Medieval and Renaissance Literature Professor Fradenburg lfraden@english.ucsb.edu South Hall 2708
T 4/1 Introduction R 4/3 CLASS CANCELLED Academic Student Employee Union on strike
T 4/8 Introductory Material on Anglo-Saxon Literature, incl. selection from Bedes History; Caedmons Hymn; Introductory Material on Beowulf ; Beowulf R 4/10 Beowulf
T 4/15 Introduction on The Fourteenth Century and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Fitt I R 4/17 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitts II & III
T 4/22 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitt IV R 4/24 Introductory material on Geoffrey Chaucer; Chaucer, portrait of the Wife of Bath in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; The Wife of Baths Prologue
T 4/29 Chaucer, The Wife of Baths Tale R 5/1 Chaucer, the Millers portrait in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; The Millers Prologue and Tale
T 5/6 Chaucer, The Millers Prologue and Tale R 5/8 OED/CHAUCER Paper Due; Introduction, on The Fifteenth Century, MysteryPlays, the Wakefield Second Shepherds Play
T 5/13 MIDTERM R 5/15 Introductory Material on Shakespeare, Shakespeares Sonnets
T 5/20 Introductory Material on The Early Seventeenth Century; Introductory 2
Material on John Donne; Donnes The Flea, The Sun Rising, The Canonization,Nocturnall on St. Lucies Day, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, The Relic,Holy Sonnets #10 & #14 R 5/22 Introductory Material on Shakespeares King Lear, King Lear, Acts I and II
T 5/27 Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III R 5/29 Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV; OED/SHAKESPEARE PAPER DUE
T 6/3 Introductory Material on Milton; Aereopagitica; Paradise Lost, Book IV R 6/5 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX
W 6/11 FINAL EXAM, 12-3pm
Required Text: The Norton Anthology of English Poetry, Medieval and Renaissance
Class Requirements: Midterm, 25%; Final (not cumulative, 25%) (both exams will be multiple-choice scantron exams); OED paper on Chaucer, 5-7 pages, 25%; OED paper on Shakespeare, 5-7 pages, 25%. By OED paper I mean that, for both papers, you will use the Oxford English Dictionary to find out the etymology and meanings of 10 key words in a passage from Chaucer and then from Shakespeare, and build close readings of the passages on your research into the language. This is not a vocabulary exercise but a way for you to conduct original research for a critical interpretation of the poetry. Your TA can raise your final grade by a + or lower it by a depending on whether youve passed or failed their requirements for class attendance and participation.
Class Policies: No laptops or phones in class; zero tolerance on plagiarism; no makeup exams unless you have official written confirmation of medical ailments or family emergencies. By official I mean from a doctor, funeral director or court clerk. If you have made travel plans that conflict with the exam dates, you can either unmake them, or take this class at another time.
A. P. Cowie - The Oxford History of English Lexicography_ Volume I_ General-Purpose Dictionaries_ Volume II_ Specialized Dictionaries Two-Volume Set (Two Volume Set)-Oxford University Press, USA (2009