COURSE: ENG 201-03 FALL 2001

TIME AND PLACE: MW 3:00-4:45 PM McIver 140 TISDALE

TEXT: HOMER, The Odyssey, trans. and ed. Robert Fagles, Penguin.

SOPHOCLES, The Three Theban Plays, trans. Robert Fagles, Penguin.

VERGIL, The Aeneid, trans. F. R. Lind, Indiana.

DANTE, The Inferno, trans. Mark Musa, Penguin.

MONTAIGNE, Essais, trans. Donald M. Frame, Harlan Davidson.

LEARNING GOALS

1. Identify and understand varied characteristics of literature;
2. Apply techniques of literary analysis to texts;
3. Use literary study to develop skills in careful reading and clear writing;
4. Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social and historical contexts in which literary texts have been written and interpreted;
5. Develop a sense of the influence of great works of literature in one period on those of a subsequent one;
6. Exercise the use of literary study as a means of growth and self-discovery;
7. Learn how to write essays about literature, comparing themes and motifs in several works.

DATE ASSIGNMENT

August

8. Introduction

22 Homer, The Odyssey, Bks. 1-4

27 Homer, The Odyssey, Bks. 5-12

29 Homer, The Odyssey, Bks. 13-24

3 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

5 Sophocles, Oedipus the King

10 Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus

12 Sophocles, Antigone

17 Vergil, The Aeneid, Bks. I-II

19 Vergil, The Aeneid, Bks. III-IV

24 Vergil, The Aeneid, Bks. V-VI

26 Catch Up Day

October

1 Review Session

3 In-Class Essay on Homer, Sophocles, and Vergil

8 FALL BREAK

10 Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 1-7

15 Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 8-14

17 Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 15-21

22 Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 22-28

24 Dante, The Inferno, Cantos 29-34

29 Montaigne, Essais, Book 1

31 Montaigne, Essais, Book 2

5 Montaigne, Essais, Book 3

7 Review Session

12 In-Class Essay on Dante and Montaigne

14 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 1-10

19 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 11-22

21 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

26 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 23-52

28 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 1-10

3 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 11-41

5 Cervantes, Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 42-74

10 Review for Exam

19 Final Exam: 12:00-3:00 PM

NOTES: 1) All assignments of individual authors and works include introductions and biographical sketches.

2)Class participation: The instructor assumes that your presence in class means that you have read the assignment. He will call on you from time to time and expects you to contribute to discussion. If it is clear that you are consistently not prepared then your final grade will be lowered. There may be times when pressing duties or emergencies prevent you from completing the reading. Please inform the instructor beforehand so that he will know not to call on you. Always bring your text to class.

3)Attendance Policy: Students are allowed five cuts for whatever reason. After that a letter grade is dropped from the final average. After ten cuts, then two grades are dropped, and so on. Tardiness is counted as a cut.

4)Bad Weather Policy: Class will be held unless there is a media announcement that the University is closed.

5)Writing Intensive Course: This means that special attention in this class is given to writing skills. Consult the syllabus for how this works. In addition, students may voluntarily seek out individual conferences with the instructor. As the syllabus indicates, there will be five writing assignments: Three in class essays (including the exam) and a term paper in two versions. The first version is to be written in response to a thesis you develop out of the primary material. The second version involves both a revision and the addition of secondary research from the library. You are to integrate at least four different secondary sources into your paper. These must be documented properly.

6)The instructor will give unannounced quizzes several times throughout the semester. The cumulative average of these will count 10% of your final grade. The other five assignments will count %90.

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