SYLLABUS: English 102, Spring 2002

Instructor: Joseph Hogan
Office: Heide 431
Phone: 472-5048
E-mail: hoganj@uww.edu
Home Page: http://facstaff.uww.edu/hoganj/hoganhom.htm
Office Hours: WF 9:50-10:50, W 2:05-4:00, and by appointment.

TEXTS FOR THE COURSE.
From the textbook library:
Diana Hacker, The Bedford Handbook. Bedford.
Jacobus, Lee A., ed. The Bedford Introduction to Drama. 3rd ed. Bedford.
From the Bookstore:
Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fitzgerald. Farrar, Straus.
Euripides. Iphigenea at Aulis. Trans. W.S. Merwin and George E. Dimock, Jr. Oxford UP.
Course packet. http://facstaff.uww.edu/hoganj/102pcket.html and on Blackboard.

PURPOSE. In this course we will examine the beginnings of Western poetry and drama. Through a close study of Homer's Odyssey and plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, we will come to an appreciation of these works and the culture of Ancient Greece that produced them and an understanding of how they have shaped our sense of the nature of drama and poetry.
In the writing component of the course, we will be working on argumentative and library research skills. Each student will write three papers: two five-page (1250-word) critical papers and one ten-page (2500-word) research project. In addition we will focus on developing and honing certain specific skills (for example, formulating an argumentative thesis, developing a forceful introduction, using evidence to support an argument, doing library research, and citing sources properly). Specific exercises and readings from The Bedford Handbook will be assigned during the semester for this purpose.
The critical papers will be due on the assigned dates (see Calendar). The topics will be assigned a couple of weeks ahead of the due date. A specific topic will be assigned to each student for the research project.
In order to practice writing and to think further about assigned readings, each student will keep a reading journal (a journal in which the student will write about the assigned reading for the week). Various approaches to the works and topics will be suggested. The journal should be kept in a loose-leaf notebook or folder so that entries can be handed in separately. See the calendar for due dates on entries.

GRADING. The grade for the course will be based on the student's performance on the 2 papers and research project, a midterm and final examination, quizzes, the journal, exercises, and class participation:
50% papers, research project, and exercises.
20% midterm and final examination.
10% quizzes, class participation.
20% journal.

Papers. The papers will be given a numerical grade.

Scale: 100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-60 = C, 59-50 = D, 49-0 = F.

Late papers will be penalized one point for each day they are late. At the end of the second week after the due dates, all students who have not handed their papers in must see me about whether they will be permitted to hand them in. Papers received after this date will not be accepted unless special arrangements have been made.
Rewrites: A student may rewrite the first critical paper and the research project to improve the grade. The rewritten paper and the original have to be handed in to me within two weeks of the day when the papers were handed back. If a student rewrites a paper, the final grade for the assignment will be the average of the original grade and the grade given to the rewritten paper (thus if the grade for the original is 70, the rewrite 80, then the grade for the assignment will be 75). Warning: The grade on the rewrite can be lower than the grade on the original.
Midterm and Final. The midterm and final examinations will be objective, and the scale will be based on a curve.
Quizzes. Quizzes will cover assigned reading and lectures. The scale will be the same as that for the papers. If a student misses a quiz, the student may make it up until that quiz for the class is graded and handed back (usually one week).
Extra Credit: Up to two quiz grades can be dropped if one extra-credit assignment is turned in for each of the two. Extra credit is earned by attending an assigned extra-curricular activity (usually a dramatic performance, lecture, or reading) and by writing a one page review of the activity (this must be turned in within one week of the activity).
Journal. The grade for the journal will be based on quantity (providing that the journal is on the assigned topic). The number of words of each entry should be written in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of each entry. The scale will be the same as that for the papers.

500 words = 100, 450 = 90, 400 = 80, 300 = 60, 250 = 50.

Late journal entries will be accepted until the next journal entry is due. The final journal grade will be based on the overall average number of words. Thus for a specific entry you can get more than 100 (600 words = 120); however, you cannot get more than 100 for the final average.

ATTENDANCE. Attendance involves not only being present in the class, but also prepared, having read the assignment, being ready to discuss it, and having your book with you. Mere physical presence is not enough to be counted as attending class. If you have not prepared, you may be considered as absent under this attendance policy. Each unexcused absence, starting with the 4th will result in a lowering of your final grade by 4 points. For example if you have five unexcused absences, a grade of 82 (B) would be lowered by 8 points to 74 (C). An excused absence requires a doctor's excuse or an appropriate official notification. Contact the Dean of Students office if you have a family emergency or extended illness.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is dedicated to a safe, supportive and non-discriminatory learning environment. It is the responsibility of all undergraduate and graduate students to familiarize themselves with University policies regarding Special Accommodations, Misconduct, Religious Beliefs Accommodation, Discrimination and Absence for University Sponsored Events. (For details please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate Timetables; the "Rights and Responsibilities" section of the Undergraduate Bulletin; the Academic Requirements and Policies and the Facilities and Services sections of the Graduate Bulletin; and the "Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures" [UWS Chapter 14]; and the "Student Nonacademic Disciplinary Procedures" [UWS Chapter 17]).

Class Calendar, English 102

January
23W Introduction to course
25F: Lecture: Introduction to Greek Culture and Religion—McGraw 101
28M: Lecture: Mythology
30W: Lecture: The Trojan War—McGraw 101
February
1F: Discussion: Read Homer, The Odyssey, Book 1
4M: Lecture: Homer, The Odyssey, Books 1-4
6W: Odyssey, 1-4. Journal 1 due.
8F: Odyssey, 1-4.
11M: Lecture: Homer, The Odyssey, Books 5-8
13W: Odyssey, 5-8. Journal 2 due.
15F: Odyssey, 5-8. First Critical Paper assigned.
18M: Lecture: Homer, The Odyssey, Books 9-12
20W: Odyssey, 9-12. Journal 3 due.
22F: Odyssey, 9-12.
25M: Lecture: Homer, The Odyssey, Books 13-18
27W: Odyssey, 13-18. Journal 4 due.
March
1F: Odyssey, 13-18. First Critical Paper due.
4M: Lecture: Homer, The Odyssey, Books 19-24
6W: Odyssey, 19-24. Journal 5 due.
8F: Odyssey, 19-24.
11M: Midterm.
13W-15F: Work on Research Paper
18M: Lecture: Introduction to Greek Theater.
20W-22F: Work on Research Paper
25M-29F: Spring Break
April
1M: Lecture: Sophocles, Antigone
3W: Sophocles, Antigone. Journal 6 due.
5F: Sophocles, Antigone
8M: Lecture: Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis
10W: Euripides. Iphigenia in Aulis. Journal 7 due.
12F: Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis Research Project due. Second Critical Paper assigned.
15M: Lecture: Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon.
17W: Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon. Journal 8 due.
19F: Aeschylus, Oresteia: Agamemnon.
22M: Lecture: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Libation Bearers.
24W: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Libation Bearers. Journal 9 due.
26F: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Libation Bearers.
29M: Lecture: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Eumenides.
May
1W: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Eumenides. Journal 10 due.
3F: Aeschylus, Oresteia: The Eumenides. Second Critical Paper due.
6M: Lecture: Aristophanes, Lysistrata
8W: Aristophanes, Lysistrata.
10F: Aristophanes, Lysistrata.
Final Examination: 8:50 class at 8:50 on Monday, May 13.
11:00 class at 10:00 on Monday, May 13.
1:10 class at 1:00 on Wednesday, May 15.