Welcome to Week 5 of our course. This is the last full week of classes. The last day of class is Tuesday, August 22nd, which is when we will have the final quiz. All essays must be submitted by mid-week at the latest so that I have time to read […]
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Welcome to Week 4 of our course. This week will begin a segment on Poetry. We’ll be exploring the themes and structure of Shakespearean and Italian sonnets, as well as lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. There will be a quiz this week covering Oedipus the King and basic information about Ancient […]
Welcome to Week 3 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to hearing your responses as we examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the human condition. This […]
This week we will complete the readings on the Week 1 page. Then we will be reading a selection of short works from the 19th Century, which feature women protagonists: “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, along with the Emily Dickinson’s […]
Welcome to Week 1 of ENG 201 Introduction to Literature. This is an intensive course that will be completed in five weeks from Thursday, July 20 – Tuesday, August 22. Be aware that you will be completing the same amount of work as you would in a regular 15-week semester, […]
This is a Zero Textbook Cost course, which uses OER (Open Educational Resources) in lieu of a textbook. All required materials can be accessed in the Weekly folders.
Please visit the Blackboard home page for your section and access the E-learning Orientation on the gray navigation panel. This is a mandatory assignment and should be completed by the end of the first week.
Click here to create an account with Commonlit. This is a zero textbook course (ZTC), and many of the assignments will come from this interactive website. Please create your student account right away so that you do not miss any assignments. Your students can join the class by going to www.commonlit.org/enroll and […]
This course is a 6-week intensive, in-person course, which runs from Thursday, July 20, through Tuesday, August 22. Be aware that you will be completing the equivalent of a 16-week course in six short weeks. Our class meets from 10:00 to 12:15 p.m. in Room 203 in the Fiterman building. […]
