English 2121 schedule, spring 2019
Updated 4/9/19
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Thursday, January 10 | Course syllabus |
Introduction to course |
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| Tuesday, January 15 | Student
info (online) Drop/add ends |
Elements
of fiction Golden rules Beowulf overview Norton Anthology: Beowulf 36-58 |
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| Thursday, January 17 | Nuggets Elements of poetry Beowulf 58-87 |
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| Tuesday, January 22 | Terminology test |
Quotations |
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| Thursday, January 24 | On
plagiarism |
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| Tuesday, January 29 | Word problems |
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| Thursday, January 31 | Writing matters test |
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight 160-88 | |
| Tuesday, February 5 |
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Geoffrey Chaucer overview Chaucer headnote 188-93 "The General Prologue" 193-213 (Penguin edition 3-26) |
Paper 1 assigned |
| Thursday, February 7 | "The
Miller's Prologue & Tale" 214-30 (Penguin edition 86-106) |
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| Tuesday, February 12 | Paper proposal due | "The
Wife of Bath's Prologue & Tale" 230-58 (Penguin edition 258-92) |
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| Thursday, February 14 | "The
Pardoner's Prologue & Tale" 258-73 (Penguin edition 241-58) |
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| Tuesday, February 19 | Paper 1 due | Sir Thomas Malory overview Malory headnote 328-29 Morte Darthur 329-47 |
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| Thursday, February 21 | Edmund Spenser overview Spenser headnote 399-401 The Faerie Queene 402-35 |
Discuss exam Sample passages |
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| Tuesday, February 26 | Edmund Spenser overview The Faerie Queene 435-74 |
Sample passages | |
| Thursday, February 28 | Midterm exam | ||
| Tuesday, March 5 | Selected 17th-century poetry Shakespeare sonnets, #'s: 18, 60, 116, 130, 144 (from pp. 539-51) John Donne headnote 666-68 "The Flea" 669 "Holy Sonnet #10" 691 "Holy Sonnet #14" 692 George Herbert headnote 730-31 "The Altar" 732 "Easter Wings" 733 Andrew Marvell headnote 750-51 "To His Coy Mistress" 751-52 |
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| Wednesday, March 6 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
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| Thursday, March 7 | Shakespeare headnote 535-39 Othello reading points Othello 552-80 |
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| Tuesday, March 12 | Othello threaded discussion in D2L | Othello 580-607 | |
| Thursday, March 14 | Othello 607-35 | ||
| Mon. March 18- Fri. March 22 |
Spring break | Spring break | Spring break |
| Tuesday, March 26 | Paper 1 corrections | Henry V overview Henry V 5-41 (Bantam edition) (1.1-2.4) |
2 Henry IV excerpt |
| Thursday, March 28 | Henry V 42-82 (3.0-4.2) |
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| Tuesday, April 2 | Henry V 82-119 (4.3-5.2) | ||
| Thursday, April 4 | John Milton overview Milton headnote 768-72 Paradise Lost 799-819 |
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| Tuesday, April 9 | Paradise Lost 819-41 | Abbie's research PowerPoint | |
| Thursday, April 11 | Paradise Lost 887-911 | ||
| Tuesday, April 16 | Paper proposal due | Swift headnote 1055-56 Gulliver's Travels 1058-1100 |
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| Thursday, April 18 | Gulliver's Travels 1101-41 | ||
| Tuesday, April 23 | Paper 2 | Gulliver's Travels 1141-55 | |
| Thursday, April 25 | Gulliver's Travels 1155-99 | ||
| Tuesday, April 30 | Pope headnote 1205-9 "The Rape of the Lock" 1227-44 |
Discuss exam | |
| Final exam Thursday, May 2 10:30-12:30 |
Paper 2 corrections |