Course Calendar, Winter 2007
| Term:
Winter, 2007
Class: WF 12-2 or 2-4, 10-124 Office: 47-35G, tel. 756-2636 Office Hours: T 2-4, W 4:30-5:30, F 11-12, and by appt. |
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Dr. Debora
B. Schwartz
http://www.calpoly.edu/~dschwart Main English Office: 756-2597 e-mail: dschwart@calpoly.edu |
For your convenience, this version of the course calendar provides page references from the 7th ed. of the Norton Anthology of English Literature (2000) rather than the 8th ed. (2006), the required textbook for this class. Please note that there are some differences between the two editions, and that you are responsible for ALL readings AS PRINTED IN THE 8TH ED. If you choose to use an older edition, you are responsible:
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Topic | Readings | Notes / Research Assignments | |
| Day 1 | Course format and requirements.
Introduction to the Renaissance: Politics and God. |
In class: selections from Everyman (handout). | Based on the Schedule Availability sheet distributed
in class, you will be assigned to a Research Group for hte Practicum
component of this class: hands-on practice, in groups, to master
the basic tools of literary research. You are expected to meet
with your Research Group weekly. Five guided research assignments
will introduce you to some research
tools accessible online through the Kennedy
Library to identify and obtain appropriate secondary sources (scholarly
criticism) on a literary research topic.
Contrary to popular belief, reputable scholarly resources are NOT typically available for free over the Web to anyone. They are found in expensive, subscription-only databases which take an increasingly large bite out of the Kennedy Library's Materials Acquisition budget each year -- so you owe it to yourselves to use them effectively! To access restricted resources from off campus, you will be prompted to log in (using your PolyCard barcode, the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard); or you can log in at MyPolycat each time you visit the Kennedy Library site. Please be aware that little if any material found using standard web search engines (Google, Lycos, etc.) is suitable for citation in a research paper. Relatively few reliable scholarly journals, ebooks or encylopedias are currently available free on the web (although many valid scholarly resources can be accessed through online subscription databases which that are part of the Kennedy Library collections, and which you will learn to use through Guided Research Exercises 4 (Using Full-Text Subscription Databases) and 5 (E-books in NetLibrary). You are strongly advised to consult Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools as you work on the Guided Research Assignments.. |
| Day 2 | Marlowe's Dr. Faustus | Backgrounds: The Elizabethan Theater
(NA 490-5); Christopher Marlowe (NA 970-1); Dr. Faustus (NA
990-1); diagram of A London Playhouse of Shakespeare's Time, NA appendix
A-62. Also print out 1st page only of e-reserve Images
of Renaissance Theaters (1st page shows a theater cross-section called
"At Rehearsal"; no need to print out second page, the same diagram found
at NA A-62).
Primary Reading: Dr.
Faustus (NA 991-1023).
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Read completely through the
information on the ENGL
204 Home Page and familiarize yourself with the class Calendar.
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT (do as much as you have time for; catch up over the week-end!) Today we will meet in our regular classroom (10-124) rather than the library (35-111h), where we will meet on five Fridays this quarter (starting next week) for hands-on practice with basic research tools. Today's reading assignment prepares you for the practicumcomponent of the class. Read through Preliminaries 1: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools and come to class able to list the 5 kinds of sources, how to find them, and the basic models for documenting them correctly. Be able to list the 4 modes of access for source materials. Know what "SFX" and "PolySearch"are (and their limitations). Finally, SKIM through MLA HB chapters 1 and 2 (so you'll know what's there), and read carefully the section on italics (underlining) and on the Titles of Works (in the chapter called the Mechanics of Writing -- you will need to be clear on this information to write the bibliographic citations starting with our next library meeting). |
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | The Renaissance World View: Politics and God. | Backgrounds I: Introduction to the Sixteenth Century
(469-98); from "The Persistence of English," selections on the Emergence
of the English Language and on Dictionaries and Rules (xxxviii-xlii); from
the Appendices, the British monarchs of the House of Tudor (A40);
"Religions in England" (A42-A43).
Online reading: Humanist Grammar School. Backgrounds II: specific contexts for primary readings as assigned on the Study Guide. Primary Readings: selections by Sir Thomas More, John Foxe, The Book of Homilies, Roger Ascham, Sir Thomas Hoby and Sir Walter Ralegh as assigned on Study Guide. |
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT: readings preparing you for
the practicumcomponent
of the class. Research groups will be assigned this week.
REVIEW (or finish reading!) Preliminaries 1: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools and come to class able to list the 5 kinds of sources, how to find them, and the basic models for documenting them correctly. Be able to list the 4 modes of access for source materials. Know what "SFX" and "PolySearch"are (and their limitations). Finally, SKIM through MLA HB chapters 1-3 (so you'll know what's there), and read carefully the section on italics (underlining) and on the Titles of Works (in the chapter called the Mechanics of Writing -- you will need to be clear on this information to write the bibliographic citations starting with our next library meeting). |
| Day 2 | Vernacular Poetry: Theory and Practice (Sidney's Defense of Poesy; and Sonnets I) | Backgrounds II: specific contexts for primary
readings
as assigned on Study
Guide.
Primary Readings: selections by Sir Thomas More, John Foxe, The Book of Homilies, Roger Ascham, Sir Thomas Hoby and Sir Walter Ralegh as assigned on Study Guide. Background I: specific contexts for Sidney's Defense of Poesy as assigned on Study Guide. Backgrounds II: specific contexts for sonnets as assigned on Study Guide. Online reading: An Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems. Primary Readings: Sidney's Defense of Poesy (934-43, 946-8, 953-4); sonnets as assigned on Study Guide. Review selection from Hoby's translation of Castiglione's The Courtier |
Homework: Read
carefully through the
profile
of Polycat on Dr.
Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. Be sure you
are clear about what it is, what it contains, when (and why) to use it,
its strengths and its limitations.
PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to divide up tasks and begin work on the first Group Research Exercise. If you have any questions about the assignment, come to one of my office hours, or ask about it in class. Click on the link below to review the detailed instructions for for the first group research assignment: Research Step 1: Kennedy Library Collections via Polycat. You will follow these directions to learn how to locate secondary sources on your topic (i.e. studies ABOUT your author, topic or work, not the text itself) in the Kennedy Library collections. The directions will also guide your research group though submitting the first TWO RESEARCH REPORTS to the class research archive, 1) "Searching Polycat" and 2) "Kennedy Library Results." Reminder: the class research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board." To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 204" from the classes you are taking; then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching. (I will create a separate "forum" for each author/text.) |
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Sonnets II | Background: review specific contexts for sonnets
as
assigned on Study
Guide.
Primary Readings: sonnets by Spenser, Shakespeare and Wroth as assigned on Study Guide. Written Assignment: Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29. Review Hints for Reading the Poems and online reading An Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems. |
Homework: Read carefully through the description
of LINK+ and its profile
on Dr.
Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. Be sure you
are clear about what it is, what can be borrowed from it, when (and why)
to use it, its strengths and its limitations.
PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to divide up tasks and begin work on the second Group Research Exercise. If you have any questions about the assignment, come to one of my office hours, or ask about it in class. Prior to your research group meeting, click on the link below to review the detailed instructions for Research Step 2: Using LINK+. By following these directions, you will learn how to use LINK+ to order additional secondary sources from cooperating libraries (but you will NOT actually PLACE an order, unless you actually intend to read the book for your own pleasure!). The directions will also guide you though submitting your next TWO RESEARCH REPORTS to the class research archive: 1) LINK+ Search Results"; and 2)"LINK+ Item Citation." NOTE: LINK+ can be used to order books only -- not journal articles. It is fast -- books ordered through LINK+ typically arrive within 2-3 days. |
| Day 2 | Other Elizabethan Lyrics (especially pastoral). | Background: 485-90, esp. on 489-90 on Pastoral
mode; online reading Pastoral
Poetry; 479-85 on Queen Elizabeth and on women's education, literary
activity and participation in the public sphere; headnote (only) to Isabella
Whitney (606) on the issue of women writing.
Headnotes to assigned poets: Queen Elizabeth (593-4), Spenser (614-6), Ralegh (878-9), Marlowe (970-1), Mary Herbert (957-8), Campion (1196). Primary Readings: Specific poems are assigned throughout the study guide; note that Mary Herbert's "A Dialogue Between Two Shepherds" is on e-reserve. Review Sidney's comments on pastoral poetry (943). |
Review Hints
for Reading the Poems and online reading An
Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems.
