COURSE: ENG
337W-01 FALL
2002
TIME: MWF
11:00-11:50 AM TISDALE
TEXTS: Anonymous, The Earliest English
Poems, trans. Alexander (Penguin)
Boethius,
The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. Green (Macmillan)
HELOISE AND ABELARD, The Letters
of Heloise and Abelard, trans. Radice (Penguin)
ANONYMOUS, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience,
and Pearl, trans. Boroff (Norton)
MALORY, Le Morte D'Arthur, ed.
Baines (Dutton)
the norton anthology of english literature, vol. I, 7th ed.
Various
Selections
LEARNING
GOALS
1)
Identify and understand varied characteristics of literature;
2)
Apply techniques of literary analysis to texts;
3)
Use literary study to develop skills in careful reading and clear writing;
4) Demonstrate understanding of the diverse social and historical contexts in which literary texts have been written and
interpreted;
5)
Develop a sense of the influence of great works of literature in one period;
6)
Exercise the use of literary study as a means of growth and self-discovery;
7)
Learn how to write essays about literature, comparing themes and motifs in
several works.
8)
Expose the student intensively to medieval culture and literature, mainly that
of England, but also Europe in general;
9) Learn how to write an essay about medieval literature, as a primary paper, and then the incorporation of secondary
scholarship.
DATE ASSIGNMENT
August
19 Introduction: Syllabus, Dates
Anglo-Saxon
England: Mead, Middle-Earth, and Monks
21 Slides
of Anglo-Saxon Sites
23
The First English
Poet: Caedmon’s Hymn
Old English Poetry and How It Works
26 The
Heroic Ideal: The Wanderer
28 Love Stories: The Wife’s Complaint
30 Christ as Hlaford: The Dream of the Rood and the Ruthwell Cross
September
2 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
4 General
Discussion and Catch-Up on Old English Verse
6 Old
English Riddles
9 The
Beowulf Manuscript (World Wide Web)
11 Beowulf
and Old English Verse Form
13 Darkness
and Light: Beowulf As A Young Hero
16 Not
Right in His Heart: Beowulf As An Old
King
18
Review of Old English
Literature
19
Essay on Old English
Literature
The Love of Learning and the Desire for
God
23 Introduction
to Boethius
25 Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy, Bk. I
27
Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy, Bk. II
30 Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy, Bk. III
October
Dream Vision and Allegory
2 The
Structure of Pearl
4 Pearl,
Stanzas 1-65
7 Pearl,
Stanzas 66-101
9 Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Pts. I-II
11 Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Pts. III-IV
14-15 FALL
BREAK
16 Patience
The Faces of Love
18 Who
were Heloise and Abelard?
21 The
Letters of Heloise and Abelard:
Introduction, pp. 9-55
23 The
Letters of Heloise and Abelard:
Historia Calamitatum, pp. 57-106
25 PAPER
DUE (First Version––Primary Sources Only––See Note Below)
28
The Letters of Heloise
and Abelard: The Personal Letters, pp.
109-156
30 Middle
English Lyrics
November
1 Middle English Lyrics
4 RETURN
PAPERS
6 Review
of Medieval Love, Allegory, and Consolation Literature
8
Essay on Medieval Love,
Allegory and Consolation Literature
11 The
Book of Margery Kempe
13 The
Wakefield Second Shepherd’s Play
15
The Wakefield Second
Shepherd’s Play
The
Romance: Sword and Grail
18 Legendary
Histories of Britain: Geoffrey of
Monmouth, Layoman, and the Myth of Arthur’s Return
20 THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY
22 THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY
25 Malory:
The Tale of King Arthur, pp. 21-94
27 Malory: The Tale of the Sangreal, pp. 359-431
29 Malory: The Tale of the Sangreal, pp. 359-431
December
2 Malory: The Book of Sir Launcelot and Queen
Gwynevere, pp. 432-471
4 Le
Morte Darthur, pp. 472-507
6 PAPER
DUE (Second Version––See Note Below––At least four separate footnoted
sources required)
9 Review
for Exam
16
Final Exam:
8:00-11:00 AM
NOTES: 1) All assignments of individual authors and works
include introductions and biographical sketches.
2)Class
participation: The instructor assumes
that your presence in class means that you have read the assignment. He will call on you from time to time and
expects you to contribute to discussion.
If it is clear that you are consistently not prepared then your final
grade will be lowered. There may be
times when pressing duties or emergencies prevent you from completing the
reading. Please inform the instructor
beforehand so that he will know not to call on you. Always bring your text to class.
3)Attendance
Policy: Students are allowed five cuts
for whatever reason. After that a
letter grade is dropped from the final average. After ten cuts, then two grades are dropped, and so on. Tardiness is counted as a cut.
4)Writing
Intensive Course: This means that
special attention in this class is given to writing skills. Consult the syllabus for how this works. In addition, students may voluntarily seek
out individual conferences with the instructor. As the syllabus indicates, there will be five writing
assignments: Three in class essays
(including the exam) and a term paper in two versions. The first version is to be written in
response to a thesis you develop out of the primary material. The second version involves both a revision
and the addition of secondary research from the library. You are to integrate at least four
different secondary sources into your paper.
These must be documented properly.
6)The instructor will give unannounced quizzes several times throughout the semester. The cumulative average of these will count 10% of your final grade. The other five assignments will count %90 each.
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