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

Nov. 19-27
Thanksgiving Break

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

Final Exam