This calendar is dynamic: it will be updated during the course of the term if necessary. This will not only include adding the names for presentations, but also changes to readings if necessary. If you have any question about what is due for a specific day, check here: even if I make a mistake and say something different from this calendar in class, this calendar is always right.
References to texts are by author, except to the Workbook, which is by exercise number. When we do exercises in class, they will usually be handed in by the next week to your folders--I'll tell you when. Millward provides the backbone to the course and will be a key reference text for you. When you read Crystal, read the main narrative, and dip into the peripheral boxes and exhibits as you like: he is especially helpful for illuminating cultural contexts and connections.
To Read: Millward, chs. 1-2; look through Crystal, Part II, and chs. 17 & 18
To Write: in class we will do 1.6, 1.9, 2.3, 2.4
To Read: Ong, chs. 1 & 2; Millward, ch. 4
To Write: hand in the 4 Workbook exercises assigned for last week; in class we will do 4.5, 4.6
To Read: Ong, ch. 3; Millward, ch. 5; Crystal, ch. 3; OE riddles and other verse; selections from Beowulf (both on reserve)
To Write: hand in class work from last week; introduction to Project 3; Project 1 due.
To Read: Ong, ch. 6; Crystal, ch. 3; Alfred's "Preface" to the Pastoral Care, prose and metrical versions (on reserve)
To Write: in class we will do 5.23; in class we will begin 5.8 and 5.15 (which are on OE Project 2--to be turned in ONLY if you are working on the OE project); Grading choices are due by today: Will you take a Final Exam, or write a Final Paper? Will you Present, or write Project 4? Fill out
this form and bring it to class. To Read: Ong, ch. 4; Millward, chs. 3 & 6; Crystal, ch. 4
To Write: Turn in the exercise (5.23) from last week.
To Read: Crystal, pp. 34-39; Derek Brewer, "Chaucer's Poetic Style" (on reserve)
To Write: Introduction to Project 3. We'll also begin 6.9 and 6.11 (which are on ME Project 2, to be turned in only if you are working on the ME Project).
To Write: Project 2 due in my box before Tuesday at 12:00 noon.
To Read: Ong, ch. 5; Millward, ch. 7; Crystal, ch. 5; Nicholson, 1-104
To Write: In class we will work on Exercises 7.4, 7.5, 7.23
To Read: Nicholson, 105-243; Crystal, ch. 5
To Write:
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5 & 9; Millward, 227-250
To Write: Hand in exercises from last week; Project 3 due
Presentation:
To Read: Crystal, chs. 5, 6, 20, 21
To Write: Introduction to Final Paper during class
Presentation:
NB: Today is the last day you can withdraw, with a "W."
To Read: Millward, chs. 8 & 9; Crystal, chs. 7 & 20; articles on post-colonial language conflict by Ngugi, Kachru, and Rao (on reserve as "Selections from the Post Colonial Studies Reader") and Achebe (handout)
To Write:
Presentation:
To Read: Millward, 310-13, and ch. 9; Crystal, chs. 20 & 21; [another reading TBA]
To Write: Respond to one of the questions about last week's essays by Ngugi, Kachru, or Rao; Paper Prospectus due (unless you are taking the Final Exam)
Presentation:
To Read: Ong, ch. 6; Crystal, ch. 23
To Write: If you write an extra credit project, it must be handed in by today!
Presentation:
To Read:
To Write: Final Paper due (unless you are taking the Final Exam); hand in
your final folders.