Course Calendar
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Week One- 8.25-8.29 – Course Intro
Course/Text Info
Intro to Anglo-Saxon Literature
Read: Introduction p. 3-28
Week Two- 9.1-9.5 – Anglo-Saxon Literature
Beowulf p. 36-108
Due: In-Class Writing
Week Three- 9.8-9.12 – Arthurian Legends/Anglo-Norman Literature
The Myth of Arthur’s Return p. 130
“Romance” p. 140, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, Layamon p. 130-131
“Morte D’Arthur” p. 491-496, Arthurian film clips
Week Four- 9.15-9.19 – Arthurian Legends
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” p. 183
Essay Workshop
Week Five- 9.22-9.26 – Intro to 16th c. Literature
Exam # 1
Intro to the 16th c. p. 531-563
Week Six- 9.29-10.3 – Sir Thomas More/Henry VIII
Utopia, Book I p. 572-597
“A Man for All Seasons”
Essay Due
Week Seven- 10.6-10.10 – STM/Henry VIII
“A Man for All Seasons”
In-Class Writing
Intro to Sonnets
Week Eight- 10.13-10.17- Sonnets
Spenser- from “Amoretti”
Sonnet 34 p. 986, Sonnet 75 p. 989
Sidney- from “Astrophil and Stella”
Sonnet 1 p. 1084, Sonnet 31 p. 1090, Sonnet 39 p. 1091
Shakespeare- Sonnets
Sonnet 18 p. 1172, Sonnet 73 p. 117, Sonnet 116 p. 1182, Sonnet 130 p. 1184
Sonnet Assignment
Week Nine- 10.20-10.24- Macbeth
Macbeth- Acts I and II
Week Ten- 10.27-10.31- Macbeth
Macbeth- Acts III-V
Week Eleven- 11.3-11.7- Macbeth
Macbeth- film
In-Class Writing
Sonnet Assignment Due
Week Twelve- 11.10-11.14- John Donne
Macbeth Exam/Essay Assignment
John Donne- p. 1370
“The Flea” p. 1373
“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” p. 1385
Week Thirteen- 11.17-11.21- John Donne
Holy Sonnet 5 p. 1411, Holy Sonnet 10 p. 1412, Holy Sonnet 14 p. 1413
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions p. 1419
Week Fourteen- 11.24-11.28Macbeth Essay Due
Satire- Henry Fielding p. 2437-2440
Jonathan Swift p. 2464-2466
“A Modest Proposal” p. 2633-2637
(Thanksgiving Break begins on Wednesday at 3pm)
Week Fifteen- 12.1-12.5- Course Wrap-Up
Final Exam: Thursday, December 11th