COM LIT 2AW
Survey of Literature: Antiquity to Middle Ages
Description: Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H or English as a Second Language 36. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A or 4AW. Study of selected texts from antiquity to Middle Ages, with emphasis on literary analysis and expository writing. Texts include works and authors such as "Odyssey," "Gilgamesh," Sappho, Greek tragedies, "Aeneid," Petronius, Beowulf, Marie de France, "Tristan and Iseult," "One Thousand and One Nights," "Popul Vuh." Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Professor King is wonderful! She made the lectures engaging and completely worth her students' time. The class is very straightforward- reading check quizzes, three essays, a midterm, and a final. Your grade definitely depends on the TA that you have, so if you note that your TA thinks this class should be graded like it's an Upper Div (it shouldn't be), just switch sections.
Professor King is wonderful! She made the lectures engaging and completely worth her students' time. The class is very straightforward- reading check quizzes, three essays, a midterm, and a final. Your grade definitely depends on the TA that you have, so if you note that your TA thinks this class should be graded like it's an Upper Div (it shouldn't be), just switch sections.
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Winter 2019 - Your grade in this class relies entirely on your TA, so go to discussion. Professor Macfayden is a nice person and funny, but his lectures felt really pointless. I stopped going after a while and only attended discussion which nobody should do but I did anyways. I did feel a little bad but I don't recall learning a single thing across all his lectures I did attend. My TA was super nice but a huge stickler for grammar and convention. She didn't like the way I write (because it sucks) so I got points taken off for it. That said, she tells you exactly what she wants changed in your rough draft so there's no reason why you shouldn't get a higher grade than I did. Grades are decided entirely by three three page essays. You turn in a rough draft and get advice from it before you turn in the final copy. The readings were a little long but you don't actually have to read the whole thing if you are good at improv in discussion, as participation matters for your grade. In general, it was a fine GE.
Winter 2019 - Your grade in this class relies entirely on your TA, so go to discussion. Professor Macfayden is a nice person and funny, but his lectures felt really pointless. I stopped going after a while and only attended discussion which nobody should do but I did anyways. I did feel a little bad but I don't recall learning a single thing across all his lectures I did attend. My TA was super nice but a huge stickler for grammar and convention. She didn't like the way I write (because it sucks) so I got points taken off for it. That said, she tells you exactly what she wants changed in your rough draft so there's no reason why you shouldn't get a higher grade than I did. Grades are decided entirely by three three page essays. You turn in a rough draft and get advice from it before you turn in the final copy. The readings were a little long but you don't actually have to read the whole thing if you are good at improv in discussion, as participation matters for your grade. In general, it was a fine GE.
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This class requires you to read some very interesting literature. Whatever your opinion on the professor, you have the oppertunity to read something atypical that's actually rewarding and interesting. The discussion section I had (with my TA Posner) was one of the most engaging and interesting English sections I've had here at UCLA. Professor Mufti is an intelligent man, though honestly, while his points are interesting, he repeats them about seven times and after the third time you're drowsy. However, I enjoyed this class, and it wasn't obnoxiously challenging. The papers are hard to tackle if you're not good with essays but that's to be expected with any CompLit class.
This class requires you to read some very interesting literature. Whatever your opinion on the professor, you have the oppertunity to read something atypical that's actually rewarding and interesting. The discussion section I had (with my TA Posner) was one of the most engaging and interesting English sections I've had here at UCLA. Professor Mufti is an intelligent man, though honestly, while his points are interesting, he repeats them about seven times and after the third time you're drowsy. However, I enjoyed this class, and it wasn't obnoxiously challenging. The papers are hard to tackle if you're not good with essays but that's to be expected with any CompLit class.
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