Schedule, English 422/580, Special Topics in 18th century literature, Fall 2005

Kent-Drury
English 422/580
Fall 2005 Tentative Schedule of Assignments*

Date	Topic/Reading Assignment	Due
*Week 1*	*Introductions and Background*
8/25	Syllabus/Intro to Course Backgrounds to 18th century studies Backgrounds to the Scriblerians
*Week 2*	Backgrounds to the Scriblerians--Johnson's Lives of the Poets
9/1	Johnson's Life of Swift, Pope, Gay, Parnell ( CP) Pope, Swift's Odd Blunt Way WS 602 Pilkington, Swift as a Host WS 605 Info on Meniere's Disease Info on Pott's Disease Study Questions 1 Study Questions 2
*Week 3*	*Critical Statements--Swift*
9/8	Swift Tale of a Tub, WS 263-273 Roadmap to Tale of a Tub Satire terms Meditation on a Broomstick WS 421-422 An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity WS 460-471 Critical statements WS 592-601
*Week 4*	*Critical Statements-Pope*
9/15	Pope, Essay on Criticism, TE 143-168 Study Questions Pope, Essay on Man, TE 501-548 Pope, Moral Essays on the Uses of Wealth iii & iv, TE 570-596	Literary Research Handout Due
1/31
*Week 5*	*Generic Transformations/Literary Collaborations* *Pastoral and Mock Pastoral*
9/22	Pope Pastorals TE 119-138 Eloisa to Abelard TE 252-261 Galatea and Acis TE 18-21 Parnell, Selected Poetry Gay Shepherd's Week and Trivia (with Handel)Acis and Galatea, handout & cd
*Week 6*
9/29	Gay, The What d'Ye Call It, (CP) Study Sheet Notes on Classical Tragedy Fielding, Tragedy of Tragedies; or, the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (Ev)
*Week 7*	*Generic Transformations/Literary Collaborations* *Dramatic Burlesque*
10/6	Gay, Pope, Arbuthnot, 3 Hours After Marriage (CP)
*Week 8*	*International and Domestic Contexts: Traveling and Observing*
10/13	Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Letters CP Poetry	MLA Documentation Handout Due
Week 9	*Critiquing the Nation: Bizarre Travel, Silly Science,* *and Petty Political Projects*
10/20	Arbuthnot, History of John Bull Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland WS 496-502 Swift, Modest Proposal WS 502-509 Study Questions
Week 10
10/27	Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Books I & II (WS)
Week 11
11/3	Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Book III, IV (WS) Pope, Verses on Gulliver's Travels TE 481-489 Critical backgrounds WE 583-591
Week 12	*Critiquing Law and Class: Ballad Opera, The Criminal Class, and the State of British Heroism*
11/10	Gay, The Beggar's Opera (Ev)
Week 13	*Poems About Men & Women*
11/17	Gay, The Beggar's Opera (continued) Pope Ep. II, To A Lady on the Characters of Women, TE 559-569 Rape of the Lock TE 217-242 Moral Essays 1 & 2 TE 549-569	Paper Topic Due
Week 14	Thanksgiving--Have fun!
Week 15
12/1	Mandatory Conferences about Papers	Annotated Bibliography
Week 16	*Poems About Men & Women*
12/8	Swift Poems to Stella, WS 525, 527, 531 Journal to Stella WS 441-447 The Furniture of a Woman's Mind, WS 529, The Progress of Beauty WS 522-525 The Lady's Dressing Room, WS 535-537 A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed, WS 538-539 Montague, On the Reasons That Induced Dr. Swift to Write The Lady's Dressing Room, CP
Finals Week	Final Exam, Thursday, December 15, 6:45-8:45 pm	Final Exam Questions--Read the instructions carefully!!! e-mail me if you have any questions!!! Final Research Paper Due

*Subject to change at the instructor's discretion.

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Dr. Roxanne Kent-Drury
Updated 8/26/05