English 274: Literary Genres and Periods
1-19-01
1. determine a class description of “tragedy.” Next determine whether or not the
charcter Oedipus is truly “tragic.”
2. Look at the period chart. In groups, one for each period, begin identifying the
historical events that were occurring during those periods. Place the group
findings into a powerpoint. Include pictures, sounds, etc.
3. make assignment
Friday, January 19, 2001:
Go through the period chart and briefly describe each literary period’s label. Then look
specifically at Old and Middle English periods. Try to determine dates. Do the dates
match those on the timeline? What types of genres were prevalent in those periods?
Develop a brief “word” document that indicates the answers to the questions listed above.
Submit that document to the instructor for placement in the course documents section of
Blackboard.
Read the following pages in Literature and Its Writers for Monday: Chapter 7 What is a
Poem? pp. 601-605 Chapter 8 The Elements of Poetry pp. 609-626 (particular focus on
the literary terms associated with poetry)