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A NOTE ON RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS:  The second column of the course calendar guides you through using some of the research tools accessible online through the Kennedy  Library to identify and obtain appropriate secondary sources (scholarly criticism) on your 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); or you can log in at MyPolycat each time you visit the Kennedy Library site.

Please note that searching the Web with a standard search engine (such as Google, Lycos, etc.) will NOT typically turn up resources appropriate for citation in a research paper.  With the exception of genuine scholarly work made available on a reputable scholarly website  by a recognized, academic author (e.g. unpublished conference papers, previously published essays, book chapters or journal articles), material found online is HIGHLY UNLIKELY to be suitable for citation in your research paper.  If you DO choose to look for other resources on the web, be sure to consult Finding and Evaluating Websites for tips on how to evaluate the scholarly validity of a website or resource found online.  One sign of a reputable scholarly source MAY be a URL (web address) ending with ".edu"; but keep in mind that such web-sites may also be student-authored work (posted on his or her own or a professor's website) which is not typically suitable for citation in a research paper.

A NOTE ON LINKS: Some required readings are on "electronic reserve" through the Kennedy Library.  To access electronic readings, click on the link on the course calendar (or on the reserve list for ENGL 439 or ENGL 203) and type in your last name and library barcode (the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard) at the prompt.  Follow instructions to PRINT OUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS AND BRING THEM WITH YOU TO CLASS!!

There are also links to study guides created for another course in which an assigned work or author is taught.  Linked study guides are provided for your convenience only; be aware that they contain instructions and/or links that are not relevant to our class.  Consult them for background information and to be pointed to some important aspects of the texts.

Finally: you are advised to consult this calendar on-line rather than making a print-out, 1) to save some trees (print-out would be very long); and 2) because assignments may change and/or instructions be added.  Please remember that the on-line calendar, not any print-out you make, is authoritative.  Check weekly to ensure you are completing correct assignment.

Week 1    (September 23-25)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Introduction and background; course organization.
Day 2	Medieval Contexts: the notion of Translatio; medieval attitudes toward vernacular literature; "Courtly Love." "Translatio studii et imperii" (online reading).   "Courtly Love" (online reading).  "Medieval prologues" (online reading).  Marie de France, prologue and epilogue to the Fables (electronic reserve) and prologue to the Lais (in The Lais of Marie de France, pp. 28-9); prologues to Chrétien de Troyes's Erec and Enide and  Cliges (in Arthurian Romances, pp. 37 and 123).  Also recommended, on medieval textuality and textual practice: W. F. Bolton, "The Conditions of Literary Composition in Medieval England" (click first link for study guide; click HERE for reading on E-Reserve). Also recommended, on "courtly love"  (books are on reserve for ENGL 439): C. S. Lewis, "Courtly Love" (chapter 1 of The Allegory of Love; misguided but extremely influential); Douglas Kelly, "Allegory of Love" (from Medieval Imagination, book on reserve for ENGL 439, pp. 13-25).	In addition to readings at left, read COMPLETELY through class homepage and this calendar of assignments, decide on preferred date/topic of oral research presentation. Sign up for date/topic of oral presentation in class.

