English 2111.05 schedule, spring 2012

Updated 4/8/12

Day/Date Assignments due Readings due In class
Monday, January 9  

Course syllabus
2000-4000 grades and grading

Introduction to course
Simple Stuff 
Wed., January 11

Student info form (online)

Golden rules 1-5
Norton Anthology Vol. A:
   Gilgamesh
, pp. 10-41
 
Thursday, January 12 Drop/add ends    
Monday, January 16

MLK Day

MLK Day

MLK Day

Wed., January 18

 

Golden rules 6-10
Norton: Homer headnote, pp. 114-19
   The Odyssey
, 225-305
About the epic 
Monday, January 23   

Nuggets 1-5
Norton:
The Odyssey, 305-76

 
Wed., January 25   Nuggets 6-10
Norton: The Odyssey, 376-458
 
Monday, January 30

 

Quotes and documentation 1-4
Norton:
The Odyssey, 458-530
 
Wed., February 1   Quotes and documentation 5
Norton:
Sophocles headnote, 612-15
   Oedipus the King
, 617-58
 
Monday, February 6   Norton: Sophocles headnote, 615-17
   Antigone
, 658-93
Paper 1 assigned
Wednesday, Feb. 8

 

Word problems
Norton:
Aristophanes headnote, 725-27
   Lysistrata
, 727-49
 
Monday, February 13 Paper proposals due  On plagiarism
Norton: Lysistrata, 749-78
 
Wednesday, Feb. 15   Norton:  Virgil headnote, 1052-55
   Aeneid excerpts, 1055-98
 
Monday, February 20 Paper 1 Norton: Aeneid excerpts, 1098-1134  
Wednesday, Feb. 22  

Norton: Petronius headnote, 1182-83
  
The Satyricon excerpts, 1183-99

Discuss midterm
Monday, February 27     Midterm exam
Wednesday, Feb. 29  

Norton Vol B:
  1001 Nights
excerpts, 1566-85

 
Thursday, March 1 Last day to withdraw 
with "W" grade
   
Monday, March 5

 

Norton: Song of Roland, 1702-26  
Wednesday, March 7  

Norton: Song of Roland, 1726-67

 
Monday, March 12-
Saturday, March 17

Spring break

Spring break Spring break
Monday, March 19 Paper 1 corrections 

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight 1991-2016

 
Wednesday, March 21    Sir Gawain & the Green Knight 2016-45  
Monday, March 26  

Norton: Dante headnote, 1826-36
   Inferno, 1836-63

 
Wednesday, March 28   Norton: Inferno, 1863-1900

 

Monday, April 2   Norton: Inferno, 1900-42  
Wednesday, April 4     Norton Vol C:
   Erasmus headnote, 2490-94
   The Praise of Folly, 2494-2517
  
Monday, April 9   Norton: Cervantes headnote, 2671-75
   Don Quixote, 2675-2718
Paper 2 assigned
Wednesday, April 11   Norton: Don Quixote, 2718-58 On research
Monday, April 16 Paper proposals due  Norton: Shakespeare headnote, 2821-25
    Hamlet, 2829-49
 
Wednesday, April 18   Norton: Hamlet, 2850-86  
Monday, April 23 Paper 2 Norton: Hamlet, 2886-2918  
Wednesday, April 25   Norton: Milton headnote, 2996-3000
   Paradise Lost excerpts, 3001-23
 
Monday, April 30   Norton: Paradise Lost excerpts, 3023-49 Discuss exam
Final exam
Wednesday, May 2
10:30-12:30
Paper 2 corrections    

Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.  I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.