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Following are links that will be helpful to you as you further develope your knowledge and skills in English:
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An incredible collection of texts and criticisms! You must check this out:
http://www.bartleby.com/ . It delivers on its claim: "The preeminent Internet publisher of
literature, references and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually
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A fascinating and informative source of information about Beowulf, Canterbury Tales,
and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/front.html
An excellent source of guidance in critical reading and writing:
http://criticalreading.com/step0.htm
Sample student papers in MLA, APA, and other styles: http://www.hccs.edu/system/library/InfoUse/samplepapers.htm
Duke University provides thorough guidance for compiling the list of Works Cited: http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
An excellent tutorial on evaluating online sources: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/evaluatingsources/index.html
An invaluable source for "cleaning up" the 20 most common errors in writing:
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/SubjectsVerbs.html
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook/pages/bcs-main.asp?s=01000&n=00010&i=01010.01&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
Though one of the first writing labs to go online, OWL remains one of the best: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html
Though slightly quirky, Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Guide provides a fairly complete guide to grammar rules as well as to style: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/
For an excellent tutorial on plagiarism (definition, examples, and how to avoid it), see
The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plagiarism.html .
An excellent glossary of literary terms/terminology: http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/glossary/index.htm
Assignments
NB: Many classes will begin with a short reading quiz or a 10-minute writing assignment, so be prepared.
Lesson Content
1 Introduction to the course; issue books; review house rules
2 Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Period; read introduction to
the period in Adventures, 2-9
3 Anglo-Saxon Period, continued; lecture and discussion
4 Reading quiz on Beowulf; Beowulf in context of the period;
read the introduction to Beowulf in Adventures, 11-12, and
"Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Adventures, 30;
one of the excellent resources on Beowulf can be found @
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
5 Defining significant working terms: juxtaposition, subtext,
allusive style, literary foil, archetypal hero, heroic paradox,
Christian allegory, folk motif, comitatus, peace weaver,
wergild, elegiac mood, and litotes
6 Determining the subtext of Beowulf through consideration of
such factors as juxtaposition, foils, archetypal patterns,
allusions, comparing the dragon's behavior to the actions
expected of the typical Norse warrior, the epic's preoccu-
pation with feuding, Christianity's "accomodation" of
paganism, etc.
7 Subtext, continued; read handout on Finnsburg
8 Wrap up Beowulf: attention to translation of closing lines,
comparison of Beowulf and Iliad; consider topics for a formal
essay (due at beginning of Lesson 14); review MLA internal
documentation in Harbrace.
9 Read "The Dream of the Rood." (Note especially in this dream
vision the behavior of Jesus and the concept of Heaven.)
Helpful notes: http://faculty.uca.edu/~jona/second/roodnote.htm
and http://www.flsouthern.edu/academics/eng/abruce/rood/Home.htm
10 "The Wanderer" and "The Seafarer" (elegies to the passing
heroic age and "acceptance" of Christianity's promise?)
11 Riddles and Maxims, in Adventures, and handout (Note:
When you have light reading assignments, look ahead; you
might want to begin Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the
complete text of which is in British Literature, 143-199.)
12 Bede's History of the English Church and People, in
Adventures 32-34, and handout
13 In-class writing on aspects of the content of Lessons 2-12
14 Beowulf essay due; share and critique essays
15 "The Growth of the English Language," in Adventures, 41-42
16 Unit Test (short answers, identifications, definitions, and short
explanations)
17 Review the test.
18 Medieval Period, introduction to; read introductory materials in
Adventures, 43-52
19 Reading quiz(?); dominant characteristics of the Medieval
Period
20 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl Poet, folk motifs, re-
vival of alliterative verse, bob and wheel, characteristics of the
medieval romance, the historical Arthur(?), theme
21 treatment of Sir Gawain continued and completed
22 Bio of Chaucer, Adventures, 55-56; his lasting contributions to
the development of English Literature
23 "Prologue," The Canterbury Tales, in Adventures, 57-79
24 "Prologue," continued; clarifying working terms: satire, poker-
faced humor, rhymed couplet; Was Chaucer anti-ecclesiastical?
State Chaucer's defense of realism.
