English 204--Core II
Renaissance and Reformation
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[a.k.a. the Early Modern Period]
Section 01: MTWR 2:10-3:00
Spring 2005 Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic/Activity | Text | Work due | Links |
| I | 3/28 |
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Gerrit Dou: Prince Rupert as the Prophet Samuel taught by Eli George Wither: Emblem
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[numbers refer to pages in Longman Anthology unless noted otherwise]
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| 3/29 |
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Utopia Book I
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641-661 686-713 |
Thomas More Luminarium | |
| 3/30 | The Utopian quest |
Utopia Book 2
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713-755
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| 3/31 | holiday | ||||
| II | 4/4 | Exploration and Exploitation
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Barlow Harriot and Laudonniere, Sir Walter Ralegh
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1212-1217 1217-1222 1201-1211
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| 4/5 | Imperial Conquest | Christopher Marlowe: Tamburlaine I
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Prologue and Act I 2 .summary of Acts 2-5 and Thirst of Reign speech from Act II 3. Act 5 |
On Renaissance Pacifism and Militarism
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| 4/6 | Elizabeth--The Love of Power and the Power of Love The London Theatre--Marlowe
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Elizabeth
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1078-1082;1084-5 1090-93
Watch Shakespeare in Love |
Luminarium-Elizabeth
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| 4/7 | missed class | ||||
| III | 4/11 | Music, lyric and pastoral
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Marlowe--Ralegh dialogue
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1123-1125 |
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| 4/12 | Meter and rhyme |
Sidney-Astrophel and Stella |
1043-1046 |
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| 4/13 | The Great Globe itself Getty Trip preparation and assignment
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William Shakespeare: The Tempest |
1292-1321
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| 4/14 | The Tempest--Power and Magic |
William Shakespeare: The Tempest
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1321-1345 quiz
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| IV | 4/18 | The Renaissance Bible | Shakespeare and the Bible, Introduction [pdf file] [Printable version] Pico: Oration on the Dignity of Man
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| 4/19 | Creation and Genealogy | chapters 1-11[creation and
prehistory] narrative analysis paper assigned |
Images in the Sistine Chapel: Separating Light from Darkness," God, Creation of Adam, The Fall, Shakespeare and the Bible chapter 1, "Prosperity and Posterity" |
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| 4/20 | Patriarchs | Genesis 25.11-34; 27-33[Jacob-Israel] 37-48[Joseph] |
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| 4/21 | National Liberation
and Conquest;
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King James Bible: Exodus, Joshua | Exodus: chapters 1-20, 32, 40 Joshua 1-6
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| V | 4/25 | Establishment of Monarchy and Empire | Judges, Samuel, Kings | Judges: chapters 11, 13-16 I Samuel: chapter 2: verse 12-26[Eli and Samuel]; chapter 17 [David and Goliath] II Samuel: chapter 11-13[David, Bathsheba, Absalom] I Kings: chapters 3-6; 11 |
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| 4/26 | Parable
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King James Bible:
Matthew
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Matthew: chapters 1-11,13,26-28 quiz |
Renaissance
Paintings of Gospel Subjects
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| 4/27 | Vision | Revelation reading notes | Revelation: chapters 1, 4-7, 17-22 | Shakespeare and the Bible, chapter 7: A masque of Revelation: The Tempest as Apocalypse Durer's Apocalypse [student project] Revelations through Art[student project] |
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| 4/28 | no class | ||||
| 4/29 | reader's theatre --chapters from Bible and Bacon |
group picture | |||
| VI | 5/2 | Bacon: scepticism and experience Reading Renaissance prose |
Francis Bacon |
1747-1754
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| 5/3 | The New Atlantis: Scientists | Francis Bacon | Bacon texts on website: New Atlantis, Novum Organum
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The Mind Unbound (Michael Sweeney)
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| 5/4 | The New Jerusalem: Saints and Soldiers | The Civil Wars
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Milton, Areopagitica 1827-1837 Andrew Marvell: An Horatian Ode 1735 |
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| 5/5 | The New Jerusalem: Saints and Settlers | History of Plymouth Plantation | Donne 1367-1371 Bradford 1371-1381 Bay Psalm Book 1397-1400 |
King Charles I and family by Van Dyke | |
| VII | 5/9 | Biblical poetry, sacred
and profane
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King James Bible: Psalms,
Song of Solomon Lecture notes
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Psalms 1,2,19,22-24,42,51,137,148,150
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| 5/10 | Holy Sonnets [meter and rhyme] Donne |
John Donne: |
John Donne 1647-8,
1662-1667 Bacon, Aphorism LX |
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| 5/11 | Herbert: The Temple | George Herbert
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Redemption1686
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Luminarium--Donne | |
| 5/12 | Herbert: The Temple Edward Taylor |
George Herbert
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Deniall
1692 |
Luminarium--Herbert |
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| VIII | 5/16 | Songs and Sonnets
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John Donne
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1648-1662 |
Luminarium--Herbert |
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Mary Wroth | Mary Wroth 1668-1674 | Luminarium--Wroth | ||
| 5/18 | Andrew Marvell | Andrew Marvell: |
Luminarium--Marvell | ||
| 5/19 | The Last Epic: Hell |
Paradise
Lost 1-2
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1836-1880
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A reader's guide to Paradise Lost Paintings and Illustrations of Paradise Lost
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| IX | 5/23 | Heaven and Earth | Paradise Lost
3-4 Lecture Notes |
1880-1912 |
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| 5/24 | The Creation
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Milton, Paradise Lost 5-8 |
1912-1933 quiz |
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| 5/25 | Falling from Grace | Milton, Paradise Lost 9 |
1934-1959
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| 5/26 | History and Prophecy | Milton, Paradise Lost 10-12 | 1959-1985 | "The Prophet Disarmed: Milton and the Quakers" | |
| X | 5/30 | holiday | |||
| 5/31 | English in America |
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| 6/1 | Creative Projects |
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| 6/2 | Final exam review | Creative Project presentations (continued) | |||
| XI | 6/7 (Tues) 1:10-4:00
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Final Exam |
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Texts
- The Longman Anthology of British Literature, volume 1B [or all of volume 1]
- Authorized King James Version of the Bible
- Online selections linked to syllabus
Workload and Grading
- 15%--reading quizzes
- 40%--3 short papers [750-850 words]
- 15%--Getty paper or midterm exam
- 15%--creative project [includes scene from Tempest]
- 15%--final exam
For tips on writing, please consult these pages:
Rules
- Late papers are penalized one full grade for each class session's delay unless a postponement is granted by the instructor in advance.
- Attendance is not optional. Each unexcused absence beyond two lowers the grade by one half letter; seven or more unexcused absences result in no credit. Three unexcused latenesses count for one absence. Certified medical absences or job interviews are not counted in these totals and are the only reason for makeups .
- Deliberate plagiarism or other forms of cheating result in a failing grade and referral to the dean. Students are responsible for understanding the definition of plagiarism. Please consult the instructor if this Plagiarism and Documentation webpage the subject doesn't make it clear to you.