dante's INFERNO
7.01: Professor's Introduction
7.02: CANTO 1
7.03: CANTO 2
7.04: CANTO 3
7.05: CANTO 4
7.06: CANTO 5
7.07: CANTO 6
7.08: CANTO 7
7.09: CANTO 8
08: Excerpts from Machiavelli's THE PRINCE
8.01: Professor's Introduction
8.02: CHAPTER VII CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE
8.03: CHAPTER XV CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
8.04: CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS PARSIMONY
8.05: CHAPTER XVII CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED
8.06: CHAPTER XVIII CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH
8.07: CHAPTER XIX THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED
8.08: CHAPTER XX ARE FORTRESSES AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL
8.09: CHAPTER XXI HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN
8.10: CHAPTER XXIII HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
8.11: CHAPTER XXIV WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES
8.12: CHAPTER XXV WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER
8.13: CHAPTER XXVI AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS
09: Texts of Montaigne's Essays- On the Power of Imagination On Cannibals and On the Inconsistency of Our Actions
9.01: Professor's Introduction
9.02: On the Power of Imagination
9.03: On Cannibals
9.04: On the Inconsistency of Our Actions
10: DON QUIXOTE Part I
10.01: Professor's Introduction to Part I of Don Quixote
10.02: Author's Preface
10.03: CHAPTER I. WHICH TREATS OF THE CHARACTER AND PURSUITS OF THE FAMOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
10.04: CHAPTER II. WHICH TREATS OF THE FIRST SALLY THE INGENIOUS DON QUIXOTE MADE FROM HOME
10.05: CHAPTER III. WHEREIN IS RELATED THE DROLL WAY IN WHICH DON QUIXOTE HAD HIMSELF DUBBED A KNIGHT
10.06: CHAPTER IV. OF WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR KNIGHT WHEN HE LEFT THE INN
10.07: CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE OF OUR KNIGHTS MISHAP IS CONTINUED
10.08: CHAPTER VII. OF THE SECOND SALLY OF OUR WORTHY KNIGHT DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA
10.09: CHAPTER VIII. OF THE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE HAD IN THE TERRIBLE AND UNDREAMT-OF ADVENTURE OF THE WINDMILLS WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES WORTHY TO BE FITLY RECORDED
10.10: CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH IS CONCLUDED AND FINISHED THE TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE GALLANT BISCAYAN AND THE VALIANT MANCHEGAN
10.11: CHAPTER X. OF THE PLEASANT DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND HIS SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA
10.12: CHAPTER XI. WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH CERTAIN GOATHERDS
10.13: CHAPTER XII. OF WHAT A GOATHERD RELATED TO THOSE WITH DON QUIXOTE
10.14: CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH IS ENDED THE STORY OF THE SHEPHERDESS MARCELA WITH OTHER INCIDENTS
10.15: CHAPTER XIV. WHEREIN ARE INSERTED THE DESPAIRING VERSES OF THE DEAD SHEPHERD TOGETHER WITH OTHER INCIDENTS NOT LOOKED FOR
10.16: CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH IS RELATED THE DISCOURSE SANCHO PANZA HELD WITH HIS MASTER DON QUIXOTE AND OTHER ADVENTURES WORTH RELATING
10.17: CHAPTER XXII. OF THE FREEDOM DON QUIXOTE CONFERRED ON SEVERAL UNFORTUNATES WHO AGAINST THEIR WILL WERE BEING CARRIED WHERE THEY HAD NO WISH TO GO
10.18: CHAPTER XXXIX. WHEREIN THE CAPTIVE RELATES HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
10.19: CHAPTER XL. IN WHICH THE STORY OF THE CAPTIVE IS CONTINUED.
10.20: CHAPTER XLI. IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE STILL CONTINUES HIS ADVENTURES
10.21: CHAPTER LII. OF THE QUARREL THAT DON QUIXOTE HAD WITH THE GOATHERD TOGETHER WITH THE RARE ADVENTURE OF THE PENITENTS WHICH WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF SWEAT HE BROUGHT TO A HAPPY CONCLUSION
11: DON QUIXOTE Part II
11.01: Professor's Introduction to Part II of Don Quixote
11.02: Author's Preface
11.03: CHAPTER III. OF THE LAUGHABLE CONVERSATION THAT PASSED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE SANCHO PANZA AND THE BACHELOR SAMSON CARRASCO
11.04: CHAPTER XII. OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE WHICH BEFELL THE VALIANT DON QUIXOTE WITH THE BOLD KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS
11.05: CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GROVE TOGETHER WITH THE SENSIBLE ORIGINAL AND TRANQUIL COLLOQUY THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE TWO SQUIRES
11.06: CHAPTER XIV. WHEREIN IS CONTINUED THE ADVENTURE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE GROVE
11.07: CHAPTER XV. WHEREIN IT IS TOLD AND KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE MIRRORS AND HIS SQUIRE WERE
11.08: CHAPTER XVI. OF WHAT BEFELL DON QUIXOTE WITH A DISCREET GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA
11.09: CHAPTER XVII. WHEREIN IS SHOWN THE FURTHEST AND HIGHEST POINT WHICH THE UNEXAMPLED COURAGE OF DON QUIXOTE REACHED OR COULD REACH TOGETHER WITH THE HAPPILY ACHIEVED ADVENTURE OF THE LIONS
11.10: From CHAPTER LXIV. TREATING OF THE ADVENTURE WHICH GAVE DON QUIXOTE MORE UNHAPPINESS THAN ALL THAT HAD HITHERTO BEFALLEN HIM
11.11: CHAPTER LXV. WHEREIN IS MADE KNOWN WHO THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE MOON WAS LIKEWISE DON GREGORIOS RELEASE AND OTHER EVENTS
11.12: CHAPTER LXXIII. OF THE OMENS DON QUIXOTE HAD AS HE ENTERED HIS OWN VILLAGE AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT EMBELLISH AND GIVE A COLOUR TO THIS GREAT HISTORY
11.13: CHAPTER LXXIV. OF HOW DON QUIXOTE FELL SICK AND OF THE WILL HE MADE AND HOW HE DIED
12: HAMLET - Acts I and II
12.01: Professor's Introduction
12.02: Hamlet Act I
12.03: Hamlet Act II
13: HAMLET - Acts III IV and V
13.01: Professor's Introduction
13.02: Hamlet Act III
13.03: Hamlet Act IV
13.04: Hamlet Act V