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{{Big|{{dc|W}}orld Literature I focuses on textual studies of the major genres of this period, [[Epic Poetry|epic]] and [[Tragedy|tragedy]], how those genres influenced later literary works, and how they portray humanist issues throughout the Greek and Roman national literary traditions and beyond.}} {{More}}
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ENGL 2111 demonstrates the continued relevance of ancient works in understanding ourselves as “humans.” Major works covered will include ''Gilgamesh'', the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'', and works by Sophocles, Euripides, and Ovid. Since any survey course has much more literature than one semester-long class can cover, we will attempt to cover only a few works in as much detail as time allows, rather than many works only cursorily.

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| 21592 || [[/Spring 2024/Online/SS/Introduction|ENGL 2111.04]] || {{F-Online}} {{2nd}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| rowspan=2 | {{c|Fall 2023}} || 82297 || [[/Fall 2023|ENGL 2111.05]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| 82830 || [[/Fall 2023|ENGL 2111.11]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| {{c|Summer 2023}} || 50116 || [[/Summer 2023|ENGL 2111.04]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| rowspan=3 | {{c|Spring 2023}} || 20877 || [[/Spring 2023|ENGL 2111.05]] || colspan="2" | {{Canceled}}
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| 21895 || [[/Spring 2023/Online|ENGL 2111.01]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| rowspan=3 | {{c|Fall 2022}} || 80506 || [[/Fall 2022|ENGL 2111.03]] || MW 12:30-13:45 || SOAL-216
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| 81312 || [[/Fall 2022/Online|ENGL 2111.05]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| 82063	|| [[/Fall 2022/Online|ENGL 2111.18]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| {{c|Summer 2022}} || 55542 || [[/Summer 2022|ENGL 2111.07]] || {{F-Online}} || {{CNone|-}}
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| rowspan=2 | {{c|Spring 2022}} || 23909 || [[/Spring 2022|ENGL 2111.05]] || MW 9:30-10:45 || SoAL-206
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| 25264 || ENGL 2111.01 || {{F-Online}} || {{D2L}}
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| rowspan=2 | {{c|Fall 2021}} || 83647 || [[/Fall 2021|ENGL 2111.03]] || MW 11-12:15 || SoAL-218
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| 83634 || ENGL 2111.15 || {{F-Online}} || {{D2L}}
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| rowspan=2 | {{c|Spring 2021}} || 20503 || ENGL 2111.21 || {{F-Online}} || {{D2L}}
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| 21304 || ENGL 2111.06 || {{F-Online}} {{2nd}} || {{D2L}}
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| rowspan=2 | [[/Fall 2020/]] || 80701 || ENGL 2111.03 || MW 11-12:15 ({{H-Online}}) || TEB-231
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| 80702 || ENGL 2111.04 || TR 11-12:15 ({{H-Online}}) || SoAL-222
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| [[World Literature 1, Spring 2020|Spring 2020]] || 25677 || ENGL 2111.11 || MW 11-12:15 || CoAS-210
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===Resources===
* [[Epic Poetry]]: ''[[The Epic of Gilgamesh]]''; Homer’s ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''
* [[Greek Tragedy]]: Sophocles’ ''[[Oedipus the King]]''; Euripides’ ''[[Medea]]''
* Ovid’s ''[[Metamorphoses]]''

===Sample Exam Questions===
# ''Gilgamesh'' and the Homeric epics are concerned with periods of expansion: i.e., when peoples are struggling to build their nations, both literally and ideologically. Discuss similarities in these three works in what seems to be necessary in building a strong nation and national identity.
# Discuss and illustrate the theme of hospitality and its importance to the social structure in the ''Odyssey''.
# Discuss the implications of Odysseus as narrator in Book 9-12 of the ''Odyssey''.
# In the ''Poetics'', Aristotle cites ''Oedipus the King'' as exemplifying the best of tragedy. Discuss how ''Oedipus the King'' defines and illustrates what we know as tragedy.
# Many have called Euripides an “iconoclast,” not in a literal sense, but suggesting that his work seems to break the conservative icons of his society; for example: tradition, hierarchy, belief, etc. Examine his iconoclasm citing specific instances from ''Medea''.
# Scholars frequently define an Ovidian concept of love as one that lives “close to the flesh,” suggesting that love in Ovid’s work is really just lust or desire. Discuss the implications of this view on those who love and those who are loved in at least three tales from ''The Metamorphoses''.

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