NOW WE ARE FINISHED WITH DREAM journals and The Life of Pi, we will move fully into Haddawy's Arabian Nights and our next text, Sindbad and Other Tales. We will start our reading with a selection from Haddawy's first translation, the story of King Shahrayar and Shahrazad, His Vizier's Daughter and the foundation of the frame narrative we're studying. In total, that section covers 80 pages, and besides being an outstanding tale of moral instruction, also provides readers with a foundation in how the tales function.

MONDAY

No class because of late start.
Finishing your Pi essay. It's due tomorrow.

TUESDAY

Introduction to the 1001 Nights. We will begin reading the tale of tales.
Tonight, read "The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey" and "The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife."

WEDNESDAY

We will start with "The Story of the Merchant and the Demon" and then move into "The First Old Man's Tale"
Read page 31 through 44, up to "The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban"

THURSDAY

Examining "The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot" and "The Tale of the King's Son and the She-Ghoul."
Finish reading the packet of initial 1001 Nights tonight.

FRIDAY

Starting Sindbad.
Annotations: these will be your final annotation grade in the course, so do a good job! You want to annotate for the less obvious aspects of the hero journey, as well as the way in which Sindbad and Sinbad are, in fact, the same person psychologically, are metaphors for the dual personality within each person. This weekend, finish reading through the first three journeys (up to page 29).