English 2111.11 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 1/21/2026
This schedule of readings and assignments is tentative.
English 2111.11 schedule, spring 2026
Updated 1/21/2026
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 | Elements of poetry |
About the epic | |
| Thursday, January 29 |
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Golden rules 6-10 |
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| Friday, January 30 | Literary terminology test (D2L quiz) |
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| Tuesday, February 3 |
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Nuggets 1-5 |
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| Thursday, February 5 |
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Nuggets
6-10 |
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| Tuesday, February 10 | Sappho headnote 369-72 "Ancient Athenian Drama" 387-93 Quotations 1-4 |
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| Thursday, February 12 |
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Quotations 5 Word problems Handout: Catullus lyrics |
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| Tuesday, February 17 | Writing matters test (D2L quiz) |
"The Ancient Roman World" 507-11 Virgil headnote 512-16 Aeneid excerpts 516-57 |
Paper 1 assigned |
| Thursday, February 19 | Paper proposals due in D2L | ||
| Tuesday, February 24 | On
plagiarism MGA English plagiarism definition Aeneid excerpts 558-612 |
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| Thursday, February 26 | Paper 1 due (by midnight in D2L) | "Stories and Tales" 725-43 | Discuss exam Midterm document |
| Tuesday, March 3 | Midterm exam | ||
| Thursday, March 5 | Bhagavad-Gita headnote 706-8 Bhagavad-Gita excerpts pp. 708-23 |
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| Tuesday, March 10 | Beowulf overview Beowulf headnote 902-5 Beowulf 905-36 |
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| Wednesday, March 11 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Thursday, March 12 | Beowulf 936-76 | ||
| Tuesday, March 17 | Marie de France headnote 976-77 The Lais excerpts 978-89 |
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| Thursday, March 19 | Dante headnote 989-93 Inferno Cantos 1-12, pp. 993-1036 |
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| Monday, March 23- Friday, March 27 |
Spring break | ||
| Tuesday, March 31 | Inferno Cantos 13-23, pp. 1036-67 | ||
| Thursday, April 2 | Inferno Cantos 24-34, pp. 1067-1108 |
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| Tuesday, April 7 | The 1001 Nights 1109-29 | ||
| Thursday, April 9 | Chaucer overview Chaucer headnote 1130-34 "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" 1154-81 |
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| Tuesday, April 14 | Paper
1 corrections |
Cervantes headnote 1619-24 Don Quixote 1624-89 |
Paper 2 assigned |
| Thursday, April 16 | Don Quixote 1723-60 | ||
| Tuesday, April 21 | Paper proposals due | Shakespeare headnote 1779-83 The Tempest Act 1, pp. 1783-99 |
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| Thursday, April 23 | The Tempest Acts 2-3, pp. 1799-1821 | ||
| Tuesday, April 28 | Paper 2 | The Tempest Acts 4-5, pp. 1821-38 | |
| Thursday, April 30 | |||
| Final exam Tuesday, May 5 8:00-10:00 |
Optional paper rewrites | ||