Text: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1, Seventh Edition
August 30: Introduction
September 1: Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I
4: Twelfth Night, Act II
6: Donne, Songs and Sonnets
8: Twelfth Night, Act III
11: Twelfth Night, Act IV
13: Donne, Holy Sonnets
15: Twelfth Night, Act V
18: Webster, Duchess of Malfi, Act I
20: Duchess of Malfi, Act II
22: Mary Worth
25: Duchess of Malfi, Act III
27: Duchess of Malfi, Act IV-V
29: Herbert
October 2: Herrick
4: Exam (short answer)
6: Exam (essay)
9: from, Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam
11: “Voices of the War”
13: Margaret Cavendish
Fall Break
18: John Bunyan
20: Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1
23: Behn, Oroonoko; Paper Due
25: Paradise Lost, Book 1 cont.
27: Paradise Lost, Book 2
30: Oroonoko
November 1: Oroonoko
3: Paradise Lost, Book 3
6: Paradise Lost, Book 4
8: Gulliver’s Travels, Lilliput
10: Gulliver’s Travels, Brobdingnab
13: Exam (short answer)
15: Exam (essay)
17: Paradise Lost, Book 8
20: Paradise Lost, Book 9; Paper Due
Thanksgiving Break
27: “The Rape of the Lock”
29: “Debating Women”
December 1: Rasselas
4: Paradise Lost, Book 10
6: Paradise Lost, Book 12 from line 552-end
8: Review
13: Final Exam 9:00-12:00
Course Requirements: read--before the dates shown--the material
specifically assigned for discussion (200 points); take short quizzes (average=200
points); take two exams (100 points each); write one critical paper (100
points); write one paper involving research (100 points); write an essay
final exam (200 points).
Grading: You should save all written work from the course for
one semester. Grading scale: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less
than 60%=F.
Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is the
same as the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student Handbook.
Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes may lower a final grade
one letter. Absence, excused and/or unexcused, from more than 25%
of classes may be an automatic F in the course. If the college is
open (even in inclement weather), class will be held. If the college
is closed for any reason, keep reading according to the schedule here.