Freshman Studies Reading List, 2008-2009
In the order in which they are studied
Fall Term
- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
- Albert Einstein, "Relativity"
- Olivier Messiaen, "Quartet for the End of Time"
- Plato, The Republic
- Elizabeth Bishop, selected poems
Winter Term
- Stanley Milgram, Obedience to Authority
- Terry Gilliam, Brazil
- Marcia Bjornerud, Reading the Rocks
- Jorge Luis Borges, selected fictions
- Matt Ridley, The Agile Gene
- Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings
