English 120G: Expedition Through Literature
Schedule of Assignments
Spring 2016
| Class Date | Class # | Daily Class Plan | Assignment | What's Due | |
| M | 11-Jan | 1A | Introduction to Eng120G - The Hero's Journey | ||
| W | 13-Jan | 2 | Finding the Literary Hero | bring a printed list to class of books/texts you've always wanted to read but never taken the time to read. | |
| F | 15-Jan | 3 | Defining the Literary Hero |
Do a number of websearches on the following search
phrase: Characteristics or Definition literary hero. Then, do a number
of websearches on the following search phrase: Characteristics or
Definition literary heroine. Come to class on Friday with 1) a printed
definition of what YOU have found to be characteristics/definition of a
hero/ine, and 2) a one paragraph observation if you found any
differences between the definitions of a hero and a heroine. |
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| M | 18-Jan | 4 | Catagorizing the Literary Hero |
Place the characters listed on the class’s website into categories of
YOUR CREATION. You’ll have
to do a bit of quick research on those characters in order to do this
assignment. Let’s cap the
number of characters to sort at 15 (you can do all 27 if you like).
Please print this assignment and bring it to class. |
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| The Ancient and Medieval Hero | |||||
| W | 20-Jan | 5 | Gilgamesh Reading Discussion and Quiz #1 |
http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf | |
| F | 22-Jan | 6 |
Odysseus/Achilles Reading Discussion and Quiz #2 |
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html, read Books I, IX, XVI, XVIII, XXII, XXIV http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html, read Books XXI, XXII, XXIII |
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| M | 25-Jan | 7 | Aeneas Reading Discussion and Quiz #3 |
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/228/228-h/228-h.htm, read Books IV, VIII, XII | |
| W | 27-Jan | 8 | Roland Reading Discussion and Quiz #4 |
https://tdollcc.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/the-song-of-roland-goldin-translation.pdf, read stanzas 56-180 | |
| F | 29-Jan | 9 | Beowulf Reading Discussion and Quiz #5 |
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_kdJ4Qd0lkCh5p7U0lCJ05-7oFf8R1HfasQX7T0ofI/edit?pref=2&pli=1, read all | |
| The Biblical Hero | |||||
| M | 1-Feb | 10 | No class | ||
| W | 3-Feb | 11 | Esther Reading Discussion |
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Esther+1, read all. Write up your response to the following questions in a paragraph or two, print, and bring the printed responses to class on Wednesday: Is Esther a hero? If she is, how might you characterize her--what type of hero is she? If she isn't, who is heroic in this story? How is he/she heroic? | |
| F | 5-Feb | 12 | David Reading Discussion and Quiz #6 |
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/David.html,
read all of article. Please read the abbreviated story of David in these Old Testament books: 1 Samuel Books 16-end; 2 Samuel Book 1, Books 5-12, Books 18-19; Psalm 3, Psalm 32. You can find these books at this web address: https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-International-Version-NIV-Bible/#booklist. Click on the books listed above. |
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| The Chivalric Hero | |||||
| M | 8-Feb | 13 |
Arthur/Guinevere Reading Discussion and Quiz #7 |
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/malory/, read the
webpage. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mal1Mor.html, read all if you can; however, quiz will be on Books III and VI. |
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| W | 10-Feb | 14 | Don Quixote Reading Discussion and Quiz #8 |
http://www.learnlibrary.com/don-quixote/index.htm, read Chapters I-VIII | |
| F | 12-Feb | 15B | Robin Hood Reading Discussion and Quiz #9 |
http://d.lib.rochester.edu/robin-hood, read link "Development of a
Popular Hero"; http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/robin-hood-and-maid-marian, read "Robin Hood and Maid Marian" http://www.robinhoodlegend.com/, click and read FICTIONAL BOOKS button |
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| The Anti Hero | |||||
| M | 15-Feb | 16 | Satan Reading Discussion (No Quiz) |
http://dyerenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/5/8/24581384/hugoetnoxfactaest.pdf, read poem in its entirety. | |
| W | 17-Feb | 17 | Dracula Reading Discussion and Quiz #10 |
http://www.online-literature.com/stoker/dracula/, read chapters 1-14. | |
| F | 19-Feb | Free Day | |||
| M | 22-Feb | 18 | Dracula Reading Discussion (No Quiz) | http://www.online-literature.com/stoker/dracula/, read chapters 15-end. | |
| W | 24-Feb | 19 | Dracula Reading Discussion (No Quiz) | http://www.online-literature.com/stoker/dracula/, read chapters 15-end. | Comparative Essay #1 due |
| F | 26-Feb | 20 | Dorian Gray Reading Discussion (No Quiz) |
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm, read Preface through Chapter 10 | |
| M | 29-Feb | 21C | Dorian Gray Reading Discussion |
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm, read Chapter 11 through to end | |
| W | 2-Mar | 22 | No Class - Instructor Ill | ||
| F | 4-Mar | 23 | Dorian Gray Reading Discussion and Quiz #11 |
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/174/174-h/174-h.htm, read Chapter 11 through to end | |
| M | 7-Mar | 24 | Finish Dorian Gray | No outside reading assignment, please bring your searchable devices. | |
| The Fantastical Hero | |||||
| W | 9-Mar | 25 | Aragorn
LotR -- "Fellowship" Reading Discussion |
http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_1__en.htm; Please read at least Book I, Chapter 10; Book II, Chapter 2 | Trio Presentation - Group 5 |
| F | 11-Mar | 26 | Katniss
Everdene "Hunger Games" (1) Reading Discussion |
http://www.topnovel.net/Fiction/The_Hunger_Games.html, read chapters 1-5 (sorry about the advertisements). | Trio Presentation - Group 4 |
| M | 14-Mar | 27 | Tyler Durden "Fight Club" | http://english227fightclub.weebly.com/uploads/6/7/4/7/6747209/fight_club_-_chuck_palahniuk.pdf; read the book in its entirety. | Trio Presentation - Group 2 |
| The "I'm Smarter Than You" Hero | |||||
| W | 16-Mar | 28 | Sherlock Holmes Reading Discussion |
https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/html/houn.html; read chapters 1-XV | Trio Presentation - Group 3 |
| F | 18-Mar | 29 | Independent Reading and Character Research Day, and Quiz #12 on Sherlock Holmes | Quiz format to be announced on March 16. | |
| 3/19-3/28 | Spring Break - Easter Break | ||||
| W | 30-Mar | 30 | Lisbeth
Salander Reading Discussion |
http://www.obooksbooks.com/mystery/TheGirlwiththeDragonTattoo2/; read Prologue and Chapters 1-6 | |
| F | 1-Apr | 31 | Robert Langdon Reading Discussion and |
https://ia801903.us.archive.org/7/items/TheDaVinciCode_201308/The%20Da%20Vinci%20Code.pdf; read Prologue through Chapter 58. | Trio Presentation - Group 1 |
| The Frontier Hero and the Final Frontier | |||||
| M | 4-Apr | 32 | Natty
Bumpoo/Hawkeye Reading Discussion |
https://books.google.com/books?id=_AsCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false; Read Chapters 1-XIX | |
| W | 6-Apr | 33 | Laura Ingalls Reading Discussion |
http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/wilder-woods/wilder-woods-01-h.html; read Chapters 1-6. | |
| F | 8-Apr | 34 | Joseph Campbell | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces#The_hero.27s_journey_and_women | |
| The Child Hero | |||||
| M | 11-Apr | 35 | Lucy Pevensie Reading Discussion |
http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/lewiscs-princecaspian/lewiscs-princecaspian-00-h.html, read chapters I-IX | Trio Presentation - Group 7 |
| W | 13-Apr | 36 | Harry Potter | http://ebook12.com/241093/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.htm, read chapters 1-7 | Trio Presentation - Group 6 |
| The Comicbook Hero | |||||
| F | 15-Apr | 37 | Wonder Woman Deadpool Reading Discussion |
Deadpool issues 3, 26, 15; http://www.hellocomic.com/comic/view?slug=deadpool Wonder Woman issues 5, 12, 14;
http://www.hellocomic.com/comic/view?slug=wonder-woman |
Trio
Presentation - Group 8 Exploratory Essay Due |
| Student Literary Heroes | |||||
| M | 18-Apr | 38 | Civil Disobedience Heroes | Read "A Gravestone Made of Wheat" by Will Weaver (sent via .pdf in email on 4/17) | |
| W | 20-Apr | 39 | Heroes in their own Minds | Read "An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce (sent via email on 4/19) | |
| R | 21-Apr | Scholarship and Creativity Day | |||
| F | 22-Apr | 40 | Reading tba | Read "Its a Good Life" and "Harrison Bergeron" (sent via email on 4/21) | |
| Literary Heroes as Multimedia Heroes | |||||
| M | 25-Apr | 41 | Literary Heroes in TV & Movies | Please bring a searchable device with you to class. | |
| W | 27-Apr | 42 | Review. Wrap-up. Yo. | ||
| F | 29-Apr | 43 | Cumulative Exam | ||
| 2-May | Study Day | ||||
| 5/3-5/6 | Finals | ||||