All readings listed below (with the exception of 8/28/23), should be completed before class on the date listed on the schedule. Changes to this schedule may be made during the term, but any alterations will be announced in class in advance.
| Week | Class | Assignments |
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| Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Literature | ||
| 1 | M 8/28/23 |
Introduction: historical and political overview of the development of English
language and literature. In-Class Reading: from the Broadview Anthology of British Literature Concise Edition, Volume A (BABL) ♦ The Venerable Bede, from Ecclesiastical History of the English People p. 42-46 (to the end of section 2) |
| W 8/30/23 |
BABL Reading: ♦ "Dream of the Rood" p. 72-74 from the Exeter Book of Elegies ♦ "The Wanderer" p. 66-68 ♦ "The Seafarer" p. 68-70 ♦ "Wife's Lament" p. 70-71 In-Class #1: Review--Identifying Literary Features |
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| 2 | M 9/4/23 | Labor Day--No Class |
| W 9/6/23 |
Quiz #1 due by midnight, Tuesday 9/5 BABL Reading: Beowulf p. 85-96 (to end of Section 12) |
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| 3 | M 9/11/23 |
BABL Reading: Beowulf p. 96-106 (Section 13 to end of Section 23) Student-Led Discussion: ♦ Jocie ♦ Andrew |
| W 9/13/23 |
BABL Reading: Marie de France, "Lanval" p. 188-202 (right column of each page) In-Class #2: Analyzing Cultural Contact |
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| Unit 2: Middle English Literature in the 14th and 15th Century | ||
| 4 | M 9/18/23 |
Quiz #2 due by midnight, Sunday 9/17 BABL Reading: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight p. 226-255 (Part 1 and Part 2) Student-Led Discussion: ♦ Sophia ♦ Kennedy Short Essay #1 due Tuesday, 9/19 by midnight |
| W 9/20/23 |
BABL Reading: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight p. 255-290 (Part 3 and Part 4) In-Class #3: Narrative Analysis |
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| 5 | M 9/25/23 |
Quiz #3 due by midnight, Sunday 9/24 BABL Reading: Chaucer, from Canterbury Tales: "Wife of Bath's Prologue" p. 331-344 Student-Led Discussion ♦ Kylie R. ♦ Brock |
| W 9/27/23 |
BABL Reading: Margery Kempe, section 11 p. 412-413 In-Class #4: Identifying and Analyzing Dominant Cultural and Subversive Discourse |
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| 6 | M 10/2/23 |
Quiz #4 due by midnight, Sunday 10/1 BABL Reading: Chaucer, from Canterbury Tales: "Wife of Bath's Tale" p. 345-50 Student-Led Discussion: ♦ Deidre ♦ Olivia |
| W 10/4/23 |
In-Class #5: Development of the English Language Language Study Exercise due by midnight, Saturday 10/7 |
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| Unit 3: The Renaissance | ||
| 7 | M 10/9/23 |
BABL Reading: Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder ♦ Sonnet 10 p. 611 ♦ Sonnet 31 p. 611 Henry Howard, Earl of Surry ♦ [Love that Doth Reign and Live] p. 620 ♦ [So Cruel Prison...] p. 621 Edmund Spenser, from Amoretti ♦ Sonnet 37 p. 726 ♦ Sonnet 54 p. 726 Sir Philip Sidney from Astrophil and Stella ♦ Sonnet 1 p. 731 ♦ Sonnet 47 p. 734 Elizabeth I ♦ "Doubt of Future Foes" p. 761 ♦ Speech to the Troops at Tilbury 772 Christopher Marlowe, "Passionate Shepherd to His Love" p. 845 Sir Walter Ralegh, "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" p. 813 William Shakespeare, from Sonnets ♦ Sonnet 71 p. 890 ♦ Sonnet 138 p. 895 |
