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{{see also|Student Start Page}}

{{font|font=Alegreya Sans|size=24px|World Literature I focuses on textual studies of the major genres of this period, [[Epic Poetry|epic]] and [[Tragedy|tragedy]], how those genres influenced later literary works, and how they portray “humanist” issues throughout the Greek and Roman national literary traditions and beyond.}}
<div class="res-img">[[File:Joseph Mallord William Turner 064.jpg|''Ulysses Derides Polyphemus'', J.M.W. Turner (1829)]]</div>
ENGL 2111 demonstrates the continued relevance of ancient works in understanding ourselves as “humans.” Major works covered will include ''Gilgamesh'', the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'', and works by Sophocles, Euripides, and Ovid. Since any survey course has much more literature than one semester-long class can cover, we will attempt to cover only a few works in as much detail as time allows, rather than many works only cursorily.

==Introduction==
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==Course Information==
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==Required Materials==
Our study of World Literature this semester will use either of the following:

* ''[https://amzn.to/2KCxHTE Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces: The Western Tradition]'', Vol. 1: Literature of Western Culture Through the Renaissance (Seventh Edition), edited by Maynard Mack.
* ''[https://amzn.to/2OjZB94 The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Vol. A: Beginnings to A.D. 100]'' (2nd Edition), edited by Sarah Lawall.

Both of these books are out-of-print, but you should have no problem acquiring one of them, either through the links above or the campus bookstore. These books contain the specific translations that I will be referencing in-class and on exams, so one of the two texts above is '''required'''.<ref>Get the cheapest one, as one is no better or worse than the other.</ref> While readily available, other translations will just be confusing and cause you unnecessary difficulty. 

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==Requirements==
ENGL 2111 is composed of the following components:

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==Policies==
Students are held accountable for knowing and practicing each of the following course policies. Consider them like the law: the excuse “I didn’t know” will carry no weight. In addition, students are responsible for reading, understanding, and adhering to all Middle Georgia State University student policies, including those linked on the Syllabus Policy page.<ref>See the MGA website's [https://www.mga.edu/faculty-affairs/syllabus-policy.php Syllabus Policy Page] the policies linked thereon.</ref>

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Students may withdraw from the course and earn a grade of “W” up to and including the midterm date. After midterm, students who withdraw will receive a grade of “WF.” Students are encouraged to read the withdrawal policy before dropping/withdrawing from class.

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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/12
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/14
| Class Begins • Introduction<ref>Be sure to order your book today.</ref>
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/19
| [[Epic Poetry]]
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/21
| ''[http://l-adam-mekler.com/epic_gilgamesh.pdf Gilgamesh]'', chapters 1–3
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#CCD1D1; text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | 3
| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/26
| ''Gilgamesh'', chapters 4–7
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 08/28
| Homer’s ''Iliad'', book 1
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#CCD1D1; text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | 4
| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/02
| Labor Day - No class
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/04
| The ''Iliad'', book 22
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#CCD1D1; text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | 5
| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/09
| Homer’s ''Odyssey'', “The Telemachiad,” books 1–4
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/11
| The ''Odyssey'', books 1–4 continued
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#CCD1D1; text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | 6
| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/16
| The ''Odyssey'', book 9
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/18
| The ''Odyssey'', book 10
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#CCD1D1; text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | 7
| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/23
| The ''Odyssey'', book 11
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/25
| The ''Odyssey'', book 12
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 09/30
| In-class Midterm<ref>Some of [[Writing on World Literature|these study guides and writings]] could help in your preparation.</ref>
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| Midterm Week: no class today
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 10/07<ref>Midterm grades due.</ref>
| The ''Odyssey'', book 22
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 10/09
| The ''Odyssey'', book 23
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 10/14<ref>Drop date: last day to withdraw with a “W.”</ref>
| Virgil’s ''Aeneid'', book 2
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 10/16
| The ''Aeneid'', book 4<ref>Possible [[Short Lit Crit Response]] on the ''Aeneid''.</ref>
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 10/21
| Introduction to [[Tragedy]]; Sophocles’ ''Oedipus Rex''
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| ''OR'' continued
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| ''OR'' continued
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| ''OR'' continued
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| Euripides’ ''Medea''
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 11/06
| ''Medea'' continued
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| ''Medea'' continued
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| ''Medea'' continued
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 11/18
| Ovid’s ''Metamorphoses'': Prologue; “Apollo and Daphne”; “Io and Jove“; “Europa and Jove”
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| ''Metamorphoses'' continued: “Iphis and Ianthe”; “Pygmalion”
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| Catch-up
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| Catch-up / TBA
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | 12/02
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| style="background-color:#F2F4F4; text-align: center; | TBA
| Final Exam
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