English 202, Survey Brit Lit I, Schedule
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| Week 1 | Medieval Period | |
| 1/13 | Introductions; Syllabus; Anglo-Saxon culture and history; Study questions | |
| 1/915 | Intro to Middle Ages (3-26)
Bede (131-137) Caedmon's Hymn (A-S side by side with modern English) |
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| 1/17 | Wanderer (150-153); Wife's Lament (154) | |
| Week 2 | Anglo Saxon Epic | |
| 1/20 | Martin Luther King Day--Have Fun! | |
| 1/22 | Beowulf (27-60)
Study questions Kennings in Beowulf |
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| 1/24 | Beowulf (61-end) | Beowulf Character List |
| Week 3 | Arthurian Romance | |
| 1/27 | Arthurian Perspectives
(159-173)
Marie de France (176-192) |
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| 1/29 | SGGK (192-218)
Study Questions |
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| 1/31** | SGGK (218-248) | |
| Week 4 | Estates Satire | |
| 2/3 | 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) | |
| 2/5 | "Miller's Prologue" and "Tale" (Click on these hyperlinks to go to a translation | |
| 2/7 | Lit & Lang Dept. Retreat--No class | |
| Week 5 | Estates Satire | |
| 2/10 | Book of Margery Kempe (529-550) | |
| 2/12 | Midterm Review
Lyrics (549-565) |
Midterm Quotes |
| 2/14 | Midterm #1
Test Format |
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| Week 6 | Renaissance Period | |
| 2/17 | Presidents Day--Have fun! | |
| 2/19 | Intro to the Renaissance | |
| 2/21 | Intro to sonnet form: Wyatt &
Petrarch
(669-672)
Background Poetry |
Critical Analysis #1--Take Home |
| Week 7 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 2/24 | Sidney sonnets 1 (1043); 71 (1045) | |
| 2/26 | Elizabeth I (1078-1082) | |
| 2/28 | Shakespeare sonnets (1222-1237) 1, 73 | Critical Analysis Take Home Due |
| Week 8 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 3/3 | Shakespeare sonnets 130, 138 | |
| 3/5 | Shakespeare sonnets 144, 20 | |
| 3/7 | Lanyer, "Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum" (1093;
1093-1103)
Study Questions |
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| 3/10-3/15 | Spring Break--Have fun! | |
| Week 9 | Renaissance Poetry | |
| 3/17 | Donne, "The Flea" (1557) | |
| 3/19 | Donne, "Sun Rising" (1552) | |
| 3/21 | Donne, "Holy Sonnets 6 & 10" (1566-1568) | Critical Analysis II (Take-home) |
| Week 10 | Renaissance Drama | |
| 3/24 | Twelfth Night Acts I & II | |
| 3/26 | Twelfth Night Acts III & IV | |
| 3/28*** | Twelfth Night Act V | Critical Analysis II due |
| See Revised Schedule for remainder of term |