ENGLISH 270L - 111: CLASSICS OF WESTERN LITERATURE
ENGLISH 270L - 115: CLASSICS OF WESTERN LITERATURE
INSTRUCTOR: DR. NORKELIUNAS
OFFICE: ST. ANNE'S HERMITAGE (located North of Bank of New York branch)
OFFICE HOURS: EVERYDAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
REQUIRED TEXTS FOR BOTH SECTIONS:
Lawall, Sarah. General Editor (Volume I). The Anthology of World Masterpieces: The Western Tradition. NewYork: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.(IT IS MANDATORY TO BRING THIS TEXT TO EVERY CLASS)
American Heritage Dictionary. New York: Bantam, Doubleday, Dell, 1999. (IT IS MANDATORY TO BRING THIS TEXT TO CLASS)
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to selected masterpieces of Western Civilization. The works are to be studied from the context of literary history, criticism and textual-explicatory analysis.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Due to the brevity of the course-time span, only "emergency" absences will be excused. All other absences will be treated in the loss of grade credit or course failure, relative to the length of absence from class. In case of illness, verification will necessitate an excuse from a nurse or a doctor; family emergencies, will have to be confirmed through the Academic Dean's office (Dr. Artin Arslanian).
GRADE DISTRIBUTION POLICY: (As reflected in the final grade for the course)
Please take note, that Marist College has a policy of excellence in English, namely command of reading, writing, and speaking. This policy exists throughout the college curriculum. Anyone who is weak in these English skills will find the course very difficult. The requirement of the dictionary as a text is intended for you to spell correctly, as well as for the purposes of building English vocabulary. Thus, you are required to bring it to every class.
Every literary work covered in this course has a very large supplementary internet menu. The online materials are located on my home page originating from Marist College Institutional Technology Network.
A list of Internet and WWW sites are located on my home page (the URL is www.academic.marist.edu/nork). Keep in mind that the new college library is opening this semester, spring 2000. Be sure to use the Marist College Library's sources to do further research on topics especially in writing the required term paper.
COURSE OUTLINE:
| WEEK OF | ASSIGNMENT DUE ON THE DATES INDICATED |
| 1/20/00 | Introduction to Course Start reading Homer's Iliad |
| 1/24-1/27 | Continue reading Homer's Iliad |
| 1/31-2/3 | Complete reading Homer's Iliad |
| 2/7-2/10 | Start reading Homer's Odyssey |
| 2/14-2/17 | Continue reading Homer's Odyssey |
| 2/21-2/24 | Complete reading the Odyssey TERM PAPER THEMES AND TOPICS DUE! |
| 2/28-3/2 | Read Sophocles' Oedipus Rex |
| 3/6-3/9 | MID-TERM EXAM FOR BOTH SECTIONS Will be given on Monday, March 6th. Start reading Chaucer's Canterbury Tales |
| 3/13-3/17 | SPRING RECESS Continue reading Chaucer's Canterbury Tales |
| 3/20-3/23 | Complete reading Chaucer's Canterbury Tales |
| 3/27-3/30 | Start reading Cervantes' Don Quixote |
| 4/3-4/6 | Continue reading Don Quixote |
| 4/10-4/13 | Complete reading Don Quixote |
| 4/17-4/20 | Read and study Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "The Nobel Lecture" (Copies will be handed out in class by "Dr. Nork") |
| 4/21-4/24 | EASTER RECESS- NO DAY CLASSES HELD |
| 4/24-4/27 | Class Activity: Selected Poetry Readings |
SEMESTER TERM PAPER DUE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH
| 5/1-5/4 | Presentation of Term Papers in class |
| 5/8-5/13 | Week of Final Examinations (Time and Place will be announced at a later date) |
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