English 205:
Class Schedule

Instructor: Ann Warren
Phone: (310) 233-4244
E-mail: annw708@gmail.com

Course Schedule: Week 1 Course Schedule: Week 2 Course Schedule: Week 3 Course Schedule: Week 4 Course Schedule: Week 5
Discussion Questions Writing Assignments

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week 1 July 19 INTRODUCTION
Introduction to English Literature
The Role of Poetry in Early Cultures
Writing About Literature
Go to Discussion Questions 1
Reading: Reading: Lecture 1
Bede, "Caedmon's Hymn"
"The Dream of the Rood"
"The Wanderer"
"The Wife's Lament"
Week 1 July 20
Old English Literature
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Lecture 2
Beowulf (This can be found in the Files section on Canvas)
(If you would prefer to listen, there's a YouTube version here: Beowulf)
Week 1 July 21
Old English Literature
No new lecture today
Go to Discussion Questions 2
Reading: Beowulf (This can be found in the Files section on Canvas)
(If you would prefer to listen, there's a YouTube version here: Beowulf)
Week 2 July 26
The Middle Ages
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Lecture 3
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 2 July 27
The Middle Ages
No new lecture today
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Week 2 July 28
The Middle Ages
Go to Discussion Questions 3
Reading: Lecture 4
Chaucer, from The Canterbury Tales:
"The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"
NOTE: In the left column, scroll down and click the button that says "Modern and middle english side by side"; read BOTH the Prologue and the Tale
Week 3 August 2
The Sixteenth Century
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Lecture 5
Kempe, excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe:
Malory, excerpts from Morte Darthur:
Week 3 August 3
The Sixteenth Century
No Discussion Questions due today
quill penPaper 1 due
Reading: Lecture 6
Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
Week 3 August 4
The Sixteenth Century
No new lecture today
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
Week 4 August 9
The Sixteenth Century
No new lecture today
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
Week 4 August 10
The Sixteenth Century
No Discussion Questions due today
Reading: Lecture 7
Shakespeare, King Lear
Week 4 August 11
The Sixteenth Century
No new lecture today
Go to Discussion Questions 4
Reading: Shakespeare, King Lear
Week 5 August 16
The Sixteenth Century
No Discussion Questions due today
quill penPaper 2 due
Reading: Lecture 8
Donne, Herrick, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress"
Week 5 August 17
The Sixteenth Century
No new lecture today
Go to Discussion Questions 5
Reading: Donne, Herrick, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress"
Week 5 August 18 FINAL EXAM
quill penFinal Exam due

No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately.