Kent-Drury
English 422
Fall 1999
Tentative Schedule of Assignments*
Date
Topic/Reading Assignment
Due
Week 1  
    8/25 Syllabus/Intro to Course  
   8/27 Backgrounds to 18th century studies  
Week 2 Restoration Views of the Other  
   8/30 Background:  18th Century Theater and Aphra Behn
Behn, Widow Ranter, Act I
Hendricks Essay
 
   9/1 Behn, Widow Ranter, Act II   
   9/3 Behn, Widow Ranter, Act III  
Week 3     
9/6 Labor Day--Have fun!  
   9/8 Behn, Widow Ranter, Act IV & V Presentation:  Dryden, Indian Queen
John Smith, Journals
   9/10 Behn, Oroonoko, 75-97  
Week 4    
   9/13** Behn, Oroonoko, 97-125  
   9/15 Behn, Oroonoko, 125-end  
   9/17 Behn, Oroonoko Presentation:  Southerne, Oroonoko
Hakluyt, Voyages
Week 5 Puritan Views of the Other  
   9/20 Rowlandson, CAA, 19-45  
   9/22 Rowlandson, CAA, 45-69  
   9/24 Presentation:  Captivity Narratives  
Week 6 Eighteenth Century British Views of the Other  
   9/27 Background:  18th century concerns and Daniel Defoe
Defoe, RC, 26-86
 
   9/29 Defoe, RC, 86-162  
   10/1 Defoe, RC, 162-223  
Week 7    
   10/4 Defoe, RC, 223-end  
   10/6 Presentation: Defoe, Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe  
  10/8 Midterm  
Week 8 Changing Views of Class and Gender  
   10/11 Background:  John Gay
Gay, BO, Act I
 
   10/13 Gay, BO, Act II  
   10/15  Gay, BO, Act III  
Week 9    
   10/18*** Film:  Beggar's Opera  
   10/20 Film:  Beggar's Opera (continued)  
   10/22 Gay, BO, continued Presentation:  Defoe, Moll Flanders
Select Trials of the Old Bailey
Gay, Polly
Week 10 Slave Narratives  
   10/25 Equiano, Life, 1-62  
   10/27 Equiano, Life, 62-94  
   10/29 Equiano, Life, 95-130  
Week 11    
   11/1 Equiano, Life, 131-160 Paper Topic Due
   11/3 Equiano, Life, 161-end  
   11/5 Equiano, Life Presentation:  Mary Prince/Harriet Jacobs; Inkle and Yarico
Week 12 American Views of Self  
    11/8 Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 70-95  
   11/10 Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 95-119  
   11/12 Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 119-145  
Week 13    
   11/15 Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 145-172 Paper, Draft 1 Due
   11/17 Franklin, Autobiography, CAA, 172 end  
   11/19 Locke, Selections, provided  
Week 14 Backgrounds to the Declaration of Independence  
   11/22 Locke, Selections, provided Presentation:  Rousseau's Emile
   11/24-26    
Week 15    
   11/29 Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 25-76  
   12/1 Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 77-128  
   12/3 Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 128-176  
Week 16    
   12/6 Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 177-end Paper, Final Draft Due
   12/8 Declaration of Independence Presentation:  Wills/Fliegelman
   12/10    
Finals Week--12/13-12/18 Final Exam, Monday, December 13, 10:10 am  
*Subject to change at the instructor's discretion.

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Roxanne Kent-Drury