This calendar is dynamic: it will be updated during the course of the term 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 than this in class, this calendar is always right.
Work "To Read" and "To Write" is to be finished for class on the day it is assigned. All page numbers refer to the 8th Edition of the Norton Anthology. Read the Norton's Introductions when you read the texts!
1st Week (Aug 30)
Introductions
To Read, Primary Texts:
"The Wanderer"
To Write:
To Read, Primary Texts:
"The Wanderer"To Write:
2nd Week (Sep 6)
Old English: Violence
To Read, Primary Texts:
Beowulf ll. 1-2199; "The Battle of Maldon"
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Beowulf ll. 1-2199; "The Battle of Maldon"To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.
3rd Week (Sep 13)
Old English: Men and Women
To Read, Primary Texts:
Beowulf ll. 2200-3182; "Judith"; "The Wife's Lament"
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Beowulf ll. 2200-3182; "Judith"; "The Wife's Lament"To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.4th Week (Sep 20)
Old to Middle English: The Birth of Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
selections from Geoffrey of Monmouth, Layamon, Wace, Norse and Irish and Welsh epics
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
selections from Geoffrey of Monmouth, Layamon, Wace, Norse and Irish and Welsh epics To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.5th Week (Sep 27)
Middle English: Courtly Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Marie de France, "Lanval"; selections from Chrétien, Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
Turn in this form by today to tell me whether you've chosen to write one or two papers for the course.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Marie de France, "Lanval"; selections from Chrétien, Lancelot, or the Knight of the CartTo Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.Turn in
this form by today to tell me whether you've chosen to write one or two papers for the course.6th Week (Oct 4)
Middle English: Courtly Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Selections from the Ancrene Wisse (handout); lyrics by Richard Rolle (handout); Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Selections from the Ancrene Wisse (handout); lyrics by Richard Rolle (handout); Sir Gawain and the Green KnightTo Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.7th Week (Oct 11)
Middle English: Courtly Romance and the Breton Lai
To Read, Primary Texts:
Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale," "The Franklin's Tale," and the "Tale of Sir Thopas"; "Sir Orfeo"; "Sir Launfal"; "The Knight of Curtesy" (handout).
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Tale," "The Franklin's Tale," and the "Tale of Sir Thopas"; "Sir Orfeo"; "Sir Launfal"; "The Knight of Curtesy" (handout).To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.8th Week (Oct 18)
Middle English: Fifteenth-century Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, selections
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: Paper #1 Due (if you've chosen to write two papers)
To Read, Primary Texts:
Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, selections To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: Paper #1 Due (if you've chosen to write two papers)
9th Week (Oct 25)
Medieval to Renaissance: Fantasy and New Worlds
To Read, Primary Texts:
Voyage of St. Brendan (handout); selections from Mandeville's Travels (handout); More, Utopia, Introduction, and Book 2; selections from Raleigh (923-26); selections from Frobisher, Drake, Amadas and Barlowe, and Hariot (927-43); Drayton, "Ode. To the Virginian Voyage"; selections from Strachey and Montaigne (1407-08); Marvell, "Bermudas"
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Voyage of St. Brendan (handout); selections from Mandeville's Travels (handout); More, Utopia, Introduction, and Book 2; selections from Raleigh (923-26); selections from Frobisher, Drake, Amadas and Barlowe, and Hariot (927-43); Drayton, "Ode. To the Virginian Voyage"; selections from Strachey and Montaigne (1407-08); Marvell, "Bermudas"To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.10th Week (Nov 1)
Renaissance:
To Read, Primary Texts:
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
(Tuesday Nov. 7 is the last day to W.)
To Read, Primary Texts:
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.(Tuesday Nov. 7 is the last day to W.)
11th Week (Nov 8)
Renaissance: Sidneyan Romance
To Read, Primary Texts: Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella; Arcadia, selections TBA;
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts: Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella; Arcadia, selections TBA;
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.12th Week (Nov 15)
Renaissance: Spenserian Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, selections TBA
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, selections TBATo Write:
response prompts.Thanksgiving Break
13th Week (Nov 29)
Renaissance: Shakespearean Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Shakespeare, Cymbeline
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Shakespeare, CymbelineTo Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.14th Week (Dec 6)
Renaissance: Miltonic Romance
To Read, Primary Texts:
Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1-5, 9
To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write: response prompts.
To Read, Primary Texts:
Milton, Paradise Lost, Books 1-5, 9To Read, Secondary Texts:
To Write:
response prompts.Finals Week (Dec 13)
Conclusion: modern versions
To Read, Primary Texts:
TBA
To Read, Secondary Texts:
TBA
To Write: The final paper is due by _______.
To Read, Primary Texts:
TBATo Read, Secondary Texts:
TBATo Write: The final paper is due by _______.