COURSE: ENG 201-01 SPRING 2002
TIME
AND PLACE: MWF 11:00-11:50 MCIVER 227 TISDALE
TEXTS: HOMER, The Odyssey,
trans. and ed. 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.
CERVANTES, Don Quixote,
trans. Samuel Putnam, Penguin.
DATE ASSIGNMENT
January
HOMERIC
GREECE
14 Introduction
16 Homer: Background
18 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 1-4
21 Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
23 Homer, The Odyssey, Bks. 5-12
25 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 5-12
28 Homer, The Odyssey, Bks. 13-24
30
Homer, The Odyssey, Bks.
13-24
February
PERICLEAN
GREECE
1 Sophocles: Background
4 Sophocles,
Oedipus the King
6 Sophocles,
Oedipus the King
8 Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus
11
Sophocles, Antigone
IMPERIAL
ROME
13 Virgil:
Background
15 The
Aeneid, Bk. 1
18 The
Aeneid, Bk. 2
20 The
Aeneid, Bk. 3
22 The
Aeneid, Bk. 4
25 The
Aeneid, Bk. 5.
27 The
Aeneid, Bk. 6
March
1 Review
Session on Classical Literature
4
Take Home Essay on
Classical Literature due at class time
THE MIDDLE
AGES
6 Dante: Background
8 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 1-7
9-16 SPRING
BREAK
18 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 8-14
20 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 15-21
22 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 22-28
25
Dante, The Inferno,
Cantos 29-34
27 Catch-up on the Inferno
29 Spring
Holiday
April
THE
RENAISSANCE
1 Montaigne: Background
3 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. I
5 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. II
8 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. III
10
Review Session on Dante
and Montaigne
12 Take Home Essay on Dante and
Montaigne due at class time
15 Cervantes: Background
17 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 1-10
19 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 11-22
22 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 23-52
24 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 1-10
26 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 11-41
30 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 42-74
May
1 Catch-up
on Cervantes
3 Catch-up
on Cervantes
6 Review for Exam
13 Final Exam: 8:00-12:00
NOTES: 1) All assignments of individual authors and works
include the preceding introductions.
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 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 six
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)Leaving the
room while class is in session: Leaving
class while it is in session without notifying the instructor is considered
impolite. Leaving and returning, except
in the case of an emergency, is considered disrespectful. Such instances will be noted and counted
as a cut.
6)Grading: You will be graded on the basis of the three
In-Class Essays, each counting a third, on attendance, and on how well you
formulate your questions for the three review sessions. During the semester the instructor will give
3-5 unannounced quizzes and the average of these will count 10 % of your final
grade. The final grade is mainly an
average of the three essays, and the quiz average, but the attendance and the
review questions are factored in as a consideration before a final grade is given.
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