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Wells of the Past

ENGL 311

NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester.

EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

This class will be conducted in seminar format. Regular attendance and active participation in class discussions are expected. If you are absent for more than one class period during the term, you will be asked to write an essay on the material covered during each additional class that you miss.

In place of a midterm you will be given periodic tests on the readings. In addition, you will write two out-of-class interpretive essays (each 500 to 1000 words long). The first of these, which must focus on The Odyssey, will be due during Week 5. The second, dealing with either The Women of Troy or The Aeneid, will be due on the day of the final exam.

TEXTS

Required

Homer, The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fitzgerald (Random House)

Euripides, The Bacchae and Other Plays, trans. Philip Vellacott (Penguin)

Virgil, The Aeneid, trans. Allen Mandelbaum (Bantam)

D. A. Russell and M. Winterbottom, eds., Classical Literary Criticism (Oxford University Press)




			Wells of the Past ENGL 311 NOTE: This is representative of the syllabi for this course. It is not necessarily the syllabus being used in any one semester. EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS This class will be conducted in seminar format. Regular attendance and active participation in class discussions are expected. If you are absent for more than one class period during the term, you will be asked to write an essay on the material covered during each additional class that you miss. In place of a midterm you will be given periodic tests on the readings. In addition, you will write two out-of-class interpretive essays (each 500 to 1000 words long). The first of these, which must focus on The Odyssey, will be due during Week 5. The second, dealing with either The Women of Troy or The Aeneid, will be due on the day of the final exam. TEXTS Required Homer, The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fitzgerald (Random House) Euripides, The Bacchae and Other Plays, trans. Philip Vellacott (Penguin) Virgil, The Aeneid, trans. Allen Mandelbaum (Bantam) D. A. Russell and M. Winterbottom, eds., Classical Literary Criticism (Oxford University Press) Recommended Edith Hamilton, Mythology (New American Library) J.E. Zimmerman, Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Bantam) Schedule Weeks 1-7. Homecomings Homer, The Odyssey The Search for Ulysses (video) Week 8-9 The Tragedy of War Euripides, The Women of Troy Michael Cacoyannis, director, The Trojan Women (film) Weeks 10-12 The Call of Destiny Virgil, The Aeneid (Books 1-6) Week 13-14 The Nature of Poetry Plato, Ion Republic (2-3, 10) Aristotle, Poetics Horace, The Art of Poetry Week 15 FINAL EXAM home \| bs, corporate communication \| ba, english \| ma, publications design \| mfa, integrated design \| mfa, creative writing & publishing arts \| people \| portfolio \| facilities \| classes \| undergraduate applications \| graduate applications \| contact \| site index \| university of baltimore

Wells of the Past

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