Grade was 2 papers, midterm and final, and participation. I wouldn't say attendance is necessary to pass, though. Donelan is a genuinely nice professor. He is engaging and funny in his own way. Generous grader & covered exam material in class. Emphasis on the listed books and not different versions

Professor Donelan is by far one of the best teachers at UCSB, and I always look for GE's that have him teaching. His grading is more than fair, almost to the point of being generous, and is always willing to listen to opinions on subject matter. If there's one class to take, make it Donelan's.

Wonderful teacher, very clear and has a sense of humor. Very easy grading because it is an intro course, just put effort into your work and you'll do fine. Very impressed with his teaching. Very interesting class.

Great teacher, read the material, and its pretty easy to figure out what the test essay questions will be on, so you can think about them before hand. Also, use of the TA's office hours helps a lot.

Although easy-going, he is not an easy A. He does not test on anything outside of the lectures, so if you attend class regularly and take notes, you have a chance. There is a lot of work in this class, from papers on uninteresting topics to closed-book short answer/essay tests that requiring a sharp memory. Good sense of humor.

He's in my top 3 professors at UCSB and I've graduated (i.e. had a lot of professors). He is so interested in the material and takes a new spin on material we've read since high school; very refreshing. Do the reading and you'll get an A!

Very intelligent and passionate professor, one of the best! His lectures will make you want to do the reading and go to class.

Absolutely one of the best teachers I've had at UCSB. He's incredibly well spoken, enthusiastic, intelligent, and even funny. The tests are challenging yet very fair. Highly recommended for any class!

Great Professor, loves the subject, and takes the time to outline the important points. The tests were not too hard and the essays were general. Great for a GE class or if you are interested in classic lit. Try him for any class!

Guy is awesome. I love teachers that are passionate like him becuase they make you passionate about the subject to. Great thing though is if you close your eyes in his class it sounds just like you wacthing an episode of Frasier. He has the same accent and very sophisticated manner of speech.

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One of the best lecturers. A bit boring, but very smart and sometimes funny. Class is pretty easy if you take notes in lecture. Read the parts in the books that he talks about most, you will have to know quotes.

If you are interested in the material and do a little bit of the reading, this is a great class. Even though he's a lot like Fraiser, he really cares about what he's lecturing on.

Hardly went to class and still managed a B for the class. Grading is based on 2 essays, a midterm and a final. So if u screw up on one thing, you still have time to catch up. The works are VERY easy to read, come on now The Odyssey? The Iliad? im sure most of we ALL KNOW about those already.

I've never been so inspired to write an essay in my life. Donelan is so passionate about this subject it leaves you feeling that ancient lit is the most important thing to know in the world.

One Word..."D-Noz"...this guy is a a pretentious ****...unless you like listening to his voice as much as he does, don't take his class

absolutely pointless class! random ass books & the lectures dont coincide w/the exams or papers whatsoever. theyre just full of useless background info not hard to get a good grade bc tests graded easy, but very difficult not to die of boredom in the process. he's kinda funny sometimes

I surprised by the other ratings for him. He reads his lectures from his notes which is extremely boring, the material is also boring and he doesn't add anything new or innovative to the readings of the texts. Also, he comes off as real pretentious

Take him! Take this class! He is extremely articulate, interested in the material, and he holds the attention of his students relatively well for such dense material. The reading assignments were interesting so that was also a plus. READ EVERYTHING to do well on the exams and papers. Take the class!

A LOT of reading about a short novel per week, but his midterms and finals as easy graded, there are two 5 page papers free of choice of topic almost as long as relevant to the readings. His lectures are interesting but wont summarize the story for you, just read even if footnotes and go to section.

Awesome teacher...he cares about his students, funny, gives good readings....Very helpful!!

Donelan was a great lecturer! I was dreading the class before taking it but realized he is super clear, assigns easy to read and interesting books, and is very helpful towards his students. Questions on exams can be really detailed but easy if you read .

I thought this class was really good. Lots of reading, but lectures were good and clear, and he is a really cool guy. I recomend taking his classes.

Donelan is a big intellectual ****! The lectures are awesome, he assigns GOOD reading (nevermind how much), and he CARES! Plus, he likes sci-fi! By actually being interested by and thinking about the material, I got an A+ on both papers. And, by the way, I'm a mechanical engineer.