English 202, Survey Brit Lit I, Schedule*
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| Week 1 | Medieval Period | |
| 1/14 | Introductions; Syllabus; Study questions | |
| 1/16 | Anglo-Saxon culture and history Bede (Blackboard) Caedmon's Hymn (A-S side by side with modern English) |
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| Week 2 | Anglo Saxon Epic/Norse Saga | |
| 1/21 | Wanderer (Blackboard); Wife's Lament (Blackboard) Dream of the Rood (Blackboard) |
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| 1/23 | Beowulf (http://www.heorot.dk/beo-intro-rede.html) Check out EBeowulf at Univ of Kentucky |
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| Week 3 | Anglo-Saxon Epic/ Cultural Backgrounds to Medieval/Renaissance Periods | |
| 1/28 | Beowulf (cont) Extra credit: Beowulf crossword |
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| 1/30 | Christian Medieval/Renaissance World View ppt | |
| Week 4 | Arthurian Romance | |
| 2/4*** | Marie de France, "Prologue" & "Lanval" Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Blackboard) |
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| 2/6 | SGGK (cont) | |
| Week 5 | Estates Satire; Cultural Backgrounds to Medieval/Renaissance Periods | |
| 2/11 | *Canterbury Tales, "General
Prologue" http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html Choose "Prologue" and "Modern English" *Note: The website provides both the Middle English and a Modern English translation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, which was written in the West Midland dialect of Middle English. For the purposes of our course, you are responsible for the translation, rather than the text written in Chaucer's dialect. CT Handout (Please bring to class) |
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| 2/13 | Miller's "Prologue" and "Tale" (Choose "Millers Prlg" and Modern English; "Millers Tale" and Modern English) Wife of Bath's "Prologue" and "Tale" (Choose "Wife of Baths Prlg" and Modern English; "Wife of Bath's Tale" and Modern English) |
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| Week 6 | Midterm 1 (Medieval Period); Intro to Renaissance Poetry | |
| 2/18 | Instructor Ill |
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| 2/20 | Miller's "Prologue" and "Tale" (Choose "Millers Prlg" and Modern English; "Millers Tale" and Modern English) Wife of Bath's "Prologue" and "Tale" (Choose "Wife of Baths Prlg" and Modern English; "Wife of Bath's Tale" and Modern English) |
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| Week 7 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 2/25 | Intro to sonnet form: Wyatt "Whoso List to Hunt";
Petrarch 90 Sidney sonnets 1; 71 |
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| 2/27 | Shakespeare sonnets 1, 73 |
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| Week 8 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 3/4 | Shakespeare sonnets 130, 138, 116 (see week 7) |
Midterm 1 Due |
| 3/6 | Shakespeare sonnets 144, 20 (see week 7) | |
| Week 9 | Spring Break--3/10-3/15--Have fun! | |
| Week 10 | Later Renaissance Poetry | |
| 3/18 | Donne, "The Good Morrow", "Sun Rising"; "The Flea" |
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| 3/20 | Donne, "Elegy 19" Donne, "Holy Sonnets 6 & 10" Intro to the Restoration/18th Century Period |
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| Week 11 | Midterm 2: Renaissance; Intro to Restoration/18th Century | |
| 3/25 | Midterm II |
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| 3/27 | Intro: Restoration & 18th Century Restoration/18th century timeline Background--Charles I through Anne Pepys Diary |
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| Week 12 | Restoration & 18th Century: Public and Private Expressions; Gendered Perspectives | |
| 4/1 | Poetic Conversations II: Swift & Montague "Reasons" |
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| 4/3 | Behn, "To the Fair Clarinda" ; Finch, "The Introduction"; Chudleigh, "To the ladies" | |
| Week 13 | Slavery and Exoticism | |
| 4/8 | Behn, Oroonoko |
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| 4/10 | Behn (cont) | |
| Week 14 | Satire in Poetry | |
| 4/15 | Finish Behn (Oroonoko); Begin Pope, Rape of the Lock |
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| 4/17 | Pope (cont) | |
| Week 15 | Science, Essays, and Projectors | |
| 4/22 | Finish Pope, (Rape of the Lock)
Swift, A Modest Proposal
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| 4/24 | Begin: Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act I |
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| Week 16 | Satire in Drama | |
| 4/29 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act II & III |
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| 5/1 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Remainder; Review | |
| Finals Week | Thursday, May 3, 6:45-8:45, Final Exam |