English 205:
Class Schedule

Instructor: Ann Warren
Office Hours: Meetings on Zoom or in person, by appointment; e-mail me to set up a time
E-mail: annw708@gmail.com

Course Schedule: Week 1

Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5

Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9

Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15

Course Schedule: Final Exam

Week 1 Aug. 29-Sept. 4 INTRODUCTION Introduction to English Literature The Role of Poetry in Early Cultures Writing About Literature No Discussion Questions due this week Check out the English 205 Message Board and introduce yourself to the class: We will be using the Canvas Discussion Board for this class. Click on the link below to get to the LACCD portal, sign in, and then click on the link for Canvas in the right column. This will take you to the Canvas dashboard. From there, click on the square with the name of our class. Once you've entered the class, you will find the "Discussions" link on the left side of the screen: LACCD portal	Reading: Lecture 1 Bede, "Caedmon's Hymn" "The Dream of the Rood" "The Wanderer" "The Wife's Lament"
Week 2 Sept. 5-11 Old English Literature Go to Discussion Questions 1	Reading: Lecture 2 Beowulf This is a very long poem; read the whole thing. (If you would prefer to listen, there's a YouTube version here: Beowulf)
Week 3 Sept. 12-18 The Middle Ages Go to Discussion Questions 2	Reading: Lecture 3 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 4 Sept. 19-25 The Middle Ages Go to Discussion Questions 3	Reading: Lecture 4 Chaucer, from The Canterbury Tales: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" (You can read the Middle English and the Modern translation side by side; I recommend this.)
Week 5 Sept. 26-Oct. 2 The Sixteenth Century Go to Discussion Questions 4	Reading: Lecture 5 Kempe, excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe: The Birth of Her First Child and Her Vision Her Pride and Attempts to Start a Business Margery and Her Husband Reach a Settlement Malory, excerpts from Morte Darthur: Read a summary of the full story at Morte Darthur Summary Read Books XX and XXI of Morte Darthur
Week 6 Oct. 3-9 The Sixteenth Century No Discussion Questions due this week Paper 1 due	Reading: Lecture 6 More, excerpts from Utopia: Book II Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of the Religions of the Utopians
Week 7 Oct. 10-16 The Sixteenth Century Go to Discussion Questions 5	Reading: Lecture 7 Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
Week 8 Oct. 17-23 The Sixteenth Century No Discussion Questions due this week	Reading: Lecture 8 Shakespeare, King Lear
Week 9 Oct. 24-30 The Seventeenth Century Go to Discussion Questions 6	Reading: Lecture 9 Donne, "The Flea" "The Canonization" "A Valediction Of Weeping" "The Bait" "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" "Holy Sonnet 10" "Holy Sonnet 14" Herrick, "Delight in Disorder" "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" "The Night-Piece, to Julia" Herbert, "Easter Wings" "Denial" "The Pulley" Crashaw, "To the Infant Martyrs" Vaughan, "They Are All Gone..." "The Waterfall" Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress"
Week 10 Oct. 31-Nov. 6 The Seventeenth Century Paper 2 due	Reading: Lecture 10 Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
Week 11 Nov. 7-13 The Seventeenth Century No Discussion Questions due this week	Reading: Lecture 11 Milton, selections from Paradise Lost: Required: Books 1, 5, and 9 Optional: Books 4, 8, and 10
Week 12 Nov. 14-20 The Seventeenth Century Go to Discussion Questions 7	Reading: Lecture 12 Pepys, excerpt from The Diary on The Great Fire of London Locke, excerpts from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Required: Book IV, Chapters 1-4 Optional: Book IV, Chapters 5, 10, 13 Defoe, excerpt from Roxana: Chapter 13
Week 13 Nov. 21-23 The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century No Discussion Questions due this week	Reading: Lecture 13 Gay, The Beggar's Opera
Week 14 Nov. 28-Dec. 4 The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century Go to Discussion Questions 8	Reading: Lecture 14 Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Parts 1 and 4 (read all chapters in each Part)
Week 15 Dec. 5-11 CATCH YOUR BREATH Week	No reading assignment for this week
Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam due	The final exam is due on or before Monday, Dec. 12, by midnight. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately.