ENGL 2111/Spring 2024/Online/SS/Schedule

Introduction	Requirements	Policies	Schedule	Instructor

This schedule represents the ideal outline for our study this semester. Yet, like all best-laid plans, we may not be able to keep up with our agenda. Please be flexible and try to look and read ahead whenever possible.

We will do our best to stick by this schedule, but I will inform you verbally, via an email, and/or a literal change to the schedule below whenever there is a deviation. Getting these updates is solely your responsibility. Therefore, this schedule is tentative and subject to change contingent upon the needs of the students and the professor, and dictated by time and other constraints which may affect the course. For face-to-face classes, this schedule reflects only an overview of the assigned reading and other major course assignments. It may not indicate specific class session assignments or activities. Specific in-class assignments may not be reflected on the schedule.

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Overview and Instructions for Work

All assignments are due Tuesday evenings at 11:59 pm. Have the assigned text(s) read by Fridays at the latest, so you can post your questions and responses to Packback well ahead of the due date. Procrastination and posting at the last minute will earn you lower grades. I suggest the following work schedule for each week: Wednesday: Begin reading the week’s text(s), including background materials; take notes as you read. Friday/Saturday: Post your question to Packback. Sunday: Finish the reading. Monday: Participate in the discussion on Packback. Tuesday: Add follow-up posts to Packback. (Remember: you must post one question and two responses each week on Packback.) Look ahead and plan your reading accordingly. I have tried to keep reading to a minimum, but if you are a slower reader, like I am, you may want to plan out your reading schedule so that you can meet the course deadlines.

Week	Date	Assignments
1	Mar 6–12	Course Introduction Read the syllabus carefully and completely. Read: “How to Do Well in My Class” and “Writing in the Liberal Arts.” Take Introduction Quiz on D2L. Register for Packback if you have not already. Respond to Who are you? on Packback.
		Epic Poetry Read Epic Poetry. Respond: What is epic poetry? Take the Epic Poetry quiz on D2L. Read ahead so that you can plan your work to meet deadlines. See specifically the weeks when the midterm and final are scheduled.
2	Mar 13–26	The Epic of Gilgamesh Read Gilgamesh background materials. Read The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N. K. Sandars. Take the Gilgamesh reading quiz on D2L. Post about Gilgamesh on PackBack. Since Spring Break is included this assignment, you might want to begin on your Short Lit Crit Response, due at the end of the course.
3	Mar 27–Apr 2	Homer, from the Iliad Read Iliad background materials. Read books 1, 6, 16, and 22 of the Iliad; translated by Robert Fagles. Take the Iliad reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
4	Apr 3–9	Homer, from the Odyssey Read Odyssey background materials. Read books 9–12 of the Odyssey; translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Take the Odyssey reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
5	Apr 10–16	Midterm Exam Take midterm exam on D2L. Be sure to read the directions carefully before you begin.
		Aristotle, from Poetics Read “Greek Tragedy” Read the excerpt from Poetics Watch “What is Theater?” Watch “Thespis, Athens, and The Origins of Greek Drama” Watch “Tragedy Lessons from Aristotle” Take Greek Tragedy quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
6	Apr 17–23	Sophocles, Oedipus the King Review Oedipus the King background materials. Read the play; translated by Robert Fagles. Take the OR reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
7	Apr 24–30	Euripides, Medea Review Medea background materials. Read the play; translated by Rex Warner. Take the Medea reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
8	May 1–3	Final Exam Review the background materials and study guides. Take exam on D2L. Submit your Lit-Crit Response on D2L.

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