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Great Books Writing Workshops
Antiquity, Christendom, Modernity


These full-school-year workshops give students the opportunity to read selections from the Great Books and good books, and to complete monthly drafts and papers for evaluation. Assignments include a mix of traditional essays and Progymnasmata exercises, and you may substitute alternate reading selections in consultation with me. Assignments may be rearranged or pursued on your own schedule, but all work must be completed by June of the school year for which you order.   New for 2009: you may order a "Choice" of six of the nine possible assignments, to better fit your own plans for the year.

The materials for a Great Books Writing Workshop may be chosen as the courtesy document accompanying a Consultation . Please inquire if you are interested in American literature--I am willing to develop this workshop upon sufficient demand and am currently working on a two-year course based in part on the Veritas Press Omnibus III book.


Download Sample GBWW Antiquity assignment



Antiquity

Month Reading
Assignment
(August
 bonus)
Daniel (portions) Thesis/Support (not evaluated)
September Genesis (portions), Gilgamesh Comparison
October Odyssey (portions) Characterization or Narrative
November
Herodotus (portions) Special Narrative
December
Oedipus Rex Tragic Elements
January
Plutarch on Lycurgus and Numa P. Praise/Blame
February
Plato on Socrates' Trial and Death Praise/Blame
March Plutarch on Cicero and Alexander Essay Exam
April
Julius Caesar, Gallic War
(portions)
Anecdote
May Augustine, Confessions (portion) Research/Analysis

 
Christendom

Month Reading Assignment
September
Augustine, Confessions (portion)
Narrative
October
Beowulf Thesis/Support
November Henry V Anecdote
December Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Proverb
January
Dante, Inferno
Blame (Invective)
February Canterbury Tales (portions) Choice
March Doctor Faustus (Marlowe) Essay Exam
April Pilgrim's Progress (Part One) Expository
May Poetry Thesis/Support

 
Modernity

Month
Reading
Assignment
September Pride and Prejudice Narrative
October
Dickens, Hard Times or your choice Character Description
November Romantic Poetry
Thesis/Support
December History Reading Proverb
January Short Stories Narrative/Description
February Buchan, Greenmantle Anecdote
March Short Stories -Ism Essay or Praise/Blame
April Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby or
Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Speech-in-Character
May Short Stories Essay Exam
 

 
Great Books Writing Workshop: Ancients, Christendom, or Modernity $250 - 325
Click Here for Product Details! A full school year’s study of nine Great-Books-based assignments with evaluations at the draft and final draft stage. Or save with a Choice of six assignments. Includes Criterion Online Writing Evaluation service.