Dr. Vin Nardizzi
Email: nardizzi@mail.ubc.ca
Office: BuTo 509
Hours: W 2 pm
ENGL 220 013
T/Th 2:00 – 3:30 pm
W. Mall Swing 307
Literature in English to the Eighteenth Century
In this course we will explore major English writers from the Middle Ages to the period
after the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. It lays a foundation for further
studies in English literature at the 300 and 400 levels. To help focus our survey through
these texts, we will trace the vagaries – and surprises –of “love” in our class materials.
How does literature express it? Did “love” have different meanings in this period than it
does today? When literature addresses this theme, does “love” always mean “love,” or
does it use “love” to talk about other matters, from politics to economics to landscape?
The reading list for this course has content that is sometimes sexually explicit, so I
strongly advise you to withdraw from this course if you are uncomfortable with such
content. We will, of course, treat these matters respectfully during discussions. The
reading list can also be rigorous. You should set aside at least 2-4 hours each week to
read the materials, and you may find it necessary to read each text more than once,
especially as you prepare for exams and as you begin to work on your essays. I advise
reading the introductions to each text before our class meetings.
Our required course texts are all available at the UBC Bookstore:
The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Concise Edition, Volume A
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (Broadview)
There will be a midterm (20%), two short papers (20%), and a final exam (30%). The
remainder of your course mark (10%) will be determined by attendance and class
participation.
UBC Attendance Policy:
http://www.english.ubc.ca/attendance.htm
Plagiarism Policy: http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/guide-to-academic-integrity/
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09-04
IMAGINE DAY!
09-06
Introductions & Course Expectations
09-11
Anonymous, The Seafarer
09-13
Anonymous, Sir Orfeo
09-18
Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue (lines 43-117)
The Knight’s Tale, Parts 1-2
09-20
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight’s Tale, Parts 3-4
09-25
Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue (lines 445-76)
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
09-27
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Tale
10-02
Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, &
Lady Mary Wroth | Sonnet #1 for each author
10-04
Edmund Spenser, Sonnet # 89; Philip Sidney, Sonnet #108;
William Shakespeare, Sonnet # 154; Lady Mary Wroth #77
10-09
Midterm Exam
10-11
John Donne, “The Canonization” and “The Relic”
10-16
John Donne, Elegy #19 and Holy Sonnet #14
10-18
George Herbert, “The Altar,” “Easter Wings,” and
“Prayer (1)”
10-23
Christopher Marlowe, “The Passionate Shepherd to His
Love” and Ben Jonson, “To Penshurst”
10-25
Aemilia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham”
10-30
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Acts 1-3
Paper One Due
11-01
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Acts 4-5
11-06
William Wycherley, The Country Wife, Acts 1-3
11-08
William Wycherley, The Country Wife, Acts 4-5
11-13
Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress” and “The Garden”
11-15
Aphra Behn, “The Disappointment” and John Wilmot, Earl of
Rochester, “The Imperfect Enjoyment”
11-20
John Milton, Sonnets # 7, 18, 19, 23
11-22
John Milton, L’Allegro and Il Penseroso
11-27
John Milton, Lycidas and from Paradise Lost, Book 12
11-29
Course Review & Paper Two Due