Unit 1: Innocence &
Experience
Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex"
Pre-Reading
Read Looking Deeper, pages 238-top 247 in Literature:
The Human Experience
Read
Tragedy PowerPoint
Listen to this humorous song about Oedipus:
Tom Lehrer, "Oedipus Rex"
Read
Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex," pages 194-237 in Literature: The Human Experience
While you read, complete the
Oedipus During Reading Guide;
for each section of the play, write
down what action happens in that section and/or what function that section plays
in the overall story.
Thinking Questions for the Drop Box
On page 236, answer For Analysis questions 1-6 and
On
Style questions 1-3.
D2L should be back up today so you can put your Oedipus During Reading Guide &
the Thinking Questions in the Drop Box. If for some reason, there is a problem
with D2L coming back online, you can email these items to me instead <manninck@uwec.edu>.
D2L Post
After reading the story & answering
the thinking questions, make a posting to the discussion board (Discussion
Forum). As explained in
the course guidelines, the purpose of the posting is for you to share your early
thinking about the reading and start the discussion process. You need to focus
your thoughts, perhaps by doing some additional pre-writing, and then in a
well-crafted, focused posting of 400 or so words, make a clear claim about the
text and then support that claim with details and reasoning. You might also
choose to take up a classmate's ideas from his/her post and base your ideas in
response to someone else's. Remember, the purpose of the posting is to start a
discussion about the text.
If there is a problem with D2L
coming back online, you can email your posting to me at <manninck@uwec.edu>.