Schedule of Readings and Assignments

 

This schedule is subject to change (and most likely will) as the semester progresses.  All changes will be announced in class.  I encourage students to establish reliable contacts in the class to stay informed of any changes to the syllabus in the event you are absent.  I reserve the right to add or subtract readings to this schedule as necessary.  All readings must be completed on the day they are to be discussed. 

 

Week 1:

Aug. 24:    Introduction to the Course, Syllabus, and Policies.

 

Aug. 25:    Beowulf, lines 3-1061

 

Week 2:

      Aug. 31:    Beowulf, lines 1062-2199

 

      Sept. 2:      Beowulf, lines 2200-3182

 

Week 3:

      Sept.  7:      Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (CT): General Prologue (1-22) & Miller’s Tale (79-98)

 

      Sept. 9:      CT: Reeve’s Tale (98-109) & Merchant’s Tale (313-343)

 

Week 4:

      Sept. 14:    CT: The Wife of Bath’s Tale (219-250) & The Oxford Scholar’s Tale (378-312)

 

      Sept. 16:    CT: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale (201-218) & The Pardoner’s Tale (394-410)

 

Week 5:

      Sept. 21:    Shakespeare, Henry V, Acts 1 & 2   

 

      Sept. 23:    Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3

 

Week 6:

      Sept. 28:    Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 4 & 5

 

      Sept.  30:   Shakespeare, Henry V, Introduction

 

Week 7:

      Oct. 5:       Rough Draft of Essay #1 Due

                        Finish discussion of Henry V

 

      Oct. 7:       Essay #1 Due

                        Visit from Actors from the London Stage

 

Week 8:

      Oct. 12:     MIDTERM EXAM

 

      Oct. 14:     Behn, The Rover, Acts 1 & 2

 

 

 

Week 9:

      Oct. 19:     Behn, The Rover, Acts 3-5

 

      Oct. 21:     Behn, Ooroonoko, (75-102)

 

Week 10:

      Oct. 26:     Behn, Oroonoko (102-141)     

 

      Oct. 28:     Prince, The History of Mary Prince (7-63)

 

Week 11:

      Nov. 2:      Shelley, Frankenstein, “Letters” through Chapter 14 (~86 pages)

 

      Nov. 4:      Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapters 15 - 20

 

Week 12:

      Nov. 9:      Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapters 21 to the end

 

      Nov. 11:    Romantic Poetry: to be provided

 

Week 13:

      Nov. 16:    Rough Draft of Essay #2 Due

                        Woolf, Short Fiction:  specific stories TBA

 

      Nov. 18:    Essay #2 Due

                        Woolf, Short Fiction:  specific stories TBA

 

Thanksgiving Break

 

Week 14:

      Nov.  30:  Moore, V for Vendetta, Book 1

                         

      Dec. 2:       Moore, V for Vendetta, Book 2

 

Week 15:

      Dec. 7:       Moore, V for Vendetta, Book 3

 

      Dec. 9:       Discuss V for Vendetta

 

Final Exam:    Tuesday, December 14th at 1:00 pm