ENG L101-02 WESTERN WORLD MASTERPIECES I
FALL 2013
PROFESSOR DAMIAN FLEMING
CLASS MEETING: M W 4:30-5:45PM LA116
OFFICE HOURS: M T W 12:00 – 1:00 PM (and by appointment)
OFFICE: LA 149 (in English Department)
OFFICE PHONE: (260) 481-0192
EMAIL: flemingd@ipfw.edu
COURSE WEBSITE: http://users.ipfw.edu/flemingd/L101Fall13.html
COURSE WIKI: http://l101Fall2013.pbworks.com
BEFORE SECOND CLASS: Visit Wiki, request access, introduce yourself
WAYS TO FAIL THIS CLASS:
 3 absences
 failure to turn in any essay on time
 plagiarism
 failure to submit 2 wiki entries on time
 failure to comment on wiki 3 times
 texting in class
REQUIRED TEXTS (AVAILABLE AT IPFW BOOKSTORE):
All texts are published by Hackett Publishing Company
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HOMER: The Essential Homer, Translated and Edited by Stanley Lombardo, Introduction by
Sheila Murnaghan, 2000 532 pp. ISBN: (0-87220-540-1)/(978-0-87220-540-6)
SOPHOCLES, Antigone, Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by Paul Woodruff, 2001 102
pp. ISBN: (0-87220-571-1)/(978-0-87220-571-0)
VIRGIL, The Essential Aeneid, Translated and Abridged by Stanley Lombardo, Introduction by
W. R. Johnson, 2006 248 pp. ISBN: (0-87220-790-0)/(978-0-87220-790-5)
Beowulf, A New Translation for Oral Delivery, Translated, with an Introduction, by Dick Ringler,
2007 304 pp. ISBN:(0-87220-893-1)/(978-0-87220-893-3)
DANTE, Inferno, Translated by Stanley Lombardo, Introduction by Steven Botterill, Notes by
Anthony Oldcorn, March 2009 512 pp. ISBN(0-87220-917-2)/(978-0-87220-917-6)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous, Translated, with notes, by Joseph Glaser,
Introduction by Christine Chism, 2011 - 144 pp. ISBN (1-60384-618-29) / (78-1-60384-618-9)
GRADING:
In-class participation:
Office visit:
Wiki Responses:
Reading Quizzes:
Essays:
9%
1%
20%
30%
40%
GRADE SCALE:
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
94–100
Highest passing grade
90–93
87–89
84–86
Above-average passing grade
80–83
77–79
74–76
Average passing grade
70–73
65–69
60–64
Lowest passing grade
below 60 Failure or unauthorized discontinuance of class
attendance; no credit.
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.0
SCHEDULE:
**NOTE: This schedule is subject to change; missing class is NOT an excuse for
not knowing about changes to the schedule (see above: attendance).
The Bold Capital letters refer to who is required to submit an informal response
on our wiki before midnight the day before it is due.
Reading Assignments should be completed before the class date.
1 M
W
2 M
SEPT W
3 M
W
4 M
W
5 M
W
6 M
OCT W
7 M
W
M
W
8 M
W
9 M
W
10 M
NOV W
11 M
W
12 M
W
13 M
W
14 M
W
15 M
DEC W
W
Date
26
28
2
4
9
11
16
18
23
25
30
2
7
9
FALL
16
21
23
28
30
4
6
11
13
18
20
25
2
4
9
11
Reading Due
Intro to class
Introduce yourself on WIKI
Labor Day
Iliad, Books 1 and 6
Iliad, Books 9, 16, 18
Iliad, Books 22, 23, 24
Odyssey 1, 5, 8
Odyssey 9, 10, 11
Odyssey 12, 17, 18, 19
Odyssey 21, 22, 23
Reading Quiz 1; Paper Discussion
Antigone (first half)
Antigone (finish)
Aeneid 1 and 2
BREAK
Aeneid 4 and 6
Aeneid 10 and 12
Reading Quiz 2; Beowulf 1-376
Beowulf 377-1848
Beowulf 1849-3300
Beowulf 3301-4440
Beowulf 4441-end
Marie de France (online)
Dante Cantos 1-7
Dante Cantos 8-13
Dante Cantos 15-19, 21
Dante Cantos 21, 22, 26, 28, 32-34
THANKSGIVING
Sir Gawain 1 and 2
Sir Gawain 3
Sir Gawain 4
Thesis Discussion
18 L101 FINAL EXAM 4-6
Group
Other
ABC
Introduce yourself on WIKI
C
B
A
B
A
C
B
Everybody post paper ideas online
C
A
B
Thesis 1 Due Online (everybody)
Chill.
C
A
Paper 1 Due
C
B
A
B
A,B,C
A
C
B
A
Fleming's Monsters Lecture
Nov 1: Last day to withdraw
Thesis 2 Due Online (everybody)
Paper 2 Due
B, C
A
C
Thesis 3 Due Online (everybody)
Paper 3 Due