Topic/ Reading Assignment 

Due 

Week 1

Introductions/Syllabus

8/17-8/23

Your assignment this week is to read the syllabus carefully, to order/purchase your textbooks, and to introduce yourself to your classmates on Blackboard, in Discussion Board Post #0

Introduce yourself to the course by Friday at midnight in Discussion Board Post #0

Week 2

Medieval Period

8/24-8/30

Your assignment this week is an introduction to Anglo-Saxon poetry.

Read: Lecture #1. Anglo-Saxon culture and history

Read: Bede (154-160)

Post: Discussion Board #1 (in Blackboard)

Complete: Quiz #1 (in Blackboard) (Note: Quizzes can be attempted as many times as desired over the course of the term.)

Discussion Board Post #1 (by Sunday at midnight)

Quiz #1 (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 3

Anglo Saxon Epic/Norse Saga

8/31-9/6

Read: Lecture #2. Anglo-Saxon Culture and Poetry

Read: The Wanderer (173-175); Wife's Lament (177-178)
Dream of the Rood (148-152)

If possible, begin reading: Beowulf (32-107) Before beginning, consider reading Lecture #3 (below) to help you get through the reading

Discussion Board Post #2 (by Friday at midnight)

Quiz #2 (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 4

Anglo-Saxon Epic/ Cultural Backgrounds to Medieval/Renaissance Periods

9/7-9/13

Read: Lecture #3 Notes on Reading Beowulf

Read: Beowulf (32-107)

Optional: Beowulf crossword

Discussion Board Post #3 (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 5

Arthurian Romance

9/14-9/20

View: Christian Medieval/Renaissance World View (mp4)

Read: Lecture #4 Lanval and SGGK

Read: Marie de France, Lais : "Prologue" & "Lanval" (201-217)

Read: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (219-277)

Discussion Board Post #4 (by Sunday at midnight)

Quiz #3 (Marie de France)

Quiz #4 (SGGK) (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 6

Estates Satire; Cultural Backgrounds to Medieval/Renaissance Periods

9/21-9/27

View: Chaucer's Canterbury & West Midland dialect of Middle English

Read: Lecture #5 Notes on Reading The Canterbury Tales

Readings & Study Materials

*Canterbury Tales, "General  Prologue"
(1st 40 lines + profiles of Knight, Squire, Prioress, Monk, Friar, and Wife of Bath)

(Note: Be certain to select the "Modern English" version, and "Prologue")

CT Handout - if you wish, you can print out this handout to keep track of your observations of characters described in the General Prologue.

Miller's "Prologue" and "Tale"

(Note: Select "Modern English" version and "Miller's Prlg" and "Miller's Tale")

Wife of Bath's "Prologue" and "Tale"

(Note: Select "Modern English" version and "Wife's Prologue" and "Wife of Bath" for her tale)

Discussion Board Post #5  (by Sunday at midnight)

Quiz #5

Week 7

Midterm 1 (Medieval Period)

9/28-10/4

Midterm 1 (Medieval Period) (By Sunday at midnight)

Note: You may study and discuss the test with others in the class, but you must write your own separate exam.

Week 8

Renaissance Poetry

10/5-10/11

Decompression after Midterm

Week 9

10/12-10/18

10/12-10/14--Enjoy Fall Break!

10/15-10/18--

Read: Lecture #6--The Renaissance in England

Quiz #6 (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 10

Renaissance Poetry

10/19-10/25

View: Lecture #7, Sonnet Form--Wyatt and Sidney

Part 1: Sonnet form and Wyatt (45 min)

Part 2: Sidney's Astrophil & Stella (62 min)

(Print out the worksheets below before beginning to watch parts 1 and 2 of Lecture 7)

Reference Material sited in Lecture #7: Poetry

Readings & Study Materials

Wyatt "WLH" (668); Petrarch 90 (668)

Sidney sonnets 1 (680); 71 (687)

Worksheets/Handouts/Study Guides

Sidney, Astrophil & Stella, Sonnet 1

Sidney, Astrophil & Stella, Sonnet 71

Quiz #7 (by Sunday at midnight)

Discussion Board #6 (by Sunday at midnight)

Week 11

Later Renaissance Poetry

10/26-11/1

View: Lecture #8, Sonnet Form--Shakespeare

a. Shakespeare sonnet #1

b. Shakespeare sonnet #73

c. Shakespeare sonnet #130

d. Shakespeare sonnet #138

e. Shakespeare sonnet #20

(Print out the worksheets below before beginning to watch Lecture 8. You might try analyzing the poems yourself before listening to my reading.)

Readings & Study Materials

Shakespeare sonnets (1203-1215) 1, 73, 130, 138, 20

Sonnets Handouts--note that a portion of the exam will ask you to do exactly what these handouts ask you to do.

Just work on the handouts--practice them a couple of times!

Week 12

11/2-11/8

View: Lecture #9, John Donne's Poetry

a. John Donne overview (viewer+mp4) (mp4 only)

b. "The Flea" (viewer+mp4) (mp4 only)

c. "The Sun Rising" (viewer+mp4) (mp4 only)

d. "Holy Sonnet 6" (viewer+mp4) (mp4 only)

 

Readings

Donne, "The Flea" (1596) ; Donne, "Sun Rising" (1591); "Holy Sonnet 6" (1605)

No quiz or discussion board post--just be certain you understand Donne's poetry well enough to recognize a quotation from it and to talk about cultural significance!

Week 13

Midterm II

11/9-11/15

Midterm II

Week 14

Slavery and Exoticism

11/16-11/22

Lecture #10 Long 18th Century

Lecture #11 Aphra Behn's Oroonoko

Readings

Behn, Oroonoko (2137-2178)

Optional:

You may want to use the attached worksheet to keep track of characters and descriptions as you read:

Worksheet

No quiz or discussion board post

Week 14

Flexible week

11/23-11/29

Catch up on reading/quizzes

No quiz or discussion board post

Week 15

Satire in Drama

11/30-12/4

Catch up on reading/quizzes; prepare for final exam

No quiz or discussion board post

Finals Week

Final Exam, completed and emailed to me at rkdrury@nku.edu no later than 11:59 pm on 12/12

Final Exam as *.docx

Final Exam as *.rtf