25 "The Pardoner's Tale," an exemplum, in Adventures, 81-87
26 "The Miller's Tale," a fabliaux, in British Literature, 241-256
27 "The Nun's Priest's Tale," a beast fable, in British Literature,
299-314
28 "The Parson's Tale," in British Literature, 314-319; Chaucer's
Retraction, 319; "Complaint to His Purse," a parody, 320
29 Everyman, a morality play, in Adventures, 111-121
30 Early English and Scottish Ballads, in Adventures, 105-110
31 Ballads, continued
32 Sir Thomas Malory and Morte d'Arthur, in British Literature,
199-215
33 "Growth of the English Language," in Adventures, 122-124
34 Catch up and review
35 Unit Test -- short answers
36 Unit Test -- identifications, definitions, and explanations
37 Reviewing the tests
38 Introduction to the English Renaissance: in Adventures, 127-
148, and in British Literature, 361-371
39 Introduction to and overview of the English Renaissance,
continued
40 Introduction to and overview of the English Renaissance,
concluded
41 Lyrics of the Renaissance, in Adventures, 119-123
42 Sonnet forms; conceits, apostrophe, personification
43 Bio of Sir Philip Sidney: in Adventures, 158-160; in British
Literature, 431-432
44 from The Apology for Poetry, in British Literature, 435-443
45 Edmund Spenser, in Adventures, 154-157
46 from The Faerie Queene, in British Literature, 395-409
47 The Faerie Queene, continued; clarifying working terms:
romance, allegory, epic, Spenserian stanza, archaisms, epic
conventions, allusions
48 Marlowe and Raleigh: in Adventures, 161-163, the intro
and their "Passionate Shepherd" and "Nymph; pastoral
49 Catch up and review
50 Test on 38-49
51 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus: reading quiz on
summer reading assignment (Pull out and review your reading
logs.)
52 Discussion of The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus; note
Marlowe's blank verse, comic scenes, use of the morality
play's allegorical elements, and "melancholia"
53 William Shakespeare: in Adventures, 164-169
54 Recalling your earlier studies of Romeo and Juliet and Julius
Caesar: Shakespeare's theater, dramatic conventions, word
play, groundlings, "comic relief," etc. See "Shakespeare's
Theater" in Adventures, 174-177
55 Macbeth, intro and Act I, i-iii, in Adventures, 177-187
56 Macbeth, I, iv-vii, pages 187-194
57 Macbeth, II, pages 197-207
58 Macbeth, III, i-iii, 209-216
59 Macbeth, III, iv-vi, 216-222
60 Macbeth, IV, i and ii, 224-231
61 Macbeth, IV, iii, 231-238
62 Macbeth, V, i-iv, 239-244
63 Macbeth, V, v-viii, 244-249; "Shakespeare's Imagery," 251-
253
64 Quotations test on Macbeth
65 Test -- written discussions
66 Othello, reading quiz (summer reading)
67 Discussion of Othello
68 Discussion of Othello, continued
69 Discussion of Othello, concluded
70 In-class writing on Othello (cause-effect -- and how effects
become causes)
71 Francis Bacon: in Adventures, 258-60; deduction, induction,
prose style and exactness of diction
72 "The Growth of the English Language," in Adventures, 261-262;
a good explanation of the Great Vowel Shift can be found @
http://facweb.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs/
73 Metaphysical Poets: in Adventures, 263; Donne, 264; "Vale-
diction" and commentary, 266-267
74 Holy Sonnets 6 and 10, in Adventures, 269-270; "Meditation
17," 271-272
75 Andrew Marvell, in Adventures, 275; "To His Coy Mistress,"
276-277; Commentary, 277-278; "The Retreat," 280
76 "The Tribe of Ben," in Adventures, 281; Ben Jonson, precursor
of Neoclassicism, in Adventures, 282-286
77 Ben Jonson, continued; Robert Herrick, in Adventures, 287-
288
78 Cavalier Poets, in Adventures, 289-291
79 "The King James Bible," in Adventures, 294-300; do not
ignore the items in "For Study and Discussion."
