The summaries and guides which follow are intended to help you succeed in the class.

 

 

 They are NOT -- not not not -- meant to substitute for reading the texts.

 

The summaries should prepare you for the texts.

 

     
HUM and Hum-related topics:
 
HUM MAPS

HUM I
the shape of time

Homer's ILIAD
Virgil's AENEID
Shield of Achilles
Homer's ODYSSEY
   
Thucydides handout
Plato's divided line
Herodotus:  Persian War
study guide for REPUBLIC
Aristotle's Virtues
thinking about the Bible
Dante's Inferno map
 
 
Shakespeare:
 

Shakespeare's

Richard II

  murder mysteries:
 
 
Carolyn Heilbrun/Amanda Cross
elements of the novel