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• Everything that happened before the glory of Greece and Rome is considered Primitive Literature
• The Epic of Gilgamesh


  Oldest surviving epic, attributed to Scribe Sin-Leqi-Unninni
• Ramayana


  Attributed to Rishi Valmiki, features Rama (demigod), Sita, and Laksmana (best friend/brother)
• Mahabharata


  Attributed to Vyasa, features Pandava Brothers (King Pandu) and Kaurava Brothers (King Dhritarastra)
• Shakuntala


  By Kalidasa, the counterpart of Shakespeare for drama, features Shakuntala and the Ring of Recognition, King Dusyanta and Shakuntala
• The Tale of Genji

  By Lady Murasaki Shikibu, the first novel in the world
• A Thousand and One Nights

  Features Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Shahryar (tyrant King of Samarkand) and the Sultana Scheherazade
• Socrates


  Idealist philosopher, believed education must be free
• Plato


  Idealist philosopher, believed in Platonic love (love first before anything)
• Oedipus the King


  Part of the Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles
• Medea


  By Euripedes, features Medea, Jason, and Creon. Medea killed her own children because she didn't want them to experience the miseries of life.
• Agamemnon


  By Aeschylus, features Clytemnestra (wife), Aegisthus (Clytemnestra's lover), and Cassandra (mistress). Clytemnestra and Aegisthus killed Agamemnon and Cassandra because they thought he was not a good father.
• The Aeneid


  By Virgil, tells the story of a Trojan hero named Aeneas and incorporates many historic events in the history of Rome
• Metamorphoses


  By Ovid, tells the history of the world from creation to when Julius Caesar was made a god
• Frankenstein


  By Mary Shelley
• A Christmas Carol


  By Charles Dickens
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  By Robert Louis Stevenson
• My Last Duchess


  By Robert Browning
• How do I love thee let me count the ways (Sonnet 43)

  By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• In the story of "One Thousand and One Nights," king Shahriyar decides that he will marry every evening and then kill his bride the following sunrise because he finds his wife with another man and believes all women are unfaithful
• Skimming


  A reading style that involves reading quickly at three to four times the normal speed to find the main idea
• Extensive reading


  Emphasizes reading a large amount of material that is not too difficult for readers, with the primary goal of learning new vocabulary through context
• Intensive reading


  Involves reading text carefully and slowly to gain a deeper understanding, requiring careful attention to details and concepts
• Reading the first and last paragraphs and headings is used as a common technique in finding the main points through skimming
• In scanning a text, after you've found the keywords or ideas, you should summarize the material in bullet points. The primary purpose of scanning is to find specific information
• Your integrity matters more than any grade. Honesty builds character and earns respect. Stay true to yourself and the values you believe in.