NOTE: be aware that erotic love poetry akin to Marlowe's, Ralegh's and Campion's pastoral lyrics will be written well into the 17th century: see e.g. Donne's "The Bait"; Herrick's "To the Virgins"; Suckling's "Song" and "Out Upon It"; and Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" (all of which we will read later this term). |
Week 4 (January 31 - February
2)
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Epic I: Spenser's Faerie Queene | Background: 473-4, 489-90, 614-6, 622-52.
Review Sidney's comments on "heroical" poetry (943-4). Book I of The Faerie Queene: Opening letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, four-stanza prologue, and cantos 1 and 2 (624-52). |
Homework: Read carefully through the profile of
the MLA
Bibliography on
Dr.
Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools . Be sure
you are clear about what it is, when (and why) to use it, its strengths
and its limitations. Read information on SFX
and its limitations.
(Remember: the MLA Bibliography is NOT itself a mode
of access for secondary sources. . .) Review information on ILL
(Interlibrary Loan) as a mode of access distinct from LINK+.
PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to divide up tasks and begin work on the next Group Research Exercise. If you have any questions about the assignment, come to one of my office hours, or ask about it in class. Prior to your research group meeting, click on the link below to review the detailed instructions for Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figuring out how to access them!) By following these directions, you will learn to use the MLA Bibliography to identify additional secondary sources on your topic and Interlibrary Loan to access articles and books which are not available at Cal Poly (or through LINK+) -- but again, you will NOT actually PLACE an order, unless you actually intend to read the article or essay for your own pleasure! The directions will also help you prepare your next THREE RESEARCH REPORTS for the class research archive: 1) "MLA search results"; 2) "ILL journal article"; and 3) either "LINK+ Edited Essay" OR "ILL Edited Essay," depending on which mode of access you would use to obtain the edited essay (or "book article") you have selected. |
| Day 2 | Epic I: Spenser's Faerie Queene, continued | Book I of The Faerie Queene: cantos 4 and 5 (662-87). | Begin review for Midterm; work on paper 1., due in class on F 2/9 OR to my mailbox in the main English office no later than 4 PM on M 2/12. |
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Epic I: Spenser's Faerie Queene, continued | Book I of The Faerie Queene: cantos 7 and 8 and 9 and 10 (698-750). | PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to finish up remaining pieces of the first three Research Exercises and/or to review for the Midterm Exam. MATERIAL COVERED IN THE FIRST THREE RESEARCH EXERCISES WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE EXAM! |
| Day 2: | Epic I: Spenser's
Faerie
Queene, conclusion.
Introduction to Shakespeare's The Tempest. |
1st hour (or as needed): Book I of The
Faerie Queene:
cantos and 11
and
12
(750-72).
2nd hour: Backgrounds to William Shakespeare's The Tempest
|
Continue review for Midterm;
PAPER
1 DUE (or may be turned into my mailbox in the main English office
by 4 PM on Monday 2/12 at the latest.)
SIGN UP IN CLASS FOR 10-Min. CONFERENCE on paper 1 during weeks 7-8. |
PAPER 1 is normally due at our last class meeting of week 5 (F 3/9).
However, upon request (and only with prior approval), I will
grant any student an extension until 4 PM on Monday 2/12 at the
latest. In that case, please turn in your paper to one of the secretaries
(or the box with my name) in the main English office.
| Topic | Notes | ||
| Day 1 | MIDTERM EXAM | Be sure to sign up for 10-minute paper conference weeks 7-8 if you did not do so at last class meeting. | |
| Day 2 | NO CLASS MEETING -- George Washington's Birthday observed. GET STARTED ON READINGS ASSIGNED FOR NEXT WEEK!! | ||
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Shakespeare's The Tempest | Tempest Backgrounds II (in
the Signet Classics Tempest): "Introduction," lxiii-lxxvii;
"Textual Note" and "The Sources of The Tempest (89-93), as well
as ALL SOURCES printed in the Signet Classics text, pp. 91-105.
Also review previously assigned Tempest background readings I
Shakespeare's The Tempest: Print out study guide and read whole play before our class meeting. |
Homework: Read about electronic
modes of access and the profiles of the four full-text
journal databases we will be using on Dr.
Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. Be clear
about what each database includes, what to use them for, and their advantages
and disadvantages. Carefully read information on SFX
and on Polysearch
(and their limitations).
Know what to add to the citation of a journal
article citation accessed electronically through a subscription
database.
PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to divide up tasks and begin work on the next Group Research Exercise. If you have any questions about the assignment, come to one of my office hours, or ask about it in class. Prior to your research group meeting, click on the link below to review the detailed instructions for Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases. This exercise will guide you as you learn to search for full-text journal articles on your topic in four of Cal Poly's subscription journal databases. The directions will also help you prepare your next four research reports for the class research archive: "Muse Results," "EAI Results," ASE Results" and "JSTOR Results." INDIVIDUALLY, meet with me for your 10-minute paper conference (sign-ups took place prior to the Midterm Exam). Begin work on Paper 2, due Friday 3/9 (or, with prior approval, on Monday 3/12 at the latest). In some cases, Paper 2 may be a revision of Paper 1. |
| Day 2 | Early Seventeenth-Century Lyrics I: John Donne and Metaphysical Poetry. | Review Hints
for Reading the Poems and online reading An
Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems.
Background: NA 1209-1232 and headnote to Donne, NA 1233-5. Donne: "The Flea" (1236); "Song": "Go and Catch a Falling Star" (1237); "The Sun Rising" (1239); "The Indifferent" (1239); "The Canonization" (1240); "The Bait" (1247); "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" (1248); Elegy 19, "To His Mistress Going to Bed" (1256); "Satire 3" (1257); Holy Sonnets 1, 10, 17 (1268-71); "Meditation 17" (1277-8). We may also BEGIN discussion of "metaphysical" poets (George) Herbert, Crashaw, Marvell and Edwards in the second hour of class (discussion to be continued into our next class meeting). Metaphysical Poets Background: review NA 1209-1232 and read headnotes to the assigned Metaphysical poets: (George) Herbert (NA 1595-6); Crashaw (NA 1629-30); Marvell (NA 1684-5); and the American Edward Taylor (selections on e-reserve; be sure to PRINT OUT these selections and bring them with you to class). Review Hints for Reading the Poems and online reading An Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems. For specific poems assigned, follow links above or see primary readings checklist on study guide. |
Week 8 (February 28 - March 2)
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Metaphysical
Poets, cont.;
Early Seventeenth-Century Lyrics II: Ben Jonson and the "Cavalier" Poets / "Sons of Ben" |
1) As needed, continue discussion of Metaphysical
poets assigned for last class meeting.
Background: review NA 1209-1232 and read headnotes to the assigned Metaphysical poets: (George) Herbert (NA 1595-6); Crashaw (NA 1629-30); Marvell (NA 1684-5); and the American Edward Taylor (selections on e-reserve; be sure to PRINT OUT these selections and bring them with you to class). Review Hints for Reading the Poems and online reading An Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems. For specific poems assigned, follow links above or see primary readings checklist on study guide. 2) Ben Jonson and the "Sons of Ben" / "Cavalier" poets Background: read headnotes to assigned poets: Jonson (NA 1292-4); Herrick (NA 1643-4); Carew (NA 1656); Suckling (NA 1664-5); Lovelace (NA 1670); Marvell (NA 1684-5). For specific poems assigned, follow links above or see primary readings checklist on study guide. |
Homework: Review information on electronic
modes of access and read carefully through the profile of NetLibrary
on Dr.
Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. Be clear
about what it is, when and how to use it, its strengths and its limitations.
Know what to add to the bibliographic citation of an ebook
accessed through a subscription
database like NetLibrary.
PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to divide up tasks and begin work on the last Group Research Exercise. If you have any questions about the assignment, come to one of my office hours, or ask about it in class. Prior to your research group meeting, click on the link below to review the detailed instructions for Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary This exercise will guide you as you learn to search directly in the ebooks found in NetLibrary, another of Cal Poly's subscription databases. The directions will also help you prepare your last research report for the class research archive, "NetLibrary Results." |
| Day 2 | "Cavalier" Poets / "Sons of Ben", cont.; | 1) As needed, continue discussion of Cavalier Poets
/ "Sons of Ben" assigned for last class meeting.
