Welcome to Week 2 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to your comments in the discussion board as you examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the […]
Celeste Conway
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Welcome to Week 3 of our course. I’m sorry about the problems with OpenLab over the weekend. This week will be focusing on the genre of Poetry. You’ll be exploring the themes and structure of Shakespearean and Italian sonnets, and will be reading three different types of poems: lyric, dramatic, […]
Welcome to Week 2 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to your comments in the discussion board as you examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the […]
Please take a few minutes to get used to submitting posts by giving a brief greeting. Tell us your name, your major, and what you expect from a three-week super-intensive literature course. Add a photo if you want! To submit your “Hi. My name is . . .” post, follow […]
Welcome to Week 1 of ENG 201 Introduction to Literature on the BMCC OpenLab platform. This is an intensive course that will be completed in three weeks from Monday, January 3 – Monday, January 24. Be aware that the amount of material we will be covering is comparable to that […]
In all three readings for this week, a young protagonist has a life-changing realization known in literary terms as an epiphany. Discuss the epiphany that occurs in “Salvation,” “Araby,” or “The Lesson.” To submit your Week 1 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the […]
In Oedipus the King, the Chorus functions as the collective voice of the citizens of Thebes. The Odes, sung by the chorus, also exemplify one of Aristotle’s criteria for great tragic theatre: “language enhanced by varying beauties.” Select one passage (You do not have to discuss the entire ode) sung […]
Please take a few minutes to get used to submitting posts by giving a brief greeting. Tell us your name, your major, and what you expect from a three-week super-intensive literature course. Add a photo if you want! To submit your “Hi. My name is . . .” post, follow […]
In the article “How to Read a Poem” from the Poets.org website, the poet William Carlos Williams, in acknowledging the challenges of reading poetry, writes that a reader must “complete” what the poet has begun. With specific reference to one of this week’s poems, explain how you “completed” what the […]
