EN283: Schedule

All readings for the Middle Ages are in the Norton Anthology. King Lear, Paradise Lost, and Aphra Behn’s The Rover are separate texts. Students must use the four editions listed in the course Syllabus. No exceptions, including digital versions.

All other readings are provided in Poems. This digital resource may be used outside of class, but students must bring to class printed copies of these materials on the days indicated below.

Month/Day	Topic
The Middle Ages
8/28	Introduction, syllabus, schedule, course requirements
8/30	Beowulf, agons 1 and 2
9/6	Beowulf, agon 3
9/11	Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale
9/13	Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale
9/18	Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
9/20	Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Tale
9/25	Second Shepherd’s Play
9/27	Everyman
The Renaissance
10/2	Quiz 1
10/2	Shakespeare, King Lear Act 1
10/4	Shakespeare, King Lear Acts 2-3
10/9	Shakespeare, King Lear Act 4
10/11	Shakespeare, King Lear Acts 5
10/16	Shakespeare, Sonnets 15 and 73; Jonson, “On Court Worm” and “On Something that Walks Somewhere” (see Poems)
10/18	Jonson, “To Penshurst” (see Poems)
10/23	Lanyer, Description of Cooke-ham (see Poems)
10/25	Wroth, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus 1, 40, and 68 (see Poems)
10/30	Donne, “The Flea”; Holy Sonnet XIV: “Batter my heart” (see Poems)
11/1	Milton, Paradise Lost Book 1
11/6	Milton, Paradise Lost selections from Books 2, 4, and 5
11/8	Milton, Paradise Lost Book 9
11/13	Milton, Paradise Lost Book 9
The Restoration and Early 18th Century
11/15	Quiz 2
11/15	Behn, The Rover Act 1
11/27	Behn, The Rover Acts 2-3
11/29	Behn, The Rover Acts 4-5
12/4	Pope, Rape of the Lock Cantos 1-3 (see Poems)
12/6	Pope, Rape of the Lock Cantos 4-5 (see Poems)
12/12	Quiz 3 and Poetry Memorization