Schedule
I Humanism
Wed. Aug. 30 Introduction
Wed. Sept. 6 Origins of Humanism
- Burke (in Handout 2)
- Nauert (in Handout 1)
- King (in Handout 2)
- Vives (in Handout 1)
Mon. Sept. 11 Handout #3: Petrarch, “Self-Portrait,” “The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux,” and
Pico’s “Oration” (nos. 1-10, pp. 223-229)
Wed. Sept. 13 Sidney, “Defense of Poesy” (NA, pp. 1044-83)
Mon. Sept. 18 Humanist Courtly Poetry: [take some out, add some Sid]
Wyatt
- Wyatt” NA 646-48
- Whoso list, NA 649
- My galley, NA 651
- Blame not, NA 656
- Stand, NA 657
Howard
- “Howard,” NA 661-2
- Love, that doth reign, NA 663
- Th’Assyrians’ king, NA 664
- Wyatt resteth, NA 666
Sidney
- Sonnets 1, 5, 10, 72 (NA p. 1084 and following)
Wed. Sept. 20 More, Utopia, Book I (NA, 569-97)
Mon. Sept. 25 More, Utopia, Book II (NA, 597-645)
Wed. Sept. 27 Presentations
II Reformation
Mon. Oct. 2 Calvin, Institutes (handout)
Wed. Oct. 4 Marlowe, Dr. Faustus (NA 1127-47)
Mon. Oct. 9 Marlowe, Dr. Faustus (1147-63)
Quiz
Wed. Oct. 11 Donne, Holy Sonnets (NA 1410-15), “Good Friday,” NA 1415
Mon. Oct. 16 Report #2 Due; Reformation Presentations
III Renaissance Women
Wed. Oct. 18 Kelly, “Did Women Have a Renaissance?” (handout)
Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book 3 Canto 1 (Handout)
FQ Resources:
Mon. Oct. 23 Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book 3, Cantos 2 and 3.1-25
Summaries of Cantos 3 and 4
Wed. Oct. 25 Spenser, Faerie Queene
Book 3, Cantos 5.27-55 and 6.1-29
Mon. Oct. 30 Spenser, Faerie Queene
Book 3, Cantos 7-10 (summaries); Canto 11 summary, 28-29, 45-55; Canto 12
Quiz
Wed. Nov. 1 Poetry by Women:
- Aemelia Lanyer, "Eve's Apology" (NA 1433)
- Mary Wroth, Sonnets #1, 16, 39, 77 (NA 1566)
- Martha Moulsworth: "Memorandum"
Mon. Nov. 6 Presentations (Report #3 Due)
IV The Counter-Renaissance
Wed. Nov. 8 Machiavelli, The Prince: Introduction and “Letter”
- Chaps 1-9
- Chaps 14-19
- Chaps 25-26
Revenger's Tragedy, opening soliloquy (1.1.1-49)
Mon. Nov. 13 Revenger’s Tragedy, Acts 1-2
Wed. Nov. 15 Revenger’s Tragedy, Acts 3-5
Mon, Nov 20, and Wed, Nov 22: No Classes for Thanksgiving
Mon. Nov. 27 Presentations (Report #4 Due)
Noton on 'Renaissance Exploration"
Barlowe, "First Voyage"
V The New World
Wed. Nov. 29 Marvell, "Bermudas" (NA 1791)
Drayton, "Ode to the Virginia Voyage"
Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1
Mon. Dec. 4 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts 2-3
Wed. Dec. 6 Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts 4-5
Wed. Dec. 13, 1:00-3:00: New World Report due and Oral Presentations #5
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