English 2111.03 schedule, spring 2023
Updated 5/4/2023
This schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.
English 2111.03 schedule, spring 2023
Updated 5/4/2023
This schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Thursday, January 12 |
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Course syllabus 21XX syllabus supplement 2000-4000 grades and grading |
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| Tuesday, January 17 | Student
info (online) Drop/add ends |
Simple Stuff Elements of fiction Norton Anthology Vol. A: Gilgamesh, pp. 89-122 or as plan b,: Overview & plot summary and online Gilgamesh, pp. 1-15 |
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| Thursday, January 19 | Golden rules 1-5 |
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| Tuesday, January 24 | Terminology test (D2L quiz) | Golden rules 6-10 Norton: Homer headnote, pp. 216-17, 220-31 The Odyssey I-VI 325-93 (or Gutenberg eBook, Books 1-6) |
About the epic |
| Thursday, January 26 | Nuggets 1-5 The Odyssey VI-XII 393-465 |
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| Tuesday, January 31 | Nuggets
6-10 |
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| Thursday, February 2 | Quotations 1-4 The Odyssey XIX-XXIV 535-602 |
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| Tuesday, February 7 | Quotations 5 Sophocles headnote 681-85 Oedipus the King 687-724 |
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| Thursday, February 9 | Word problems Euripides headnote 756-58 Medea 759-90 |
Paper 1 assigned | |
| Tuesday, February 14 | Writing matters test (D2L quiz) | Aristophanes headnote 791-93 Lysistrata 793-827 |
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| Thursday, February 16 | Paper 1 proposal | On
plagiarism Catullus headnote 902-4 Catullus Poems 904-21 |
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| Tuesday, February 21 | Virgil headnote 922-26 Aeneid excerpts 926-67 |
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| Thursday, February 23 | Aeneid excerpts 967-1014 | Discuss midterm | |
| Friday, February 24 | Paper 1 | ||
| Tuesday, February 28 | Midterm exam | ||
| Thursday, March 2 | Norton Vol B: Song of Roland excerpts 220-51 |
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| Tuesday, March 7 | Roland excerpts 251-86 |
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| Thursday, March 9 | 1001 Nights excerpts, 597-628 |
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| Tuesday, March 14 | Sir Gawain & the Green Knight 835-61 | ||
| Wednesday, March 15 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Thursday, March 16 | Sir Gawain & the Green Knight 861-90 | ||
| Monday-Friday, March 20-24 |
Spring Break | ||
| Tuesday, March 28 | Dante headnote 387-91 Inferno 391-441 |
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| Thursday, March 30 | Inferno 441-90 | ||
| Tuesday, April 4 | Paper 1 corrections | Inferno 491-548 | |
| Thursday, April 6 | Handout: The Praise of Folly |
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| Tuesday, April 11 | Norton Vol C: Cervantes headnote 357-62 Don Quixote 362-401 |
What is fiction? | |
| Thursday, April 13 | Don Quixote 464-90 | Paper 2 assigned | |
| Tuesday, April 18 | Paper 2 proposal | Shakespeare headnote 651-55 Hamlet, 655-77 |
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| Thursday, April 20 | Hamlet 677-716 | On research | |
| Tuesday, April 25 | Hamlet 717-51 | ||
| Thursday, April 27 | Milton headnote 770-73 Paradise Lost 774-804 |
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| Friday, April 28 | Paper 2 | ||
| Tuesday, May 2 | Paradise Lost 814-42 |
Discuss exam | |
| Final exam Thursday, May 4 1:00-3:00 p.m. |
Final exam | ||