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]
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]
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