Mosser, ENGL 2515 Schedule
Fall 2005 (printer-friendly)
| Mon., Aug. 22 |
Introductory sort of stuff: resources, language, etc. |
| Wed., Aug. 24 |
NAEL 1a, pp. 1-22; Beowulf, 29-49 (through line 835) |
| Mon. Aug. 29 |
Finish Beowulf; Quiz 1 due by midnight |
| Wed. Aug. 31 |
Discuss translations of Beowulf. |
| Mon., Sept. 5 |
NAEL 1a, pp. 23-26: "Cædmon's Hymn"; begin Sir Gawain: pp. 156-68, through line 490 |
| Wed. Sept. 7 |
Quiz 2 due before class; Finish Sir Gawain |
| Mon., Sept. 12 |
Discuss translations of SGGK; begin Chaucer's General Prologue: pp. 210-26, through line 446 |
| Wed. Sept. 14 |
Finish the General Prologue; first translation critique due by midnight |
| Mon., Sept. 19 |
Pardoner's Prologue & Tale; Quiz 3 due by midnight |
| Wed. Sept. 21 |
Morte Darthur, pp. 419-39 |
| Mon., Sept. 26 |
NAEL 1b, pp. xxxvi-1 ("The Persistence of English") pp. 538-42: The English Bible (538-544); Askew (547-8);"The First Examination of Anne Askew" (548-50). Foxe (551-3); Ascham, "The Schoolmaster" (565-67) |
| Wed. Sept. 28 |
Spenser's Faerie Queene, pp. 622-52; "Roadmap" to Book I of the Faerie Queene" ; Quiz 4 due by midnight |
| Mon. Oct. 3 |
No class today |
| Tues. Oct. 4 |
Second translation critique due by noon (revised due date) |
| Wed. Oct. 5 |
Faerie Queene, pp. 652-721 |
| Fri. Oct. 7 |
Take-home midterm due by midnight |
| Mon. Oct. 10 |
Fall Break |
| Wed. Oct. 12 |
Faerie
Queene, pp. 721-72 |
| Mon. Oct. 17 |
Sidney, The Defense of Poesy, headnotes (pp. 919-11; 933-4); pp. 935-54; Marlowe, headnote (pp. 970-1); "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (989-90); Quiz 5 due by midnight |
| Wed. Oct. 19 |
Shakespeare's Sonnets, NAEL 1b, pp. 1026-43 |
| Mon. Oct. 24 |
Henry IV, Part 1 (Signet paperback) |
| Wed. Oct. 26 |
Quiz
6 due before class; Henry
IV, Part 1) |
| Mon. Oct. 31 |
Video of Henry IV, Part 1 |
| Wed. Nov. 3 |
NAEL 1b, 1209-35; Donne, "The Flea" (1236), "Song" (1237-8), "The Bait" (1247). "Elegy 19. To His Mistress Going to Bed" (1256-7); Aemilia Lanyer (1281-2);"Eve's Apology in Defense of Women" (1285-7), "The Description of Cooke-ham" (1287-92); Jonson (1292-4); "To Penshurst" (1399-1401); "To the Memory of William Shakespeare" (1414-16); NAEL 1b, Marvell (1684-5); "To His Coy Mistress" (1691-2) |
| Mon. Nov. 7 |
NAEL 1b, Milton, (1771-74); Paradise Lost, Book 1: pp. 1815-36 |
| Wed. Nov. 9 |
NOTE CHANGE: NAEL 1b, Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9: pp. 1961-1986; Quiz 7 due by midnight |
| Mon. Nov. 14 |
NAEL 1c, pp. 2045-70; Dryden, "In Praise of Chaucer" (2121-2); Pepys' Diary, (2122-31); Locke (2145-6); "Concerning Human Understanding" (2146-50); Johnson (2660-2); "A Dictionary of the English Language" (2719-25); "The Preface to Shakespeare" (2725-36) |
| Wed. Nov. 16 |
Swift, Gulliver's Travels, pp. 2329-64 |
| Fri. Nov. 18 |
Quiz 8 due by midnight |
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| Mon. Nov. 28 |
Swift, Gulliver's Travels, pp. 2364-414 |
| Wed. Nov. 30 |
Swift, Gulliver's Travels, pp. 2414-79; Term papers/projects due; Quiz 9 due by midnight |
| Mon. Dec. 5 |
Quiz 9 due by midnight |
| Wed. Dec. 7 |
Evaluations; Final Exam info. |
| Monday, December 12: 3:25-5:25PM |
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