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Mr. Smith reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice. |
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First Semester |
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Week 1, 08.21 |
Introductions |
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Tuesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Syllabus
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Setting Up Google Classroom |
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• demo-Meme of Literary Interpretation |
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Follow @PrufrocksBlues in Twitter |
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Wednesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Reading Guidelines |
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• demo-Habitual Reading |
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Thursday: |
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Reader Response Assignments |
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• demo-Expectations |
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Myth, Folktale, Parable, Fable |
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• demo- Definitions of Early Genres—see page 6 |
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Basic Introduction: Plato |
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"Allegory of the Cave," Thomas Sheehan, trans. |
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Friday: |
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Basic Introduction: Plato |
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"Allegory of the Cave," Thomas Sheehan, trans. |
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• Animation |
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Week 2, 08.27 |
Translations |
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Monday: |
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Summer Reading Project |
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Reading Response to Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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Tuesday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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• UVAToday interviews Mark Edmundson |
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Wednesday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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Thursday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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Friday: |
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Mark Edmundson's Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals |
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Week 3, 09.03 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Ancient World's Concept of Epic Hero |
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• demo-Definition of Epic and Epic Hero |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh, |
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• demo-Original Language of Opening Lines |
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• full text—see pages 62-99 |
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• Gilgamesh Sung in Original Sumerian on Period Gishgudi |
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Wednesday: |
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Conflict Types • Journey • Mode |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Week 4, 09.10 |
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Monday: |
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Declaring an Academic MLAThesis (Your Observation on Primary Resource) |
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• demo |
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Aritstotle's Definition of an Epic |
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Poetics—see pages 31-33 (Homer), 41-43 (Epic Poetry) |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Tuesday: |
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Epic Hero Cycle |
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• demo |
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• demo—Joseph Campbell's Hero Journey Cycle |
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• Grant Whitsitt , "Developing Your Narrative, Finding Your Story" |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Wednesday: |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Anonymous, Gilgamesh |
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Week 5, 09.17 |
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Anonymous, Beowulf |
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The Middle Ages: Pagan and Christian |
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• demo-Anglo-Saxon Literature |
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• Original Beowulf MS Digitized and now Online |
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Old English to Modern English |
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• Hear Beowulf and Gawain and the Green Knight |
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Tuesday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 1 |
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(l. 1): Hwaet! |
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Reflection— Meaning of Hwaet! |
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• "Listen! Beowulf's Opening Line Misinterpreted for 200 Years" (2013) |
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• "Did [...] Seamus Heaney Get it Right?" (2013) |
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• Transcript of NPR's interview with Seamus Heaney (2007) |
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• Seamus Heaney Reads His Translation of Beowulf |
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• Video: Recitation in Old English of opening lines of Beowulf |
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(ll. 1-1066) |
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• Beowulf Part 1: Grendel |
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• Swords within the Beowulf Text |
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Wednesday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 1 |
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(ll. 1159-1249) |
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Thursday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 1 |
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(ll. 1159-1249) |
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Friday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 2 |
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(ll. 1250-1707) |
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• Beowulf Part 2: Grendel's Mother |
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Week 6, 09.24 |
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Monday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 2 |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 2 |
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Wednesday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 2 |
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Thursday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 3 |
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(ll. 2199- 2352) |
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(ll. 2394-2413) |
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(ll. 2507-2609) |
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• Beowulf Part 3: The Dragon |
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• #OldEnglish Word-of-the-day: wyrm-hord |
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Friday: |
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Anonymous, Beowulf-part 3 |
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(ll. 2623-2907) |
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(ll. 3027-3179) |
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Week 7, 10.01 |
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Monday: |
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Expectations of Academic Research Paper <update demo |
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• demo-Expectations- Research |
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Revised Grendel Paragraph |
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• Resubmit to Turnitin.com |
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Tuesday: |
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Anglo-Saxon Period |
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• demo-Cultural Transitions |
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• demo-Old English Alphabet |
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Group Analysis |
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Bede, “Cædmon’s Hymn” |
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British Library, Digital Copy of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum |
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Cædmon, "Hymn” |
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• Four Translations of Cædmon's Hymn |
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• Video—Recitation of Cædmon's Hymn |
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Anonymous, "The Wife's Lament" |
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• Video—Recitation with both Old English and Modern |
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Wednesday: |
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Group Presentations |
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Thursday: |
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Anglo-Saxon Period |
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Review: Anglo-Saxon Poetry |
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Anglo-Saxon Period: Riddles |
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Anonymous, "Dream of the Rood" |
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• Video-Recitation of "Dream of the Rood" |
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Week 8, 10.08 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Anglo-Saxon Period |
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Anonymous, "The Wanderer" |
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• demo-“The Wanderer” |
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Blog— Interesting Literature |
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• Ten Works of Anglo-Saxon Literature |
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Wednesday: |