| W 10/11/23 | In-Class #6: Close Reading Poetry | |
| 8 | M 10/16/23 |
Quiz #5: due by midnight, Sunday 10/15 BABL Reading: Sir Thomas More, from Utopia Book 2 selections (eReserve) ♦ Chapter 1 pp. 22-23 ♦ Chapter 4-5 pp. 25-27 ♦ Chapters 6-9 pp. 29-48 (as marked in the PDF) |
| W 10/18/23 |
In-Class #7: Philosophy and Fiction Short Essay #2 due by midnight, Saturday 10/21 |
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| Unit 4: The 17th Century | ||
| 9 | M 10/23/23 |
Presentations on 17th Century Poetry BABL Reading: John Donne ♦ "Woman's Constancy" p. 915 ♦ from Holy Sonnets: Sonnet 6 p. 935 Sonnet 10 p. 936 Amelia Lanyer: "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women" p. 806-807 Ben Johnson ♦ "On my First Daughter" p. 903 ♦ "On my First Son" p. 903 Robert Herrick: "To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" p. 959 Katherine Philips ♦ "A Married State" p. 988 ♦ "To My Excellent Lucasia, On Our Friendship" p. 990 Andrew Marvell: "To His Coy Mistress" p. 979-80 John Milton ♦ Sonnet 7 p. 1004 ♦ Sonnet 19 p. 1005-06 |
| W 10/25/23 |
Presentations on 17th Century Poetry |
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| 10 | M 10/30/23 |
Quiz #6 due by midnight, Sunday 10/29 BABL Reading: Anne Finch: "The Introduction" p. 1384-85 Jonathan Swift ♦ "Lady's Dressing Room" p. 1395-97 ♦ "A Modest Proposal" p. 1503-1508 Alexander Pope: Rape of the Lock p. 1521-34 Student-Led Discussion: ♦ Phoenix |
| W 11/1/23 |
In-Class #8: Literary Form Short Essay #3 due by midnight, Saturday 11/4 |
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| Unit 5: The Restoration and 18th Century | ||
| 11 | M 11/6/23 |
BABL Reading: Aphra Behn, "Oroonoko" p. 1235-1249 ending with "such an entertainment." Student Led Discussion: ♦ Kylee B. ♦ Justin |
| W 11/8/23 |
Quiz #7 due by midnight, Tuesday 11/7 BABL Reading: Aphra Behn, "Oroonoko" ♦ START: p. 1249 "Some have commended..." ♦ END: p.1258 "...so gallant a man." |
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| 12 | M 11/13/23 |
BABL Reading: Aphra Behn, "Oroonoko" ♦ START: p. 1258 "About this time..." ♦ END: p.1269 [end of text] |
| W 11/15/23 |
eReading (available in Canvas): ♦ Mandeville, from Dialogue between the Pagan and the Christian (166-68) ♦ Johnson, from The Masque of Blacknesse (175-79) ♦ "Legal Decisions Concerning Slavery in England" (414-23) ♦ Sir Dalby Thomas, An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of the West-India Collonies (433-41) ♦ Ignatius Sancho, Letters of Ignatius Sancho (451-58) ♦ Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative… (458-63) In-Class #9: Using Historical Context |
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| 13 | M 11/20/23 | In-Class #10: Using Scholarly Sources |
| W 11/22/23 | Thanksgiving Break--No Class | |
| Unit 6: Final Project | ||
| 14 | M 11/27/23 |
Quiz #8 due by midnight, Sunday 11/26 BABL Reading: Eliza Haywood, Fantomina, or Love in a Maze p. 1565-1580 |
| W 11/29/23 | Workshop #1: Finding Contextual Information | |
| 15 | M 12/4/23 | Workshop #2: Close Reading and Glossing Language |
| W 12/6/23 | Workshop #3: Writing Effective Footnotes and Reference Lists; Q&A about Formatting | |
| Exam Week | Final Project due Wednesday, 12/13/23 by midnight in Canvas *late final exams cannot be accepted |
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