Week 2 Reading Overview

Below is my list of reading that I have chosen to do throughout the semester.

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Adam and Eve

Week 4: Saints and Animals

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: The Voyages of Sindbad

Week 6: Turkish Fairy Tales

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9.

Week 7: Japanese Mythology

Week 9: Filipino Popular Tales

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: Eskimo Folk Tales

Week 11: Great Plains

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: Beowulf

Week 13: Faerie Queen - Britomart

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Dante's Inferno

Week 15: Hans Christian Andersen

I looking forward to the Asian unit during weeks 7 and 9. I am half Filipina, so I am quite interested in reading the Filipino Popular Tales. I have not heard of any from my family, so this will be a great chance to learn more about some aspects of my culture. The description for the Japanese Mythology stories look fairly interesting as there was mention of gods, goddesses, and dragons.

(Japanese Dragons: Wikimedia Commons)

The stories about Saints and Animals is something I looking forward to reading mainly because I have not often thought about how animals played a role in some saints' stories. I have heard of Beowulf and Dante's Inferno, but I have never made the time to read these stories. I am intrigued as to what their stories hold and what has made them so popular throughout time. Reading these stories is a wonderful opportunity to bring back some imagination and creativity into my weekly routine.