Aug. 24 |
Class Introductions | Class Introduction posts | |
26 |
Middle Ages Introduction | “Middle Ages Timeline” | |
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31 |
Beowulf (Norton 29-44) | ||
Sept. 2 |
Beowulf (44-72) | “Sutton Hoo Artifacts” | |
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7 |
“General Prologue” (213-38) | ||
9 |
“Pardoner’s Tale” (284-98) | “Life & Death in Europe” | |
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14 |
“Wife of Bath’s Tale” (256-84) | ||
16 |
Margery Kempe (383-97) | “M. Kempe: Then & Now” | |
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21 |
Podcast #1 and #2 due | ||
23 |
Dr. Faustus, Scenes 1-6 (1002-4, 1022-42) | “Hidden Knowledge” | |
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28 |
Dr. Faustus, Scenes 7-13 (1042-55) | ||
30 |
EXAM #1: Beowulf through Marlowe | ||
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Oct. 5 |
Early Modern Introduction | “Early Modern Timeline” | |
7 |
Shakespeare, Sonnets 12, 15, 18, 29, 55, 73, 116, 130 (1058-74) | ||
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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 | ||
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19 |
Twelfth Night, Acts 1-2 (1077-1108) | “Festive Comedy” | |
21 |
Podcast #3 and #4 due | ||
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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 |
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Nov. 2 |
Milton, “How Soon Hath Time,” “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (1785-9, 1825-8) | ||
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EXAM #2: Shakespeare through Milton | ||
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9 |
Eighteenth Century Introduction | ||
11 |
Pilgrim’s Progress (2142-51) | “Restoration Timeline” | |
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16 |
Oroonoko (2178-80, 2183-2205) | ||
18 |
Oroonoko (2205-26) | “News of the New World” | |
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23 |
Podcast #5 and #6 due | ||
25 |
Thanksgiving | ||
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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) | ||
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FINALS WEEK | ||
7 |
Make-up Exam on Friday, noon | ||
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10 |
Final Exam on Friday, noon |