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Literature Syllabus: Fate and the Individual in European Literature

This list is based on the Literature Syllabus of W.H. Auden in 1941.
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The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
1
Dante Alighieri
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
2
Aeschylus
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Odes (Horace)
Odes
4
Horace
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
5
Saint Augustine
Henry IV Part II (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV Part II
6
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
7
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
8
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
9
William Shakespeare
Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone
10
Ben Jonson
Pensees (Blaise Pascal)
Pensees
11
Blaise Pascal
Phedre (Jean Racine)
Phedre
12
Jean Racine
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (William Blake)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
13
William Blake
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
14
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fear and Trembling (Sǿren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
15
Sǿren Kierkegaard
Intimate Journals (Charles Baudelaire)
Intimate Journals
16
Charles Baudelaire
Peer Gynt (Henrik Ibsen)
Peer Gynt
17
Henrik Ibsen
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
18
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Une Saison En Enfer (Arthur Rimbaud)
Une Saison En Enfer
19
Arthur Rimbaud
The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
20
Henry Adams
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
21
Herman Melville
The Journal of My Other Self (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Journal of My Other Self
22
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
23
Franz Kafka
The Family Reunion (T.S. Eliot)
The Family Reunion
24
T.S. Eliot
Orpheus: An Opera in Three Acts (Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Orpheus: An Opera in Three Acts
25
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Giovanni (Libretto) (Mozart)
Don Giovanni (Libretto)
26
Mozart
The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, P. Craig Russell)
The Magic Flute
27
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, P. Craig Russell
Fidelio (Beethoven)
Fidelio
28
Beethoven
The Flying Dutchman (Richard Wagner)
The Flying Dutchman
29
Richard Wagner
Tristan Und Isolde (Richard Wagner)
Tristan Und Isolde
30
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung (Richard Wagner)
Götterdämmerung
31
Richard Wagner
Carmen (Bizet)
Carmen
32
Bizet
La Traviata (Verdi)
La Traviata
33
Verdi
Patterns of Culture (Ruth Benedict)
Patterns of Culture
34
Ruth Benedict
From the South Seas (Margaret Mead)
From the South Seas
35
Margaret Mead
Middletown (Robert and Helen Lynd)
Middletown
36
Robert and Helen Lynd
The Heroic Age (Chadwick)
The Heroic Age
37
Chadwick
Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature (William Paton Ker)
Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature
38
William Paton Ker
Plato Today (Crossman)
Plato Today
39
Crossman
Christianity and Classical Culture (Cochrane)
Christianity and Classical Culture
40
Cochrane
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