ENGL 2210

BRITISH LITERATURE I

11:15AM - 12:35PM

203 BURLESON HALL           

Instr:   Dr. Phyllis Thompson

Office: 211 Burleson Hall

Hours: TR 12:35-1PM, 3:35-4PM, WF 9-11AM & by appointment

Email:  thompsop@etsu.edu

Phone: 423.439.6678

SCHED       

READING SELECTIONS

REMINDERS

Week I

Introduction to the Middle Ages (to c. 1485)

Jan 15

Introduction to Course Contents, Materials, & Requirements

“The Wanderer”   (NAEL 111-113)

Jan 17

SNOW DAY—NO CLASSES

Week 2

Old English Epic

Jan 22

Introduction to the Middle Ages (NAEL 1-21)

“The Dream of the Rood” (NAEL 27-29), “Judith” (NAEL 100-108), "The Wife's Lament" (NAEL 113-114)

DW1: Cultural Presentation—

See syllabus for requirements, tips, and a list of potential topics

Jan 24

Beowulf (NAEL 29-64)

Using DW2 as a starting point, we’ll begin Writer’s Chart assignment in class.

DW2: Thesis/Topic Sentences

Week 3

Middle English Romance

Jan 29

Beowulf (NAEL 64-100)

Using DW3 as a starting point, we’ll discuss how to use Writer’s Chart to strengthen topic sentences, evidence, significance, and use of transitions to construct well-developed paragraphs.

DW3: Writer’s Chart

Jan 31

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Parts 1 & 2 (NAEL 160-185)

DW4: Paragraph w/Writer’s Chart

CP:

Week 4

Pilgrims' Tales

Feb 5

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part 3 (NAEL 185-213)

CP: Findlay & Woodruff--Sport

Feb 7

Geoffrey Chaucer's  The Canterbury Tales: "The General Prologue,"  "The Miller's Prologue & Tale" (NAEL 213-255, 239-255) Test-Taking Tips & Tidbits Rev Session

DW 5: Pilgrim Assignment: ______

CP: King & Lovell--Fashion

Week 5

Mystical Visions, a Medieval Housewife, and a Spiritual Autobiography

Feb 12

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”  (NAEL 256-84) Julian of Norwich's A Book of Showings (NAEL 371-382)

Margery Kemp's The Book of Margery Kemp (NAEL 383-397)—probably out.

Writers’ Workshop: What Everybody Wants to Know about How-To Analyze Drafts, Strengthen Arguments, & Document Sources (AKA How To Get an “A” in 2210.)

DW6: Complete Draft

CP: Towe—Knights

CP: Davis--Architecture

Feb 14

Exam 1: The Middle Ages

Exam 1, today.

Week 6

Introduction to the Sixteenth Century (1485-1603)

Feb 19

Introduction to the Sixteenth Century (NAEL 485-511)

The English Bible & the Literature of the Sacred (NAEL 616-21, 625-27, 632-35) Women in Power: Mary Tudor, Jane Grey, Mary Queen of Scots, QE1(NAEL 662-94)

CP:EichornWoodring—Politics QE1

Feb 21

Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” (NAEL 1022)

Sir Walter Ralegh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” (NAEL 917-18)

William Shakespeare's Sonnets #18, 20, 23, 29, 71, 130  (NAEL 1058+)

Paper #1: Literary Analysis due

CP: Kagarise—Architecture

Week 7

Shakespeare's Play-Texts

Feb 26

Three Adaptations of Twelfth Night—Kent (1911), Gorrie (1980), and Nun (1996)

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Acts I-II (NAEL 1077-1108)

Introduce Poetry Explication Project and Context Assignment

CP: Cheney--Witchcraft

Feb 28

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Acts III-V (NAEL 1108-1139)

DW 7: Proposal

CP: Shepherd--Medicine

Week 8

Spring Break  

Mar 4

Spring Break Holiday

Mar 6

Spring Break Holiday

Week 9

Intro to the Seventeenth Century (1603-1660)

Mar 11

Introduction to the Early Seventeenth Century (NAEL 1235-1257)

Aemilia Lanyer's poems  (NAEL 1313-19) and the apocryphal backstories. You won’t want to miss this class!  Also, check out “The Gender Wars” (NAEL 1543-49)

DW 8: The Poem & its Contexts

CP:

Mar 13

John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," Holy Sonnets #10, #14

(NAEL 1260-2, 1267-8,1275-6, 1283-4, 1296-8)

DW9: Annotation of Poem

CP: Capps & Colwell—Daily Life

Week 10

The Seventeenth Century (continued)

Mar 18

George Herbert's "Easter Wings," "The Altar" (NAEL 1605-7, 1609)

Robert Herrick's "Corinna's Going A-Maying," (NAEL 1658-9)

Abraham Cowley’s “Ode: Of Wit” (NAEL 1687-90)

Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" (NAEL 1703-4)

CP: Owens—Daily Life

Mar 20

Katherine Philips' "A Married State" (NAEL 1690+)

John Milton’s Paradise Lost, selections (TBA)

Newspapers and Reporting the News: The Execution of Charles I (NAEL 1737-44)

CP: Campbell—Education

Week 11

Exam #2 and Intro to the Restoration & Eighteenth Century (1660-1785)

Mar 25

Intro to The Restoration & The Eighteenth Century (NAEL 2057-80)

Samuel Pepys' Diary (NAEL 2133-42)

Jonathan Swift's "A Description of the Morning" (handout)

William Hogarth's The Four Times of Day (handout)

CP: Taylor--Food

Mar 27

Exam #2: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Week 12

Sex and Slavery

Apr 1

John Wilmot's “Satyre” (handout), "Imperfect Enjoyment" (NA 2167-71)

Aphra Behn's "The Disappointment" (NAEL 2178-83), Oroonoko (NAEL 2183-06)

DW10: Writer’s Workshop—draft

CP: Ramsey--Fashion

Apr 3

Aphra Behn's Oroonoko (NAEL 2206-26)

Olaudah Equiano’s Interesting Narrative of the Life…(NAEL 2828-29, 2850-60)

Writer’s Workshop II: Workshopping Analysis Paragraphs

CP: Rowland--Music

Week 13

Writing on Wit & The Debate on Women

Apr 8

John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding, 2.11.2 (handout)

John Dryden's "MacFlecknoe" (NAEL 2111-17, 2125-29)

Addison and Steele on “Wit” from The Spectator (NAEL 2481-2485, 2468-78)

Paper #2: Poetry Explication due

CP: Riffe—Punishment/Law

Apr 10

Eliza Haywood’s The Female Spectator (handout)

Mary Astell's "Reflections on Marriage" (NAEL 2284-88)

Swift and Montagu, Pope and Ingram (NAEL 2589-09)

CP: Name—Hunting & Fishing

Week 14

Sexual Politics: Marriage, Money, and Cultural Critique

Apr 15

Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” (NAEL 2493-96, 2513-32)

CP: Rannick—Inventions

Apr 17

John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera (NAEL 2611-56)

CP: Tipton—Interiors & Furniture

Week 15

Language, Literature & Scenes from Daily Life

Apr 22

William Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode (NAEL 2656-63)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, Shakespeare, Lives (2664-6, 2749-64, 2766-8, 2774-7)

CP:

Apr 24

Fanny Burney's Journals and Letters (NAEL 2810-16, 2822-27)

Putting it all together: Wrapping up.

CP:

Week 16

APR 29

Final Exam Week: Exam #3: The Restoration & Eighteenth Century

Time: 8-10AM

Location:   203 Burleson Hall