J. Roth World Literature 271 March 11, 2010

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
4 January Syllabus and Introduction to the Course	5 Introduction to the Web Begin Overview The Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans Introductions (Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)	6 Continue Overview The Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans Polytheism vs. Monotheism Introductions (Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)	7 Overview, Please have read The Epic of Gilgamesh, Handout pp. 1-15 Assign Writing Assignment #1--Gilgamesh Introductions (Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)	8 Please have read pp. 1-14, The Ancient World in your textbook Beware the Pop Quiz Please have completed The Epic of Gilgamesh, Handout pp. 16-25 Sample Student Written Response Introductions (Something that would surprise us if we knew it about you)
11For today’s class, please have read Genesis, pp. 34-50 (Chapters 1-3, 4, 6-9, 11, 17-19) Beware the Pop Quiz Assign Writing Assignment #2--Letter of Apology Writing Assignment #1--Gilgamesh due at the beginning of class	12 For today’s class, please have read Genesis, pp. 50-64 (Chapters 22, 25, 27, 37, 39-46) Beware the Pop Quiz	13	14 Please have read Exodus 19-20 and Job, pp. 64-92. Writing Assignment #2--Letter of Apology due at the beginning of class Assign Writing Assignment--The Hebrew Bible General Discussion and Introduction to Homer	15Orientation in Computer Lab 1220-G Work on Greek Contributions Web assignment
18 HOLIDAY	19 Please have read Homer, pp. 100-106 The Iliad Introduction and Books I, pp. 107-122. Writing Assignment--The Hebrew Bible due at the beginning of class	20 Please have read of The Iliad, Books VI and IX, pp. 122-148	21 Please have read The Iliad Books XVI, XXII and XXIV, pp. 148-173 Greek Contributions Web assignment due at the beginning of class.	22 Web Day Computer Lab 1220-G Please work on the Quintus and Virgil Web Assignment
25 Please have read The Iliad Books XXII and XXIV, pp. 173-205 There’s gotta be a pop quiz by now!	26 Please have read The Odyssey pp. 102-105, Books IX and X, beginning on page 303, line 92 through page 340 (through line 558) You will read about the following: The Lotus Eaters, the Cyclops, Aeolis, Circe, the Kingdom of the Dead Beware the pop quiz J	27 Finish The Odyssey Due the Quintus and Virgil Web Assignment	28 Hopefully the Simpsons Odyssey The Classical Greek Underworld Discuss Fiction Terms and Definitions, p. in the course packet, pp. 11-12 Introduction to Oedipus Rex Totally cool links	29 Web Day Computer Lab 1220-G Web Assignment—The Greek Theater
1 February Please have read Oedipus the King, from the beginning of the play, p. 612 through p. 633, line 883 Beware the pop quiz J	2 Please have read Oedipus the King, p. 633, line 884 through the end of the play, p.652 Beware the pop quiz J	3 Complete Oedipus the King Web Assignment—The Greek Theater due Review	4 Experience #1—Gilgamesh through Oedipus	5 open
8 The Bible: The New Testament, pp. 1082-1097	9 The Bible: The New Testament, pp. 1082-1097	10 Please have read The Middle Ages, pp. 1143-1147 Introduction to the Koran Please have read The Koran, pp. 1148-1173	11 Please have read Beowulf, pp. 1174-1210 Beware the pop quiz J Assign the Poem de AMOUR	12 Web Assignment—Middle Ages Scavenger Hunt—10 points
15 HOLIDAY	16 Poem de AMOUR due Please have read Beowulf, pp. 1210-1247 (From the fight with Grendel’s mother to the end.)	7 Middle Ages Scavenger Hunt due Complete Beowulf, pp. 1174-1247	18 Introduction to Dante—film Please have read Dante Reading Assignment #1 Jim’s Guide to the Inferno The Seven Deadly Sins Please have read pp. 1456-1464 in our text.	19 Continue with Dante Reading Assignment #1 Assign Dante Writing Assignment Jim’s Guide to the Inferno
22 Please have read Dante Reading Assignment #2 Jim’s Guide to the Inferno	23 Please have read Dante Reading Assignment #3 Jim’s Guide to the Inferno	24 Please have read the Purgatorio-Paradiso Reading Assignment Dante Writing Assignment due at the beginning of class English Through the Ages A bit about Geoffrey Chaucer Recommended Reading-- pp. 1696-1718, The General Prologue Balade de Bon Concyl The Harvard University Site The General Prologue	25 The Thousand and One Nights Please have read the Introduction, pp. 1769-1772; The Prologue, pp. 1772-1779, and The Story of the Fisherman and the Demon, pp. 1793-1798	26 Web Day—The Renaissance Web Assignment
1 March The Thousand and One Nights Continued. Please read The Enchanted King, pp. 1813-1821 Review for Experience #2	2 Experience #2—100 points New Testament through The Thousand and One Nights	3 Don Quixote Introductory Paragraph Please have read Miguel de Cervantes, pp. 2217-2221 and Don Quixote, Prologue and Chapters 1-8, pp. 2221-2253	4 Please have read Don Quixote, Chapters 18, 22, 52---pp. 2281-2298 The Renaissance Web Assignment due	5 To be announced
8 Please have read Don Quixote, Part 2, Chapter 14 through end--pp. 2316-2349.	9 Finish Don Quixote Introduction to Hamlet Assign Hamlet Writing Assignment Who’s Who in Hamlet Key Passages	10 Hamlet Please have read Hamlet, pp. 2406-2430 (Beginning of the play through Act I) Key Passages	11 Hamlet Please have read Hamlet, pp. 2431-2459 Act II, and Act III, through scenes 1 and 2 Key Passages	12 Work on Hamlet Writing Assignment
15 Hamlet Please have read Hamlet, pp. 2460-2484 from Act III, scene 3 through all of Act IV Key Passages	16 Hamlet Please have read Hamlet, pp. 2484-2500, all of Act V Hamlet Writing Assignment due at the beginning of class Key Passages	17 Milton, briefly Recommended Reading Review for Experience #3 Course Evaluation	18 English 101 portfolio reading day Recommended Reading	19 No School
22 Finals 8:30 and 11:30 classes	23 Experience #3—Don Quixote through Milton	24 Finals 7:30, 10:30, and 1:30 classes	25 Spring Break	26 Spring Break