COURSE: ENG 201-01 SPRING 2003
TIME
AND PLACE: MWF
TEXTS: HOMER, The Odyssey, trans. and ed. Fagles, Penguin.
SOPHOCLES, The
Three Theban Plays, trans. Robert Fagles, Penguin.
OVID, Metamorphoses, trans. Rolfe Humphries,
DANTE, The Inferno,
trans. Mark Musa, Penguin.
MONTAIGNE, Essais, trans. Donald M. Frame,
Harlan Davidson.
CERVANTES, Don Quixote,
trans. Samuel Putnam, Penguin.
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 three
contiguous periods of Western European
literature;
6)
Exercise the use of literary study as a means of growth and self-discovery;
7)
Learn how to write short responses about literature, associating poignant
quotations with thematic concerns; and
8)
Expose the student intensively to the early modern
culture and literature of
DATE ASSIGNMENT
January
HOMERIC
13 Introduction
15 Homer: Background
17 The
Greek Gods and the Trojan War
20 Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
22 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 1-4
24 Teacher
will be absent
27 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 5-12
29
Homer, The
Odyssey, Bks. 5-12
31 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 13-24
February
PERICLEAN
3 Homer,
The Odyssey, Bks. 13-24
5 Sophocles: Background
7 Sophocles,
Oedipus the King
10 Sophocles,
Oedipus the King
12 Sophocles,
Oedipus at Colonus
IMPERIAL
14 Sophocles,
Antigone
17 Ovid: Background
19 Ovid, Metamorphoses: Book One (The Creation, The Four Ages,
The Flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha, Apollo and Daphne,
Jove and Io)
21 Ovid, Metamorphoses: Book Two (The Story of Pygmalion); Book
Three (The Story of Cadmus, The Story of Semele, The Story of Tiresias, The
Story of Echo and Narcissus)
24 Ovid, Metamorphoses: Books Four (The Story of Pyramus and
Thisbe, The Story of Mars and Venus, The Story of Salamcis, The Story of
Athamas and Ino, The Story of Perseus); Book Five
(The Fighting of Perseus)
26 Ovid, Metamorphoses: Book Six (The Story of Tereus, Procne,
and Philomela); Book Seven (The Story of Jason and Medea, The Story of Cephalus
and Procris); Book Eight (The Story of Daedalus and
Icarus, The Story of Baucis and Philemon)
28 Ovid, Metamorphoses:
Book Ten (The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice, The Story of Pygmalion, The
Story of Cinyras and Myrrha, Venus Tells Adonis the Story of Atalanta); Book Eleven
(The Death of Orpheus, The Building of the Walls of
March
3 Ovid,
Metamorphoses: Book Twelve (The Invasion of
5 Ovid,
Metamorphoses: Book Fourteen (The
Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed, The Story of Picus, The
Pilgrimage of Aeneas Resumed,
7 Ovid, Metamorphoses:
Book Fifteen (The Teachings of Pythagoras, The Story of Hipolytus, The Story
of Aesculapius)
8-16
SPRING BREAK
17
Test on Classical
Literature: Homer, Sophocles, and Ovid
19 Dante: Background
21 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 1-7
24 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 8-14
26 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 15-21
28 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 22-28
31 Dante,
The Inferno, Cantos 29-34
April
THE
RENAISSANCE
2 Catch-up
on the Inferno
4 Montaigne: Background
7 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. I
9 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. II
11 Montaigne: Essais, Bk. III
14 Test on Dante and Montaigne
16 Cervantes: Background
18 Spring
21 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 1-10
23 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 11-22
25 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part I, Chapters 23-52
28 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 1-10
30 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 11-41
May
2 Cervantes,
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapters 42-74
5 Catch-up
on Cervantes
7 Reading Day
9
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 Tests, each counting a third, and on attendance. Each
test will consist of ten quotations from the texts being covered for that
test. These quotations will be chosen
from those the teacher has gone over in class.
You will be required to identify the work, the speaker, and its narrative
context. You will be asked to write a
solid paragraph on the thematic implications of the passage. Your final grade will be an average of the
three tests. This kind of testing means
that you will have to read all the assignments, come to class regularly, and
takes notes.
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