English 2111.11 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 3/2/2026
This schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.
English 2111.11 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 3/2/2026
This schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Tuesday, January 13 | Course syllabus 21XX syllabus supplement 2000-4000 grades and grading |
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| Thursday, January 15 | No class meeting today | All three portions of the syllabus, if you haven't read them yet |
Class canceled |
| Friday, January 16 | Drop/add ends |
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| Tuesday, January 20 | Simple Stuff Golden rules 1-5 Norton Anthology: Gilgamesh, pp. A-90-122 (Tablets 1-6) |
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| Thursday, January 22 |
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Elements of fiction |
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| Tuesday, January 27 | Class canceled | Class canceled |
Class canceled |
| Thursday, January 29 |
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Elements of poetry |
About the epic |
| Friday, January 30 | Literary terminology test (D2L quiz) |
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| Tuesday, February 3 |
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The Odyssey Books 7-12, pp. A363-435 |
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| Thursday, February 5 |
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Golden rules 6-10
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| Tuesday, February 10 | No class meeting: |
The Odyssey, Books 19-24, pp. A505-72 |
D2L discussion |
| Thursday, February 12 |
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Nuggets 1-5 Sophocles headnote 393-97 Oedipus Tyrannos 398-445 |
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| Tuesday, February 17 |
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Nuggets
6-10 |
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| Thursday, February 19 | Quotations 1-4 |
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| Tuesday, February 24 | Quotations 5 Virgil headnote A-885-89 Aeneid Books 1, 3, 4 (pp. A-889-950) |
Paper 1 assigned | |
| Thursday, February 26 | On
plagiarism |
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| Friday, February 27 | Paper 1 proposal due by midnight in D2L | ||
| Tuesday, March 3 | Word problems Catullus headnote A-856-58 Poems 1-51 & 70-101, pp. A-858-63 & 873-75 Poem 8 Translation Lab A-881-83 |
Discuss exam Midterm overview |
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| Thursday, March 5 | Midterm exam | ||
| Tuesday, March 10 | Paper 1 due in D2L | Norton Vol B: |
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| Thursday, March 12 | Writing matters test (D2L by midnight) | Song of Roland excerpts B-750-85 |
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| Tuesday, March 17 | Song of Roland excerpts B-786-816 |
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| Thursday, March 19 | Dante headnote B-917-21 Inferno B-921-69 |
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| Monday, March 23- Friday, March 27 |
Spring break | ||
| Tuesday, March 31 | Inferno B-969-1023 | ||
| Thursday, April 2 | Inferno B-1023-76 |
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| Tuesday, April 7 | Paper 1 corrections | The 1001 Nights through the 12th Night B-1109-28 | |
| Wednesday, April 8 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Thursday, April 9 | Chaucer overview Chaucer headnote B-1199-1204 "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" B-1224-50 |
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| Tuesday, April 14 | Cervantes headnote C-408-13 Don Quixote C-413-52 |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Thursday, April 16 | Paper proposals due | Don Quixote C-517-30 | |
| Tuesday, April 21 | Shakespeare headnote C-705-9 The Tempest Act 1, pp. C-710-25 |
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| Thursday, April 23 | The Tempest Acts 2-3, pp. C-725-48 | ||
| Tuesday, April 28 | Paper 2 | The Tempest Acts 4-5, pp. C-748-65 |
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| Thursday, April 30 | Milton overview John Milton headnote C-784-87 Paradise Lost Book 9 C-829-56 |
About the final exam FX samples |
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| Final exam Tuesday, May 5 8:00-10:00 |
Optional paper rewrites | ||