Kent-Drury
ENG 685
Spring 2008

Tentative Schedule of Assignments*

	Major Assignments & Due Dates
	Note: The following schedule provides the reading schedule and major due dates. Refer to the separate Due Dates schedule (at http://www.nku.edu/~rkdrury/685forms/due_dates.pdf)to determine what to post and whenRefer to the appropriate module for more detailed instructions and access to presentation materials.
Week 1. 1/14-1/20	Module 1. Introduction to the Course
	Read: syllabus/schedule in Blackboard, especially the writing assignments Complete: Course Questionnaire; Purchase: Textbooks (online source) (Note—if it takes a bit of time for the books to arrive another edition will due in the interim.) Download: appropriate plugins/software (see syllabus) Explore: Online Resource List (Links) Post class blog: Introduce yourself to the class; update your profile; change your password; Choose: Research theme/topic Print out and highlight: days corresponding to the letter assigned to your name on the Writing/Blog Schedule Begin Watching: Recommended videos (see below)
Week 2. 1/21-1/27	Module 2. Homer, The Iliad
	Read:Homer's The Iliad, first half Recommended viewing for Module 2-4: Courtesy of the Annenberg Foundation (http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html) (Video on Demand—free,but you will have to register) The Western Tradition: #5 Rise of Greek Civilization and #6 Greek Thought) PBS Videos available at y (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) The Greeks and The Trojan War, Pt 1&2 By Thursday Blog post (instructor's turn). My topic: Figurative Language By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone)
Week 3. 1/28-2/3	Module 2. Homer, The Iliad(cont)
	Read:Homer's The Iliad, second half By Thursday Blog post (see Due Date Schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 4. 2/4-2/10	Module 3. Homer, The Odyssey
	Read:Homer's The Odyssey (1^st half) Watch (if desired): The Odyssey (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) (note: this film is 3 hours long) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule)) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 5. 2/11-2/17	Module 3. Homer, The Odyssey(cont)
	Read:Homer's The Odyssey (2nd half) Watch (if desired): The Odyssey (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) (note: this film is 3 hours long) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule)) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 6. 2/18-2/24	Module 4. Greek Drama
	Read: Aescylus, The Oresteia (Note: you may be able to watch these in lieu of reading them—though you'll find them very unusual) Watch (if desired): The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Chorephori, and Eumenides (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) (note: these films are at least 2 hours long each) Optional: Read Oedipus and Antigone if you haven't in the past; you may also watch them at (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) (note: these films are at least 3 hours long each) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule)) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 7. 2/25-3/2	Module 5. Vergil's The Aeneid
	Read: Vergil's The Aeneid (1^st half) Recommended viewing for Module 5: Courtesy of the Annenberg Foundation (http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html) (Video on Demand—free,but you will have to register) The Western Tradition: #9 The Rise of Rome; #10 The Roman Empire By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 8. 3/3-3/9	Module 5. Vergil's The Aeneid(cont)
	Read: Vergil's The Aeneid (2nd half) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
3/10-3/15	Spring Break
Week 9. 3/17-3/23	Module 6 Ovid's Metamorphoses
	Read: Ovid's Metamorphoses (1st half) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 10. 3/24-3/30	Module 6 Ovid's Metamorphoses(cont)
	Read: Ovid's Metamorphoses (2nd half) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 11. 3/31-4/6	Module 7. Dante's Inferno
	Read: Dante's Commedia—The Inferno (1^st half) Recommended viewing for Module 7: Watch (if desired): The Seventh Seal (http://www.nkuartsandsciences.org/roxstudentVpage/; password: watchmyvideos) (note: this film is 2 hours long, but is one of the greatest movies ever made) Depending upon the topic, the following may be useful, courtesy of the Annenberg Foundation (http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html) (Video on Demand—free,but you will have to register) The Western Tradition: #21 Common Life in the Middle Ages; #22 Cities and Cathedrals; #23 The Late Middle Ages; #24 National Monarchies By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 12. 4/7-4/13	Module 7. Dante's Inferno (cont)
	Read: Dante's Commedia—The Inferno (2^nd half) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 13. 4/14-4/20	Module 8. Milton's Paradise Lost
	Read: Milton's Paradise Lost (1^st half) Recommended viewing for Module 7: Depending upon the topic, the following may be useful, courtesy of the Annenberg Foundation (http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html) (Video on Demand—free,but you will have to register) The Western Tradition: #25 Renaissance and the Age of Discovery; #26 Renaissance and the New World; #27 The Reformation; #28 Rise of the Middle Class; #29 Wars of Religion; #31 Age of Absolutism; #32 Absoutism and the Social Contract; #33 Enlightened Despots; #34 Enlightenment; #35 Enlightenment and Society By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 14. 4/21-4/27	Module 8. Milton's Paradise Lost (cont)
	Read: Milton's Paradise Lost (2nd half) By Thursday Blog post (see schedule) By Saturday Informal Response (everyone) By Sunday Comment Post (everyone who did not write a blog post must comment on every blog post no later than Sunday)
Week 15. 4/28-5/4	Module 9. Beowulf
	I will post this week while you are all finishing your papers.
Finals Week	Final Projects
	Due Friday of Finals Week (5/9)

*Subject to change at the instructor's discretion.

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Dr. Roxanne Kent-Drury
Updated 1/10/08