J. Roth World Literature
271 January 23, 2009
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5 January Snow Day |
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Classes begin Introduction
and Syllabus |
7 Introduction
to the web |
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Historical Perspectives |
9 Please have read The Epic of Gilgamesh (pp.
1-16—handout) Assign Writing
Assignment #1—The Epic of Gilgamesh |
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For today, please have read pp. 1-14 in your textbook, The Ancient World Please
have read The
Epic of Gilgamesh (pp. 16-25—handout) Continue
discussion of The
Epic of Gilgamesh Beware the pop
quiz on both of the above |
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For 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--Letter
of Apology Due Writing
Assignment--Gilgamesh at the beginning of class |
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Orientation in Computer Lab 1220-G Time to work
on your Letter
of Apology |
15 For today’s class, please have read Genesis, pp. 50-64 (Chapters 22, 25,
27, 37, 39-46) Beware the Pop Quiz |
16 For today’s class, please have read Exodus 19-20 and Job, pp. 64-92. Beware the Pop Quiz Due Writing Assignment--Letter
of Apology at
the beginning of class |
19 Holiday |
20 General Discussion
and introduction to Homer Discuss
Fiction
Terms and Definitions pp. 11-12 in the Blue Packet Due
Writing
Assignment—The Hebrew Bible due at the beginning of class |
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Web Wednesday Assignment Please complete the Quintus and
Virgil Web Assignment |
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Please have read
Homer, pp. 100-106 The Iliad Introduction and Books I, VI,
VIII and IX, pp. 107-148. |
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Please have read The Iliad Books XXII and XXIV, pp. 173-205 Brad
Pitt Day! |
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Due the Quintus and
Virgil Web Assignment 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 Assign |
27 Please have read The Odyssey Books XXI-XXIV, pp. 452-495 The Return Home The
Simpsons’ take on the story Beware
the pop quiz J |
28 Web
Wednesday Assignment |
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Please
have read Oedipus
the King, from the beginning of the play, p. 612
through p. 633, line 883 Beware
the pop quiz J Due Writing Assignment—The
Odyssey at the beginning of class |
30 Please have read
Oedipus the
King, p. 633,
line 884 through the end of the play, p.652 Beware the pop quiz J |
2 February Due Web Assignment The
Story of Oedipus and Greek Theater |
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20 DL Testing
day Study Day |
23 FINALS 9:30 |
24 FINALS 10:30 |
25 FINALS 11:30 |