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:
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Week 3 August 3 The Sixteenth Century No Discussion Questions due today Paper 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 Paper 2 due |
Reading: Lecture 8 Donne,
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Week 5 August 17 The Sixteenth Century No new lecture today Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Donne,
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Week 5 August 18 FINAL EXAM Final Exam due |
No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |