ENGL 622:
Course Calendar
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Reading |
Writing |
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Aug. 21 |
Week 1: (Auto)biography “On Shakespeare,” 61-62; Elegy 1, 180-82; Lives of Milton, 6-28; and Aubrey, “John Milton,” Broadview, 933-36 Milton’s Life and Times (we will go through this material in class) |
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Aug. 28 |
Week 2: More Autobiography Milton’s Sonnets: 77-88, 250-59, 265-66, and 289-92; “On
Time,” 53-54; Second Defence |
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| Sept. 4 |
Week 3: Connections to the Heroes in the Second Defence
and the Sonnets In Broadview: Marvell, "An Horatian Ode Upon Cromwell's Return From Ireland," 835-37; "Upon Appleton House," 841-55; "The First Anniversary of the Government under His Highness the Lord Protector" and "On Mr. Milton's 'Paradist Lost,'" 864-71 Link to full text of Second Defence: (you can use it to search for Cromwell and Fairfax): http://www.constitution.org/milton/second_defence.htm Cromwell/Fairfax handout Devotional Poetry Milton, "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," 38-47; "The Passion," 51-52; and "The Circumcision," 54-55; Nativity Ode questions Donne, "Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westward," Broadview, 125-26 |
Paper proposal due |
| Sept. 11 |
Week 4: Pastoral Poetry Arcades, 90-93; "Lycidas," 100-07; "L'Allegro," 66-71; "Il Penseroso," 71-77; "At a Solemn Music," 56-57; "Ad Patrem," 224-27; Prolusion 1, "Whether Day or Night is the More Excellent," 846-50 "Lycidas" Handout; questions on these poems; Lycidas PowerPoint
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| Sept. 18 |
Week 5: Milton's Masque Comus, 123-71; Comus questions Ludlow Castle: http://www.castlewales.com/ludlow.html |
New critical analysis paper due |
| Sept. 25 |
Week 6: Milton on Religion and Theology Of Reformation, 875-901; The Reason of Church-Government, the preface to book 1, 903-04; Of True Religion, 1151-55; and On Christian Doctrine, 1158-59 + chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5; The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, 930-36 (just the letter to Parliament and the Preface) handout on Reformation, Reason, and Religion; OCD handout; Pelagianism handout; DDD handout; DDD PowerPoint |
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| Oct. 2 |
Week 7: Writings about the Civil War The Civil War: This link contains your reading and group assignments. Historical Chronology |
Annotated bibliography due |
| Oct. 9 |
Week 8: Milton on Politics, Censorship, and Education The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, 1057-75; Eikonoklastes, 1076-95; and Areopagitica, 997-1024; Prolusions 3, 852-54, and 7, 866-72; and Of Education, 980-86 Hobbes, Leviathan, chapter 18, Broadview, 246-50 Eikonoklastes handout; image 1; image 2; Areopagitica handout |
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| Oct. 16 |
Week 9: Milton's Epic Paradise Lost, books 1-3; Blake and Shelley Handout; Great Chain of Being |
Researched outline due (<20 pages) |
| Oct. 23 |
Week 10: Paradise Lost, books 4-6; On Christian Doctrine, chapters 7, 9, and 10 C. S. Lewis handout; handout on Burton; Questions on the war in heaven;
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| Oct. 30 |
Week 11: Paradise Lost, books 7-9; On Christian Doctrine, chapters 7 (again) and 11-12 passage assignments; PL 9 PowerPoint
Turnitin.com information: Course I.D.: 6719232; password: winthrop.
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Full researched draft due (send it to turnitin.com) |
| Nov. 6 |
Week 12 |
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| Nov. 13 |
Week 13: Milton's Closet Drama |
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| Nov. 20 |
Week 14: Milton's Short Epic Tonight is our final class. Paradise Regained; and On Christian Doctrine, book 2, chapters 9, 10, and 15 handout; PR questions |
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| Nov. 27 |
Week 15: No class Thanksgiving Break |
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| Dec. 2 |
Week 16 This is a Monday, the last day of classes for the semester. Please bring your paper to my office, BANC 258. |
Final paper due |
Final Examination: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:30-9:00 http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/recandreg/Calendars/Exams.pdf |
