SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentSophomore Class A, Department of English Sophomore Class B, Department of English
Course NameEnglish Literature Before 1600
InstructorSELLARI THOMAS-JOHN
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
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Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Students are expected to attend every class session, read all the assigned works, hand in several short worksheets, and take a midterm and final exams. The workload will most likely vary from five to ten hours per week, depending on the reading level of the student.



class 1: introduction; history and language



class2: Beowulf, lines 1--85, 491--835, 1251--1650, 2999--3182



class 3: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I.130--490, IV.2239--end; Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue 1--50, 447--478



class 4: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (handout)



class 5: Chaucer (cont'd)



class 6: William Langland, Pers Plowman, Passus 6; The Second Shepherd's Play



class 7: Thomas More, Utopia; Thomas Wyatt, "Whoso list...'' ``I find...,'' MIDTERM EXAM 1



class 8: William Tyndale, Thomas More, John Calvin, John Foxe, homilies: pp. 677--678, 679--681, 681--687, 688, 693--695



class 9: Roger Ascham, Thomas Hoby, Elizabeth I: pp. 700--703, 704--720, 750--766}



class 10: Edmund Spenser, Amoretti 1, 37, 54, 65, 75, 79; The Faerie Queene Book I, Cantos 2, 6



class 11: John Lyly, Euphues; Philip Sidney, Defense of Poesy and Astrophil and Stella 1, 5, 41, 52, 71; Francis Bacon``On Truth'' MIDTERM EXAM 2



class 12: Christopher Marlowe,"The Passionate Shepherd" and Dr. Faustus, scenes 1, 5, 12, 13



class 13: William Shakespeare, sonnets 3, 20, 29, 73, 94, 106, 116, 130, 138, 144, 147 and Twelfth Night, Acts I--II



class 14: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Acts III--IV



class 15: William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V



class 16: FINAL EXAM


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Depending on their availability and competence, teaching assistants may be responsible for grading worksheets and exams; developing, copying, and distributing additional materials; and leading class discussions.


Requirement/Grading

Grades will be based on the midterm exams (50%) and the final exam (50%). Attendance is required. Points may be deducted for missed class sessions or obvious unpreparedness.


Textbook & Reference

required: _The Norton Anthology of English Literature_, vol. 1 (ninth edition), or vols. A and B (tenth edition).



 



recommended reading: C.S. Lewis, _The Discarded Image_. E.M.W. Tillyard, _The Elizabethan World Picture_.


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