English 202, Survey Brit Lit I, Schedule
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| Week 1 | Medieval Period | |
| 1/7 | Introductions; Syllabus; Anglo-Saxon culture and history; Study questions | |
| 1/9 | Bede (126-131)
Caedmon's Hymn (includes translation, audio, and glosses) Caedmon's Hymn (A-S side by side with modern English) |
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| 1/11** | Wanderer (143-146); Wife's Lament (148-149) | |
| Week 2 | Anglo Saxon Epic | |
| 1/14 | Beowulf (27-51)
Study questions Kennings in Beowulf |
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| 1/16 | Beowulf (51-75) | |
| 1/18 | Beowulf (75-end) | |
| Week 3 | Arthurian Romance | |
| 1/21 | Martin Luther King Day--Have Fun! | |
| 1/23 | SGGK (185-198)
Study Questions |
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| 1/25*** | SGGK (198-230) | |
| Week 4 | Arthurian Romance; Estates Satire | |
| 1/28 | SGGK (230-241) | |
| 1/30 | CT Prologue (1st 40 lines + profiles of Knight, Squire, Prioress, Monk, Friar, and Wife of Bath)* (Click on the hyperlink to go to a translation) | Essay #1 |
| 2/1 | "Prologue" Cont. | |
| Week 5 | Estates Satire | |
| 2/4 | "Miller's Prologue" and "Tale" (Click on these hyperlinks to go to a translation | |
| 2/6 | "Miller's Tale" | |
| 2/8 | Book of Margery Kempe (500-520); Test
Review
Midterm Quotes Test Format |
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| Week 6 | Renaissance Period | |
| 2/11 | Midterm I | |
| 2/13 | Intro to Renaissance period | |
| 2/15 | Intro to sonnet form: Wyatt "WLH" (621);
Petrarch
90 (622)
Background Poetry |
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| Week 7 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 2/18 | President's Day--Have fun! | |
| 2/20 | Sidney sonnets 1 (987); 71 (989) | |
| 2/22 | Elizabeth I (1021-1025) | |
| Week 8 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 2/25 | Shakespeare sonnets (1169-78) 1, 73 | |
| 2/27 | Shakespeare sonnets 130, 138 | |
| 3/1 | Shakespeare sonnets 144, 20 | |
| Week 9 | Renaissance Women | |
| 3/4*** | Lanyer, "Salve Deus Rex
Judaeorum"
(1041-1045)
Study Questions |
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| 3/6 | Women in Context (1329-1344) | |
| 3/8 | Women in Context (1344-1355) | |
| Week 10 | Spring Break--3/11-3/16--Have fun! | |
| Week 11 | Renaissance Poetry: Metaphysical Poets | |
| 3/18 | Donne, "The Flea" (1557); Donne, "Sun Rising" (1552) | |
| 3/20 | Donne, "Holy Sonnets 6 & 10" (1566-1568) | Essay #2 |
| 3/22 | Midterm II | |
| Week 12 | Restoration & 18th Century: Public and Private Expressions | |
| 3/25 | Diaries & Journals: Pepys (2003-2017); Defoe (2304-2311) | |
| 3/27 | Poetic Conversations: Rochester (2196) & Behn (2130); | |
| 3/29 | Poetic Conversations II: Swift (2370) & Montague "Reasons" (2568-2570) | |
| Week 13 | Gendered Perspectives | |
| 4/1 | Behn, "To the Fair Clarinda" (2138) ; Finch, "The Introduction" (2141) | |
| 4/3 | Finch (cont.); Leapor, "An Essay on Woman" (2147-2150) | |
| 4/5 | Mary Astell, Some Reflections on Marriage 2280-2289 | |
| Week 14 | Slavery and Exoticism | |
| 4/8 | Behn, Oroonoko
(2150-2165)
Study Questions |
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| 4/10 | Behn, Oroonoko (2165-2180) | |
| 4/12 | Behn, Oroonoko (2180-end) | |
| Week 14 | Satire | |
| 4/15 | Pope, Rape of the Lock (2489-2508) | |
| 4/17 | Pope, Rape of the Lock (continued) | |
| 4/19 | Essays and Projectors
Swift, A Modest Proposal (2451) |
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| Week 15 | Satire : Essays and Drama | |
| 4/22 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act I (2573-2587) | |
| 4/24 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera, Act II (2587-2602) | |
| 4/26 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera , Act III(2602-2625) | |
| Week 16 | ||
| 4/29 | Final Exam Test Review | |
| Finals Week | Friday, May 3, 10:10-12:10 | Essay #3 |