ENGL 2111/Fall 2023/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 Sundays 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: Wed: Begin reading the week’s text(s), including background materials; take notes as you read. Sat/Sun: Post your question to Packback. Read and consider responding to a seed prompt: i.e., one of the questions I have asked about the material.  note: You are not required to write on Packback every week, but for each text that we study. The one question/two responses is the minimum requirement per text, so I encourage you to write more, especially on texts that we cover over multiple weeks, like the Odyssey. Sun: Finish the reading. Take the reading quiz on D2L. Mon: Participate in the discussion on Packback. Be sure to support your discussions with evidence from the the week’s primary text and/or the secondary texts, like background materials and assigned videos. Tue: Add follow-up posts to 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. Once again: Procrastination and posting at the last minute will earn you lower grades. Even technological issues (especially with D2L) may impact your ability to submit assignments. If you begin early, you will mitigate any unforeseen problems.

Week	Date	Assignments
1	Aug 9–15	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. See Requirements > Packback for instructions, including the necessary course key. Introduce yourself on Packback: Who are you?
		Epic Poetry Read Epic Poetry. Watch “Blue Talks Epic Poetry.” Post your question and response (only one more response is required this week since you answered one above) about epic poetry on Packback. Take the Epic Poetry quiz on D2L.
2	Aug 16–22	The Epic of Gilgamesh Read Gilgamesh background materials. Watch “The Epic of Gilgamesh: Invitation to World Literature.” Read The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by N. K. Sandars. Take the Gilgamesh reading quiz on D2L. Watch “The King Who Tried to Conquer Death” ❗️ Post your question and responses on Packback.
3	Aug 23–29	Homer, from the Iliad Read Iliad background materials. Watch “The Wrath of Achilles.” ❗️ Read books 1 and 6 of the Iliad; translated by Robert Fagles. Watch “Patroclus and the Myrmidons.” ❗️ Read books 16 and 22 of the Iliad. Take the Iliad reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
4	Aug 30–Sep 05	Test 1 Review background materials and study guides for the texts we’ve read so far. Complete your first test on D2L.
5	Sep 06–12	Homer, from the Odyssey 1 Read Odyssey background materials. Watch “The Odyssey.” Read books 1–4, the “Telemachiad,” of the Odyssey; translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Take the Odyssey 1 reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.  note: Your usual one question/two responses is due Sep 26, but you may want to begin this week.
6	Sep 13–19	Homer, from the Odyssey 2 Review Odyssey background materials. Watch “Literary Classics - The Odyssey.” ❗️ Read books 9–12, “Odysseus’ Tale,” of the Odyssey; translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Take the Odyssey 9–12 reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.  note: Your usual one question/two responses is due Sep 26, but you may want to participate this week.
7	Sep 20–26	Homer, from the Odyssey 3 Review Odyssey background materials. Watch A Critical Guide to The Odyssey.” ❗️ Read books 22 & 23, “Odysseus’ Homecoming,” of the Odyssey; translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Take the Odyssey 3 reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
8	Sep 27–Oct 03	Test 2 Review background materials and study guides for the Odyssey. Complete your second test on D2L.
9	Oct 04–10	Aristotle, from Poetics Read “Tragedy.” Watch “Greek Drama: From Ritual to Theater.” ❗️ Read the excerpt from Poetics. Watch “What is Theater?”; “Thespis, Athens, and The Origins of Greek Drama”; “Tragedy Lessons from Aristotle” Take Greek Tragedy quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack.
10	Oct 11–17	Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1 Read Oedipus the King background materials. Watch “The Greek Dramatists: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.” Read Oedipus Rex; translated by Robert Fagles. Take the Oedipus the King reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack, due Oct 24.
11	Oct 18–24	Sophocles, Oedipus the King 2 Review Oedipus the King background materials. Watch Oedipus Rex on Films on Demand. Post to PackBack.
12	Oct 25–31	Euripides, Medea 1 Read Medea background materials. Watch “Medea, Murderous Love—The Great Greek Myths.” Read the play; translated by Rex Warner. Take the Medea reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack, due Nov 07.
13	Nov 01–07	Euripides, Medea 2 Review Medea background materials. Watch Medea on Films on Demand. Post to PackBack.
14	Nov 08–14	Test 3 Review background materials and study guides for tragedy, Sophocles, and Euripides. Complete your third test on D2L.
15	Nov 15–28	Ovid, from The Metamorphoses Read The Metamorphoses background materials. Read “Apollo and Daphne”; “Io and Jove“; “Europa and Jove”; “Iphis and Ianthe”; “Pygmalion.” Translated by Allen Mandelbaum. Take reading quiz on D2L. Post to PackBack. Take test four on D2L.
16	Dec 01	Lit-Crit Response Submit your Lit-Crit Response on D2L.

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