ENGL 2111/Summer 2022/Schedule

From Gerald R. Lucas
< ENGL 2111‎ | Summer 2022
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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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All assignments are due Sunday 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:

  • Monday: Begin reading the week’s text(s); take notes as you read.
  • Wednesday/Thurs: Post your question to Packback.
  • Friday: Finish the reading.
  • Saturday: Participate in the discussion on Packback.
  • Sunday: 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.

Week Date Assignments
1 May 23–May 29 Course Begins[1]
2 May 30–Jun 5 The Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Read the whole text, translated by N. K. Sandars.
  • Take reading quiz on D2L
  • Post to PackBack.
3 Jun 6–Jun 12 Homer, from the Iliad
  • Read books 1, 6, 16, and 22; translated by Robert Fagles.
  • Take reading quiz on D2L
  • Post to PackBack.
4 Jun 13–Jun 19 Homer, from the Odyssey
  • Read books 9–12; translated by Robert Fitzgerald.
  • Take reading quiz on D2L
  • Post to PackBack.
5 Jun 20–Jun 26 Midterm Exam
  • Take exam on D2L .
Aristotle, from Poetics
  • Read the excerpt from Poetics, translated by Samuel Henry Butcher.
  • Respond: “What is Greek Tragedy?”
  • Take Greek Tragedy quiz on D2L
6 Jun 27–Jul 3 Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
  • Read the play; translated by Robert Fagles.
  • Take reading quiz on Sophocles on D2L
  • Post to PackBack.
7 Jul 4–Jul 10 Euripides, Medea
  • Read the play; translated by Rex Warner.
  • Take reading quiz on D2L
  • Post to PackBack.
8 Jul 11–Jul 17 Ovid, from The Metamorphoses
  • Read “Prologue”; “Creation”; “The Four Ages”; “Lycaon”; “The Flood”; “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.
9 Jul 18–Jul 20 Final Exam



notes

  1. It is imperative that you have the unit complete by May 29. Failure to do so will have you reported as a no-show, and you will be removed from the class. If this happens, you will not be readmitted.
  2. You must follow the writing conventions and guidelines outlined in this document, including the presentation of titles. This should all be review from ENGL 1102.
  3. You should have received an invitation from Packback already, unless you just registered for the course. If you were not invited, please let me know.
  4. You will need to be signed in to Packback and have access to our course to answer all responses. See the Packback tab for instructions.
  5. Be sure you read the linked source before you attempt to take the quiz.
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