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WEEK
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DAYS
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LECTURES, READINGS & OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
(READ THE BELOW PRIOR TO THE CLASS TIME) |
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1
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TUESDAY
1/20 |
CLASS INTRODUCTION
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| Overview of English Literature and Languages Prior to 1800 |
THURSDAY
1/22 |
The Anglo-Saxons and Their Language
(Peter S. Baker, The Electronic Introduction to Old English)
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| Poetic Style (Peter S. Baker, The Electronic Introduction to Old English) |
2
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TUESDAY
1/27 |
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
(Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum)~~READ: Book I, Chpts. I-XXXIV |
THURSDAY
1/29 |
Bede's Story of Cædmon & Caedmon's Hymn ~~READ ENTIRE PAGE |
3
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TUESDAY
2/3 |
The Dream of the Rood~~READ: "Introduction" & "Translation & Original Poem" |
THURSDAY
2/5 |
Beowulf (Beowulf in Hypertext)
~~READ: "Introduction," the "Prologue" (Modern Text) & Chapters I-XX (Modern Text) |
4
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TUESDAY
2/10 |
Beowulf (Beowulf in Hypertext)
~~READ: Chapters XXI-XLIII (Modern Text) |
THURSDAY
2/12 |
Anglo-Norman England |
| French as a Mother-Tongue in Medieval England (Jacquie Heys) |
5
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TUESDAY
2/17 |
ANCRENE WISSE, Introduction |
| From Ancrene Riwle (The Christ-Knight Parable) ~~HANDOUT |
THURSDAY
2/19 |
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| Courtly Love and Chivalry in the Later Middle Ages (Larry D. Benson) |
6
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TUESDAY
2/24 |
The Lais of Marie de France (Translator's Note) |
| "Lanval" |
THURSDAY
2/26 |
Late Medieval England |
| Introduction: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
7
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TUESDAY
3/3 |
EXAM ONE (Everything up to "Lanval") |
THURSDAY
3/5 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION: "Lanval" & Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
8
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TUESDAY
3/10 |
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THURSDAY
3/12 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION: "Lanval" & Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
9
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TUESDAY
3/17 |
Class cancelled: instructor ill. |
THURSDAY
3/19 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION: CHIVALRIC VS. WARRIOR HEROS
All discussion for SET ONE must be completed by SATURDAY, MARCH 21 (MIDNIGHT, PST) |
10
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TUESDAY
3/24 |
SPRING BREAK |
THURSDAY
3/26 |
11
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TUESDAY
3/31 |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
THURSDAY
4/2 |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
12
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TUESDAY
4/7 |
Geoffrey Chaucer: "What Man Artow?" The Narrator as Writer and Pilgrim (Katharine M. Wilson) |
| The Wife of Bath's Tale (Arnie Sanders) |
THURSDAY
4/9 |
EXAM TWO |
13
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TUESDAY
4/14 |
Introduction (Arnie Sanders) |
| Everyman |
THURSDAY
4/16 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION: The First 1000 years of English Literature |
14
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TUESDAY
4/21 |
Introduction: 16th Century England (Norton Topics Online); William Shakespeare's Biography |
| Much Ado About Nothing |
THURSDAY
4/23 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION: Much Ado About Nothing |
15
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TUESDAY
4/28 |
Much Ado About Nothing |
THURSDAY
4/30 |
Much Ado About Nothing
All discussion for SET TWO must be completed by SATURDAY, MAY 2 (MIDNIGHT, PST) |
16 |
TUESDAY
5/5 |
REVIEW |
THURSDAY
5/7 |
ONLINE DISCUSSION
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SATURDAY, MAY 16
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All ONLINE DISCUSSION & RESEARCH PROJECTS must be posted; FINAL EXAM must be completed and emailed to me (RTF or TXT) by SATURDAY, MAY 16 (MIDNIGHT, PST)
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