Week 1: Orientation

Orientation Activities - Instructor: laura-gibbs@ou.edu


Required Books

There are four books required for this course.

OU Bookstore. You can check on the availability and prices of both new and used copies at the OU Bookstore Online; if you search for MLLL-4993-995, it will show if used copies are available and at what price. If you want to compare availability and prices at other local bookstores, here are some useful phone numbers: Boomer Book Company (447-2665), Sooner Textbooks (360-8910), and Ratcliffe Textbooks (321-777).

Cheaper books online. The OU Bookstore does not offer discounted prices on new books, and there are not always used copies available. If you want to find discounted new or used copies, you can do that online - but you need to give yourself some extra time to do that, so that the books can be shipped to you. You can pretty much always find discounted and used copies at Amazon, or you can use the ISBN number to search other online booksellers to find the best option for you.

  1. Ramayana by R. K. Narayan (amazon.com - ISBN 0143039679)
  2. Mahabharata by R. K. Narayan (amazon.com - ISBN 0226568229
  3. Ramayana by William Buck (amazon.com - ISBN 0520227034)
  4. Mahabharata by William Buck (amazon.com - ISBN 0520227042)

TIMELINE FOR FALL : Please make sure you have Narayan's Ramayana in your hands by August 31 at the latest - you have a reading assignment on that book which will be due the second week of classes (classes begin on August 25).

TIMELINE FOR SPRING: Please make sure you have Narayan's Ramayana in your hands by January 26 at the latest - you have a reading assignment on that book which will be due the second week of classes (classes begin on January 20).

For a reading schedule that shows the order in which you will be reading the books, see the Course Calendar.


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