SCHEDULE

 

[#] = page # in Norton Anthology

 

Week 1

Sept 12

á      Introduction; ÒThe RuinÓ

 

Sept 14

á      Beowulf, ll. 1-2199 [41-88]

 

Week 2

Sept 19

á      Beowulf, ll. 2200-3182 [88-108]

 

Sept 21

á      ÒThe WandererÓ [117]

á      ÒThe WifeÕs LamentÓ [120]

á      Marie de France, ÒChevrefoilÓ [167-69]

 

Week 3

Sept 26

á      Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The General Prologue [243-63]

 

Sept 28

á      Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Wife of BathÕs Prologue and Tale [282-310]

á      Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The PardonerÕs Prologue and Tale [311-25]

 

Sept 28: Drop deadline – no penalty

 

Week 4

Oct 3

á      Wyatt, ÒWhoso list to huntÓ [649], ÒFarewell, LoveÓ [650], ÒI find no peaceÓ [650], ÒThey flee from meÓ [653], and ÒThe long love that in my thought doth harborÓ [648].

 

Oct 5

á      Wyatt, ÒBlame not my luteÓ [656]

á      Surrey, ÒWyatt resteth here, that quick could never restÓ [666]

 

Week 5

Oct 10

á      Study Day

 

Oct 12

á      Study Day

 

Week 6

Oct 17

á      Elizabeth I, ÒSpeech to the House of Commons, Jan 28, 1563Ó [753-54], ÒOn MonsieurÕs DepartureÓ [758-59], ÒSpeech to the Troops at TilburyÓ [762-63], and ÒThe Golden SpeechÓ [763-66]

á      Elizabeth I, ÒThe doubt of future foesÓ [758]

Portraits

 

 

Oct 19

á      Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 1 [781-95], 4 [817-30], and 10 [893-910]

 

Week 7

Oct 24

á      Fifty-minute in-class test (15%)

 

Oct 26

á      Sidney, ÒDefense of PoesyÓ [1044-83]

 

 

Oct 27: Drop deadline – 50% tuition refund

 

Week 8

Oct 31

á      Spenser, from Amoretti, 54 (ÒOf this worlds Theatre in which we stayÓ) [986]

á      Sidney, from Astrophil and Stella, 1 (ÒLoving in truthÓ) [1084-85] and 34 (ÒCome, let me writeÓ) [1090-91]

á      Shakespeare, from the Sonnets, 1 (ÒFrom fairest creatures we desire increaseÓ) [1171], 20 (ÒA womanÕs face with NatureÕs own hand paintedÓ) [1173], 87 (ÒFarewell: thou are too dear for my possessingÓ) [1178], and 138 (ÒWhen my love swears that she is made of truthÓ) [1184]

Sonnets

 

Nov 2

á      Lanyer, ÒTo the Virtuous ReaderÓ [1432] and ÒEveÕs Apology in Defense of WomenÓ [1433]

 

Week 9

Nov 7

á      Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

Nov 9

á      Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

Week 10

Nov 14

á      Donne, from Songs and Sonnets, ÒThe Sun RisingÓ [1376], ÒAir and AngelsÓ [1380]

á      Donne, from Holy Sonnets, 5 (ÒI am a little world made cunninglyÓ) [1411], 7 (ÒAt the round earthÕs imagined cornersÓ) [1411], 10 (ÒDeath, be not proudÓ) [1412], and 14 (ÒBatter my heart, three-personed GodÓ) [1413]

 

Nov 16

á      Hobbes, from Leviathan [1856-67]

á      Marvell, ÒThe GardenÓ [1804]

á      1000-word paper due (20%)

 

Nov 18: Drop deadline – penalty 1 period ends – WD grade assigned

 

Week 11

Nov 21

á      Milton, ÒWhen I consider how my light is spentÓ [1942]

á      Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1 and 2 [1945-86]

 

Nov 23

á      Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 4 [2003-24] and 9 [2091-2116]

 

Week 12

Nov 28

á      Behn, Oroonoko [2313-58]

 

Nov 30

á      Swift, ÒA Description of the MorningÓ (photocopy) and ÒA Description of a City ShowerÓ [2466-68]

á      Pope, ÒEssay on CriticismÓ [2669-85] Summary of ÒEssay on CriticismÓ

 

Week 13

Dec 5

á     2.5 hour in-class final test (25%) – class is scheduled from 1-3:30pm in HH 227

 

Dec 7

á      No class

á      1500-word paper due (30%)

 

Dec 7: Drop deadline – penalty 2 period ends – WF grade assigned – last day to drop without petition