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: Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" (cont'd)

class 6: MIDTERM EXAM; Thomas More, Utopia; Thomas Wyatt, "Whoso List to Hunt'' and "I Find No Peace'': pp. 80-103, 123-124

class 7: William Tyndale, Thomas More, Roger Ascham, Thomas Hoby, Elizabeth I: pp. 80-103, 123-124, 172-175, 178-192, 235-238, 241, 244-245

class 8: Edmund Spenser, Amoretti 1, 37, 54, 65, 75, 79; The Faerie Queene Book I, Cantos 2, 6

class 9: John Lyly, Euphues; Philip Sidney, Defense of Poesy, Astrophil and Stella 1, 5, 41, 52, 71: pp. 511-513, 525-537

class 10: Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus, scenes 1, 5, 12, 13

class 11: William Shakespeare, sonnets 3, 20, 73, 94, 106, 116, 130, 138, 144, 147

class 12: William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts I-II

class 13: William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts III-V

class 14:  FINAL EXAM

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.

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

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_.