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English 5050
World Literature: Ancient-Classical-Medieval
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Wednesday 5:30-8:30 Fretwell 410 Fall 2006
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Office: W&Th 3:30-5.00 & by
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Texts:
Ovid’s
Metamorphoses, trans. Rolfe Humphries
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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online discussion: will be on Yahoo Groups
Policies:=
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(crucial); Plagiarism (unacceptable); Multiculturalism (assumed).
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reflection, 2 a week (except your report week): 1 reflection & 1 answer=
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another student’s reflection. Each should be roughly 300 words.
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midterm essay: comparison of some aspect of one of the classical Greek/Roman
heroes or epics with your choice of another aspect: 5 pp
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presentation: Pairs of students develop ways to lead class discussion
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examination and interrogation of a chunk from Romance of the Three Kingdoms,
read against one or more other selections, with some limited research beyond
the texts themselves. May examine features of epic and narrative, impact of
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10 pages, primary source, UG G: 15+
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Goals: &= nbsp; Familiarity with major works of ancient, classical & early medieval worlds; their intersections with comparative mythology, folklore and religion; their them= es, various emphases, and modern interpretations, using more than one way of re= ading from texts which both record their own worlds and shape the next. Includes discussion of ways to work with readers in the schools &= nbsp; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p;
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Frazier, Pearson, Story
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Ovid, additional selections: compare with Iliad and Aeneid
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Agamemnon
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Quiz From
Song of Roland; Thorstein the staff-struck;
medieval lyrics
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Marie de
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