2) Women's Voices: 17th-Century Poetry and Politics. Background: review NA 1218-29; read "Voices of the War" (NA 1725-6) and headnotes to the assigned 17th-century women writers: Aemilia Lanyer (NA 1281-2); Katherine Philips (NA 1679); Lady Anne Halkett ((NA 1730-31); Margaret Cavendish (NA 1759, as well as the headnote to The Blazing World, NA 1765); Anne Bradstreet (background info is an online reading; be sure to PRINT IT OUT and bring it with you to class!) For specific poems assigned, follow links above or see primary readings checklist on study guide. Review Hints for Reading the Poems and online reading An Approach to Reading and Writing About Poems. |
Begin work on your individual Composite
Bibliography of works on your topic found using the tools covered
in the five group research assignments. NOTE: As necessary,
you will need to add or substitute items so that your composite
Bibliography 1) does NOT include the same secondary sources used by any
other members of your research group (no credit for duplicated items!);
and 2) DOES include each of the required types
of sources and modes
of access.
REMEMBER -- the Composite Bibliography is an INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT worth 10% of your course grade, so complete it with care! NOTE: by the end of this week, you should have met with me for your 10-minute paper conference (sign-ups took place prior to the midterm exam). CONTINUE WORK ON PAPER 2 (which in some cases may be a revision of Paper 1). |
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Backgrounds to Milton and contexts for Paradise Lost | 1) Complete Discussion of 17th-century Women Writers.
2) Background to Milton: review NA 1220-30 and 1725-6 ("Voices of the War"), and read headnotes to Milton (NA 1771-4), Lycidas (NA 1790-1), Milton's Sonnets (NA 1811) and Paradise Lost. (NA 1815-6). I. Milton's Youthful Works and Poetic Ambitions. 1) Pastoral elegy: Lycidas (NA 1791-6); 2) Sonnets: "How Soon Hath Time," "To the Lord General Cromwell," "When I Consider" and "Methought I Saw" (NA 1812-5); 3) "Plans and Projects" from The Reason of Church Government Urged Against Prelaty (NA 1796-1801). |
PRACTICUM: you should
meet with your research group this week at your assigned time to wrap
up work on any remaining research exercises and/or reports to the Research
Archive, as well as to decide who gets to use which specific works on your
individually submitted Composite Bibliographies. (You can also use
this time to begin review for the Final Exam.) NOTE: the LAST
DAY TO POST TO THE CLASS RESEARCH ARCHIVE is Sunday, 3/11. Any postings
made after that date will not be counted.
Individually, continue work on Paper 2 (due F 3/9, or, with prior approval, by M 3/12 at the latest). Also, continue work on your Composite Bibliography, due at our last class meeting (F 3/16). Citations should be alphabetized and presented in the appropriate formats for a list of Works Cited entry (consult your MLA Handbook!). Your grade will be reduced for:
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| Day 2 | Epic II: Milton's Paradise Lost | II. Milton's epic: Paradise Lost, Bk. 1: all ; Bk. 2: all; Bk. 3: lines 1-587. |
LAST DATE TO POST REPORTS TO THE CLASS RESEARCH ARCHIVE is SUNDAY, MARCH 11.
PAPER 2 is normally due at our last class meeting of week 9 (F 3/9). However, upon request (and only with prior approval), I will grant any student an extension until 4 PM on Monday 3/12 at the latest. In that case, please turn in your paper to one of the secretaries (or the box with my name) in the main English office.
| Topic | Reading | Notes | |
| Day 1 | Epic II: Milton's Paradise Lost, continued | Paradise Lost, Bk. 4: lines 1-843; Bk. 5: lines 1-135, 377-512, 600-670, 743-848; Bk. 7: lines 1-39; Bk. 8: lines 249-653; Bk. 9: all. [Note that we are skipping Bk. 6, an account of the War in Heaven.] | PRACTICUM: you should meet with your research
group this week at your assigned time to doublecheck each other's Composite
Bibliographies to ensure that no sources (other than your primary text)
appear on more than one bibliography.
You are also encouraged to use your regular meeting time to review for the Final Exam. Individually, continue work on your Composite Bibliography, due at our last class meeting (F 3/16). |
| Day 2 | Epic II: Milton's Paradise Lost, conclusion | Paradise Lost, Bk. 10: lines 68-208, 414-584, 706-1104; Bk. 11: lines 1-384; Bk. 12: lines 466-649. | Composite Bibliography DUE; last class meeting.. |
Final Exams: section 01, M 3/19, 10:10 AM - 1:00 PM; section 02, Th 3/22, 1:10-4:00 PM. (NO EXCEPTIONS!!)
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