221 – Reading Schedule

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Aug. 24

 Class Introductions Class Introduction posts

26

 Middle Ages Introduction “Middle Ages Timeline”

31

 Beowulf (Norton 29-44)

Sept. 2

 Beowulf (44-72) “Sutton Hoo Artifacts”

7

 “General Prologue” (213-38)

9

 “Pardoner’s Tale” (284-98) “Life & Death in Europe”

14

 “Wife of Bath’s Tale” (256-84)

16

 Margery Kempe (383-97) “M. Kempe: Then & Now”

21

 Podcast #1 and #2 due

23

 Dr. Faustus, Scenes 1-6 (1002-4, 1022-42) “Hidden Knowledge”

28

 Dr. Faustus, Scenes 7-13 (1042-55)

30

 EXAM #1: Beowulf through Marlowe

Oct. 5

 Early Modern Introduction “Early Modern Timeline”

7

 Shakespeare, Sonnets 12, 15, 18, 29, 55, 73, 116, 130 (1058-74)

12

 Carpe Diem poetry

Donne: “The Flea,” “Sun Rising,” “The Indifferent,” “A Valediction of Weeping,” “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” (1260-76)

Marvel: “To His Coy Mistress” (1695-7, 1703-4)

 “Carpe Diem Readings”

14

 Twelfth Night screening

19

 Twelfth Night, Acts 1-2 (1077-1108) “Festive Comedy”

21

 Podcast #3 and #4 due

26

 Twelfth Night, Acts 3-5 (1108-39) “Staging Shakespeare”

28

 Memento Mori poetry

Donne: Holy Sonnets 5, 10, 14, 18 (1295-99)

Herbert: The Altar,” “Easter Wings,” “Prayer [1],” “Church Monuments,” “Virtue,” “Time,” “Death,” “Love [3]” (1605-25)

 “Memento Mori Readings”

– EXTRA CREDIT

Nov. 2

 Milton, “How Soon Hath Time,” “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (1785-9, 1825-8)

4

 EXAM #2: Shakespeare through Milton

9

 Eighteenth Century Introduction

11

 Pilgrim’s Progress (2142-51) “Restoration Timeline”

16

 Oroonoko (2178-80, 2183-2205)

18

 Oroonoko (2205-26) “News of the New World”

23

 Podcast #5 and #6 due

25

 Thanksgiving

30

 Gulliver’s Travels, Book 4, chapters 1-6 (2301-3, 2418-39) “Reflecting on the Human”

Dec. 2

 Gulliver’s Travels, Book 4, chapters 9-12 (2439-62)

FINALS WEEK

7

 Make-up Exam on Friday, noon

10

 Final Exam on Friday, noon