Prof. Baker
Foust 105 (College office)
Office hrs: TR 8:00-9:15 and by appt.
dnbaker@uncg.edu
Texts:
Norton Anthology of English Literature, 7th ed., vol. 1
Shakespeare, Othello (Pelican)
Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (Pelican)
CLASS PARTICIPATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. You should read the assignments carefully before class and be prepared to discuss them. Mark significant passages in your text and jot down any questions you may have. Try to make connections among the different assignments. You can earn up to five points of your final grade for the quality and quantity of your class participation.
Attendance Policy: You are expected to attend each class meeting. If you miss three classes by Oct 8 without giving me a note from a professional (doctor, lawyer, etc.) verifying a serious illness or problem, YOU MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE COURSE. You will only be allowed to make up missed exams or late papers if I have excused your absence beforehand.
Final Grade:
2 1-page papers (10% each) 20%
Midterm exam 25%
Essay (3-5 pages) 25%
Final exam 25%
Class participation 5%
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Aug 19 “Medieval English," pp. 14-15; Chaucer, Canterbury Tales,
General Prologue to line 271
24 Chaucer, General Prologue to end; discussion of assignment for first microtheme
due Sept.14: Which of the Canterbury pilgrims should win the prize for telling
the tale of "best sentence and most solas"? (1 typed page double-spaced)
26 Chaucer, Miller's Prologue and Tale
31 Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Prologue
Sept. 2 Chaucer, Wife of Bath’s Tale
7 Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, Parson's Introduction, Chaucer's Retraction
9 Selection from Book of Margery Kempe
14 Microtheme 1 due; "Figurative Language," pp. 2950-53; Spenser,
Amoretti 1, 34, 64, 68, 75
16 Sidney, Astrophil and Stella, 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 18, 21, 39, 52, 71
21 Shakespeare sonnets 3, 12, 18, 20, 60, 65, 73, 116; discussion of assignment
for second microtheme due Oct. 5: Analyze the figurative language in Shakespeare’s
sonnet 73
23 Shakespeare 128, 129, 130, 138, 144, 146
28 Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus 1, 16, 40, 68, 77 (pp. 1428-31)
30 Shakespeare, Much Ado, Acts 1-2
Oct. 5 Microtheme 2 due; Much Ado, Acts 3-5
7 Midterm exam (bring blue book)
14 Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1-2
19 Othello, Acts 3-5
21 John Donne poems: The Flea, Song (Go catch), The Sun Rising, The Indifferent,
The Canonization, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
26 Donne, Holy Sonnet 14; A Hymn to Christ, at the Author's Last Going into
Germany; A Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness
28 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1 to line 375 and Book 2, line 629 to end
Nov. 2 VOTE: No class
4 Paradise Lost, Book 3 to line 371, Book 4 to line 408
9 Paradise Lost, Books 9; Lanyer, Eve's Apology in Defense of Women (from Salve
Deus Rex Judaeorum, pp. 1285-87)
11 Aphra Behn, Oroonoko to end of p. 2188
16 Oroonoko to end; thesis for final paper on topic of your choice (3-5 typed
pages double-spaced)
18 Swift, A Modest Proposal
23 Pope, The Rape of the Lock
25 Pope, An Essay on Man
30 3-5 pages essay due
Dec. 2 Review
9 Final exam, 8-11 am