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Senior Picnic / PSATs |
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Thursday: |
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Academic Synthesis |
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• demo |
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Lone Star-Tomball Databases |
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Friday: |
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Analytical Comparisons of "The Wife's Lament" & "The Wanderer" |
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• Example of Group/Partnered Analysis Paragraph |
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Week 9, 10.15 |
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Monday: |
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Myth, Folktale, Parable, Fable |
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• demo- Definitions of Early Genres |
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Myth Example |
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• Herakles Wrestling Death from the Greek Myth “Admetus and Alcestis” |
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Folktale Example |
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• demo-Native American Folktales |
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• Alabama-Coushatta, "How Fire Came to the AC" |
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Aesop Fables |
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• "The Old Man and Death" & "The Fox and the Goat" |
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Parable Example |
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• Buddha, "The Parable of the Elephant" |
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Tuesday: |
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Group Analysis-Part 1: Creation Myths |
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• King James Version, Genesis |
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• The Hebrew Bible, Genesis |
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• The Book of J |
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• The Holy Qur'an |
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• Alabama-Coushatta, Origin of the AC |
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• Rig Verda |
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• Babylonia Creation Myth / Mesopotamian Deities |
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• Hesiod, Theogony |
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Wednesday: |
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Group Analysis-Part 1, continued |
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Thursday: |
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Group Analysis-Part 1, continued (periods 2, 4) |
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Group Analysis-Part 2 (period 5) |
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Friday: |
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Group Analysis-Part 2 (periods 2, 4) |
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Group Analysis-Part 2, continued (period 5) |
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Week 10, 10.22 |
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Monday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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• Expectations |
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Tuesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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• Quick Review—Paragraph Structure / Summary for Analysis |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 11, 10.29 |
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Monday: |
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Begin finalizing Creation Myth project |
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Critical Paper due |
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Writing Workshop |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 12,11.05 |
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Monday: |
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Accumulative Reflection Journal Project |
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King James Version of the Bible |
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The Book of Psalms: Verse 23 (KJV) |
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Tuesday: |
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Comparable Analysis: Psalms and Creation Myths |
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• Basic definition of Psalm |
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Comparisons of Psalm 23(KJV) with Book of John, Chapter 10 (KJV) |
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Sheep Metaphor |
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Wednesday: |
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Psalm 23 (KJV) |
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John Donne, Holy Sonnet #1 |
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Comparable Analysis: Psalm 23 with John Donne Holy Sonnet 1 |
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• Basic requirements for a Sonnet |
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Thursday: |
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Literary Criticism Theories |
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John Donne, Holy Sonnet #1 |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 13, 11.12 |
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Monday: |
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Literary Analysis Exercise |
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Grimm Brothers, "Godfather Death" |
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• Worksheet: Sentence Starters |
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Tuesday: |
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Comparable Analysis: Psalm 40 with Leonard Cohen "Hallelujah" |
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• Worksheet: Analyzing through a Lens |
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Hebrew-English Bible |
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• Seven Pop Songs with Religious References |
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• video: Leonard Cohen |
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Wednesday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Thursday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 14, 11.19 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 15, 11.26 |
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Monday: |
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Montheism versus Polytheism |
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• Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite |
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• Sappho "Hymn to Aphrodite," Anne Carson, trans. |
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• for comparison, review Hesiod Theogony, ll. 176-206 |
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Tuesday: |
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Carl Sandburg, "At a Window" (March 1914) and "Window" |
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Wednesday; |
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Edith Hamilton, "Theseus and the Minotaur" |
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• Malta Classics Association, Synopsis of The Six Labours of Theseus |
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Thursday: |
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Jorge Luis Borges, "The House of Asterion" |
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• Malta Classics Association, "The Minotaur's Redemption" |
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Friday |
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Jorge Luis Borges, "The House of Asterion" |
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• Malta Classics Association, "The Minotaur's Redemption" |
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Literary Criticism Review |
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Week 16,12.03 |
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Monday: |
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Literary Criticism Theroies |
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Biography • Formalism • Gender/Feminist |
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Tuesday: |
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Literary Criticism Theroies |
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Mythic • New Historicism |
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Wednesday: |
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Literary Criticism Theroies |
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Psychoanalytcal |
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Thursday: |
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Literary Criticism Theroies |
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Sociological • Marxist • Queer Theory |
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Friday: |
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Literary Criticism Theroies |
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Deconstructionism |
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Fall Final Prompt |
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• Grimm Brothers, "Iron Hans" |
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• Declaration of Critical Approach due in Classroom |
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• Rubric |
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Week 17, 12.10 |
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Fall Final Essay |
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• Confirm Thesis, end of class |
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Tuesday: |
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Fall Final Essay |
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• First page draft due in Google Classroom, end of class |
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Wednesday: |
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Fall Final Essay |
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Thursday: |
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Fall Final Essay |
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Friday: |
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Fall Final due at midnight in Turnitin.com |
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