Eh 241 Syllabus

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Week One:

August            30        Selections for the        Diary of Christopher Columbus

September       1          Selections from           The Divine Comedy

Week Two:

September 6                Chaucer                       “The Prologue”

September 8                Chaucer                       “The Knight’s Tale”

Week Three:

September 13              Chaucer                       “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”

September 15              More                            The Utopia                     

Week Four:

September 20              Spenser                        Selections from “The Faerie Queen”

September 22              Spenser                        Selections from “The Faerie Queen”

Week Five

September 27              Shakespeare                Selected Sonnets

September 29              Shakespeare                Selected Sonnets

Week Six:

October 4                    Milton                         Selected Poems

October 6                    Milton                         Selected Poems           [Individual Presentations]

Week Seven:

October 13                  Bunyan                        The Pilgrim’s Progress

Week Eight:

October 18                  Bunyan                        The Pilgrim’s Progress

October 20                  Midterm

Week Nine:

October 25                  Defoe                          Robinson Crusoe

October 27

Week Ten:

November 1                Defoe                          Robinson Crusoe

November 3                Defoe                          Robinson Crusoe

Week Eleven:

November 8                Shelley                                    Frankenstein

November 10              Shelley                                    Frankenstein

Week Twelve:

November 15              Shelley                        Frankenstein               [Group Presentations]

November 17

Week Thirteen:

November 22              Bronte                         Jane Eyre

Week Fourteen:

November 29              Bronte                         Jane Eyre

December 1                 Bronte                         Jane Eyre

Week Fifteen:

December 6                 Bronte                         Jane Eyre

December 8                 Review                                                            [Long Papers Due]

Finals TBA