80 John Milton: in Adventures, 301-302; "Lycidas," a pastoral
elegy, in British Literature, 768-773
81 from Aereopagitica, in British Literature, 775-784
82 Introduction to Paradise Lost, in British Literature, 784-785;
baroque style; review epic conventions; parsing Milton's
"mighty" lines
83 Paradise Lost, Book I, in British Literature, 785-805
84 Discussion of Paradise Lost, Book I
85 The Arguments, in British Literature, 805, 819, 832-833, 851-
852
86 Paradise Lost, Book IX, lines 205-1067
87 The Arguments, in British Literature, 877, 896
88 Tie up loose ends; review
89 Test -- identifications, definitions, short discussions
90 Introduction to the Restoration and Eighteenth Century,
in Adventures, 327-332 (thru "Restoration England")
91 Introduction continued, 332-340
92 Introduction continued, 341-347
93 "Restoration," in Adventures, 348; John Dryden, 349;
a good source of info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dryden;
from Preface to Fables Ancient and Modern, 350-353
94 Notes on MacFlecknoe, Absolom and Achitophel, and
The Hind and the Panther; bring British Literature to class
95 Samuel Pepys, in Adventures, 358-365
96 "The Age of Pope," in Adventures, 366; Introduction to Daniel
Defoe, 367; from A Journal of the Plague Year, 368-371
97 Introduction to Jonathan Swift, in Adventures, 372; from
Gulliver's Travels, 373-377
98 "A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms," in British
Literature,
A very informative source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels
99 Houyhnhnms continued
100 "A Modest Proposal," in Adventures, 382-389; parody
101 In-class writing
102 Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, in Adventures, 390-391; reference
to British Literature; bring both texts to class
103 The Tatler and The Spectator, in Adventures, 392-399
104 Introduction to Alexander Pope, in Adventures, 400; introduction to
Rape of the Lock, 401; The Rape of the Lock, Canto III, 402-406
105 The Rape of the Lock, Canto V, 407-411. Among helpful sources is
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/rapeofthelock/
106 from An Essay on Man, in British Literature,
107 "Pope's Epigrams" and ""Wit and Nature," in Adventures, 412-415
108 Short essays test
109 "The Age of Johnson," in Adventures, 416-417
110 Introduction to Samuel Johnson, in Adventures, 418; "Letter to
Lord Chesterfield," 419; "Definitions from Johnson's Dictionary,
420-421
111 from "Preface to Shakespeare," in Adventures, 422-424; Rambler
No. 4, in British Literature
112 Introduction to James Boswell, in Adventures, 425; from The Life
of Samuel Johnson, 426-430
113 Thomas Gray, in Adventures, 431; "Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard," 433-437; exercises on inversion
114 Robert Burns, in Adventures, 438; "To A Mouse," 440; "To a Louse,"
in British Literature; ; selected lyrics; bring both texts to class.
115 Robert Burns continued
116 William Blake, in Adventures, 442; selected lyrics from Songs of
Innocence and Songs of Experience
117 William Blake continued; bring British Literature to class, as we will
read together from that text.
118 "The English Novel in the Eighteenth Century," in Adventures, 449;
"The Growth of the English Language," 450-452
119 Review
120 Test (short answers and identifications and definitions)
121 Review the test.
122 The Romantic Age, in Adventures, 455-462 (to "The Industrial
Revolution")
123 The Romantic Age, 462-469
124 The Romantic Age, 469-472
125 Quiz on 455-472
126 William Wordsworth, in Adventures, 473-474; introduction to
"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," 475
127 "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," 475-481
128 "Sonnets," 486-489
129 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in Adventures, 490-491; introduction to
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Parts I-III, 493-500
130 "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Parts IV-VII, 500-512
131 Complete the treatment of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner";
"Kubla Khan," 513-555
132 George Gordon, Lord Byron, in Adventures, 526-527; "Written
After Swimming from Sestos to Abydos," 528-529; "She Walks
in Beauty," 529
133 from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 531-533; from Don Juan, 534-
539
134 Don Juan continued; introduction to Percy Bysshe Shelley, in
Adventures, 542-543
135 "Ozymandias," 544; "Sonnet: England in 1819," 545; "Ode to
the West Wind," 546-550
136 "To A Skylark," 551-555
137 John Keats, in Adventures, 556-557; Sonnets, 558-561
138 Sonnets continued; "Ode on a Grecian Urn," 579-581; "To
Autumn," 583-584
139 The Victorian Age, in Adventures, 599-608 (to "Victorian Attitudes")
140 The Victorian Age, 608-615 (to "Victorian Literature: Poetry")
141 The Victorian Age, 615-619; short answers test on Lessons 139-141
142 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in Adventures, 620-621; "Ulysses," 626-628
143 "Break, Break, Break," 629; "The Eagle," 629; "Tears, Idle Tears," 630;
introduction to In Memoriam, 633
144 from In Memoriam, 634-636; additional selected stanzas in British
Literature, so bring both texts to class; "Crossing the Bar," 637
145 Robert Browning, in Adventures, 638-639; "My Last Duchess," 640-643;
"Home Thoughts, from Abroad," 644; "Prospice," 645-646
146 Matthew Arnold, in Adventures, 647-648; "Dover Beach," 650-651;
selected prose passages in British Literature, so bring both texts to class
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