| Date |
Reading |
Writing and Announcements |
| Jan. 9 |
Intro to the course + comments on verse form + Wyatt's
sonnet |
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| Jan. 11 |
- "Elizabethan England," GH 1-14
- The Elizabethan Age (DA 355 .E45 1990): we will
watch this video in class.
- Discussion of
Chronology
(bring a copy to class)
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| Jan. 16 |
Martin Luther King Day--no class |
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| Jan. 18 |
UNIT ONE: Spenser, Literary Theory, and the Shape
of a Poet's Career
- Sidney, An Apology for Poetry, GH 271-309
- Gosson, The School of Abuse, GH 228-31
- Sidney, Astrophel and Stella, sonnets 5, 25, 37, and 71: GH
238, 244, 248, and 258
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| Jan. 23 |
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Deadline for submitting draft of First Response Paper |
| Jan. 25 |
- Continue SC: Detailed discussion of October. Brief reports, as assigned, on January,
April, and December.
- Begin reading Spenser, Amoretti, ESP 587-623
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| Jan. 30 |
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First Response Paper due (proposal) |
| Feb. 1 |
- Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I: Letter to Ralegh,
Proem, Cantos 1-4, esp. Canto 1: ESP 1-55
- Handout on North's Theseus
- Bible: Ephesians 6
- Optional reading: Fike, Spenser's Underworld, Chapter 2
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| Feb. 6 |
- Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I: Cantos 5-8, esp.
Canto 5: ESP 55-106
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Deadline for submitting draft of Second Response Paper |
| Feb. 8 |
- Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I: Cantos 9-12, esp.
Canto 11: ESP 106-61
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| Feb. 13 |
- Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II: Cantos 7 and 12: ESP
172-92 and 208-30
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Second Response Paper due (augmented proposal or New
Critical paper) |
| Feb. 15 |
UNIT TWO: Marlowe, Death, and Heroism
- Marlowe, Hero and Leander, GH 393-413
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| Feb. 20 |
- Marlowe, Hero and Leander, continued
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Deadline for submitting draft of Third Response Paper |
| Feb. 22 |
- Chapman, Hero and Leander, Sestiads 3-6, pages 132-70 in The
Poems of George Chapman, on reserve at library (PR 2450 .P6 1962).
Note: If you download the text from the internet, be sure to
number the lines by hand, starting with number 1 in each sestiad.
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| Feb. 27 |
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Third Response Paper due (annotated bibliography) |
| Feb. 29 |
- Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, GH 464-89
- Ralegh, A True Report, GH 492-510
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| Mar. 5 |
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| Mar. 7 |
- Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, continued
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| Mar. 12 |
Spring break--no class |
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| Mar. 14 |
Spring break--no class |
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| Mar. 19 |
MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
Midterm Examination in class |
| Mar. 21 |
- Marlowe, Edward II, paperback
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Deadline for submitting draft of Fourth Response Paper |
| Mar. 26 |
- Marlowe, Edward II, continued
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Fourth Response Paper due (draft of research paper): submit it to
turnitin.com, course I.D. 4673209, password "winthrop" |
| Mar. 28 |
UNIT THREE: Shakespeare, Love, and Women
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| Apr. 2 |
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| Apr. 4 |
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| Apr. 9 |
- Shakespeare, Sonnets, continued
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Highly recommended: conference with professor re. your
research paper |
| Apr. 11 |
- Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, paperback: I will assign selections in this text.
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| Apr. 16 |
- No class: optional conferences on term projects. Spend 3 hours outside
of class working on your papers.
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| Apr. 18 |
- Lock, Letter to Duchess of Suffolke, Sonnets, Letter to Countesse of
Warwicke, To the faithful of the Low Countrie, The necessitie and benefite
of affliction: The Collected Works of Anne Vaughan Lock, 4-8,
62-71, 76-79, and 187-89: All of these selections are available in the
Lock handout
- Psalm 51 and Isaiah 38
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| Apr. 23 |
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Final draft of research paper due |
| Apr. 28 |
Final examination at 11:30 a.m. |
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