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ENGL 201: World Literature (Online) Course Calendar Fall 2005 Texts
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| By midnight on this date . . . | students should have read the assignments below, and submitted responses to questions about the readings posted in the Discussion Area of Blackboard. |
| 30 August | Course introduction. Go to the Discussion Area in Blackboard, find the "Introductions" forum, and introduce yourself. Please also submit a response to the "What is literature, and why is it important?" forum. Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on Mycenaean Greece, the Trojan War, and Homer. Post any questions you have in the "Ancient Greece and Homer" forum. |
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1 September |
Homer, Iliad 1, 2 (lines 1-583 only), 3. |
| 6 September | Homer, Iliad 4, 5, 6. |
| 8 September | Homer, Iliad 8 (lines 1-90, 566-654), 9. |
| 13 September | Homer, Iliad 16, 18, 19. |
| 15 September | Homer, Iliad 20 (lines 185-365), 22, 24. |
| 20 September | Vergil, Aeneid 1-2. Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on ancient Rome and Vergil before answering the questions in the Discussion Area. |
| 22 September |
Vergil, Aeneid 4, 6. |
| 27 September | Vergil, Aeneid 8 (lines 793-992), 10 (lines 606-1276), 12 (lines 963-1298). |
| 29 September | The Bhagavad Gita, chapters 1-11. |
| 4/6 October |
EXAM #1: The three parts of the exam (multiple choice, quotation, essay) will be available in the Exams area in Blackboard by noon on Sunday, 2 October. You have until noon on Sunday, 9 October, to complete the multiple choice section (note that this portion of the exam cannot be retaken). The quotation analysis and essay portions of the exam are due in the Digital Drop Box noon on that day as well. No activity in the Discussion Area this week. Please read the information on exams before taking the exam. |
| 11 October | The New Testament, Sermon on the Mount (King James Version) (Matthew 5-7); selections from Augustine's Confessions; selections from Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae (all available on Blackboard under Course Documents). |
| 13 October | Dante, Inferno 1-4. Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on Dante and the Middle Ages before answering the questions in the Discussion Area. |
| 20 October | Dante, Inferno 5-6, 10, 13. |
| 25 October | Dante, Inferno 14-15, 21-22. |
| 27 October | Dante, Inferno 26-27, 30-34. |
| 1 November |
Dante, excerpts from Purgatorio and Paradiso. (On Blackboard). |
| 3 November | Selections from Li Po (also on Blackboard). |
| 8/10 November | EXAM #2. The three parts of the exam (multiple choice, quotation, essay) will be available in the Exams area in Blackboard by noon on Sunday, 6 November. You have until noon on Sunday, 13 October, to complete the multiple choice section (note that this portion of the exam cannot be retaken). The quotation analysis and essay portions of the exam are due in the Digital Drop Box noon on that day as well. No activity in the Discussion Area this week. Please read the information on exams before taking the exam. |
| 15 November | Go to the Lectures area of Blackboard and read the lecture on the Renaissance before answering the questions in the Discussion Area. |
| 17 November | Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux" and selections from the Canzoniere (available on Blackboard). |
| 29 November | Lazarillo de Tormes, pp. 1-28. |
| 1 December | Lazarillo de Tormes, pp. 29-60. |
| 6 December | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 1-17. |
| 8 December | Voltaire, Candide, chapters 18-30. |
| FINAL EXAM | EXAM #3. The three parts of the exam (multiple choice, quotation, essay) will be available in the Exams area in Blackboard by noon on Saturday, 10 December. You have until noon on Sunday, 17 December, to complete the multiple choice section (note that this portion of the exam cannot be retaken). The quotation analysis and essay portions of the exam are due in the Digital Drop Box noon on that day as well. No activity in the Discussion Area this week. Please read the information on exams before taking the exam. |