Week 2    (September 30-October 2)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Ovid: The Art of Love, bks. I and II (The Love Poems pp. 87-127). Must read by next class (on electronic reserve): Peter L. Allen, "The Illusion of Love, the Love of Illusion: The Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris." (Chapter 1 of Allen's The Art of Love: Amatory Fiction from Ovid to the Romance of the Rose [Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1992], pp. 15-37; this book is on reserve for ENGL 439.)	Using the Kennedy Library Collections via Polycat 1) The first stop in your research should be the Kennedy Library.  Yes, I'm actually asking you to go there IN PERSON!  Once there, look up your research topic in Polycat by doing an "author" search for your author (be sure to check alternate spellings, e.g. Christine de Pisan and Christine de Pizan) and by doing a "title" search for your title (be sure to check: both full and partial titles, e.g. Canterbury Tales and Franklin's Tale; both original language and translation of title, e.g. Troilus and Cressida and Troilus and Criseyde or "Lays" and "Lais"; and alternate titles where applicable, e.g. both Yvain and The Knight with the Lion).  These searches will generate a list of primary sources -- books by your author and/or editions/translations of your work -- rather than secondary sources -- studies ABOUT your author, topic or work.  So since your task is to find useful secondary sources (you already have the text itself), why bother with Polycat?  Because secondary sources ON your topic are typically shelved next to editions and translations of the primary works they discuss.  So when you look up your author / title in Polycat, 1) WRITE DOWN THE CALL NUMBERS and 2) GO TO THE STACKS!  Once you have located the call numbers you have noted down, browse the shelves.  See what looks interesting, and select a few items to check out. (Hint:  smart researchers let the critics they find in the stacks work for them:  consult THEIR bibliographies and look for / order any items that sound promising!)  2) You can use the call numbers of editions/translations of your work to help track down useful secondary sources from the Kennedy Library collections even when these resources are not in the stacks (e.g. because they are in transit, misshelved, checked out by another patron or on reserve).  Go back to Polycat (from the library or remotely) and use the "search by call number" function to browse the collection by call number beginning with the call numbers of the primary sources you noted in the first part of this exercise.  You will in effect be browsing the stacks electronically, finding the Polycat listings for items which would be shelved near your author or text if they were not checked out, missing, on reserve, etc.  Should you come across an item that you are interested which is checked out to another patron, you may place a hold on that item (recall it) online (use the "place a hold" tab in the Polycat entry and type in your name and barcode at the prompts).  But, it's good manners to ask your classmates / professor if they have the book checked out and would be willing to share it before placing a hold.  Do so verbally in class, or query the class email alias.  If an item is not checked out (and not on reserve) but you can't find it in the stacks, proceed to the front Circulation Desk and fill out a Search card; library staff will initiate a search for the item and email you when it is located. You will quickly learn that because Polycat is simply a list of items available at Cal Poly's Kennedy Library, it is of limited help as a research tool (it will tell you if we have a given work that you look for by title or author, but it can't tell you what's within the pages of the many books it catalogues).  Nonetheless, Polycat and the Kennedy Library stacks should be the beginning point for research.  Now, it's time to submit your first RESEARCH REPORT to the class research archive.  The research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "Love in Medieval Literature" from the classes you are taking; then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (There will be a "forum" for each author/text.) You can type your report directly into Blackboard, or save it as a Word file and submit it to the archive as an attachment.  The report should be an account of what you looked for, where/how you searched, and what you found.  Be sure to include the CALL NUMBERS which you used and to report how much useful material you found on your topic in the stacks (or on Reserve).   The subject line of your report should read "Kennedy Library Collections."
Day 2	Ovid: The Art of Love, bk. III, and The Cures for Love (The Love Poems, pp. 128-173). On electronic reserve: Peter L. Allen, "The Illusion of Love, the Love of Illusion: The Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris."  (Chapter 1 of Allen's The Art of Love: Amatory Fiction from Ovid to the Romance of the Rose [Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1992], pp. 15-37; this book is on reserve for ENGL 439.)	Did you know that the Kennedy Library provides online access to full-text e-books?  Go to NetLibrary to look for sources on your topic in the Kennedy Library's subscription-only eBook collection.  Use the "Advanced Search" function to do keyword, subject and/or full text searches for your author's name and/or specific titles (including alternate titles and  spellings).  Keep detailed notes on what searches you try and what you find to submit in your research report to the archive.  To access the Advanced Search:         1.Click the Search Tools tab on the navigation bar        2.Click the Advanced Search button on the navigation bar.         3.Enter search information in one or more of the fields displayed.         4.Enter search information in one or more of the fields displayed.         5.Click Search to start the search.  Note: You may reorder your search results, after the search is completed, by using the Display results by dropdown list on the search results page. For more search tips, follow the link on the NetLibrary Page. Type up and submit to the class research archive a detailed report of what searches you tried and how sucessful each was (how many "hits" and how many of these hits actually seemed useful).  The subject line of your report should read "NetLibrary results."  Include in your report a Works Cited entry for the best source you found on your topic.  Be sure to use correct bibliographic format (consult your MLA Handbook, 5th ed., section 4.9.7).  First, provide full publication information as you would if you were accessing the item in normal hardcopy form.  If your source is a single-author book, follow the normal guidelines for a book.  If your source is an essay in an edited collection, follow the format in your MLA Handbook for a work in an anthology.  Cite the essay by author and title (in quotation marks), followed by the title (underlined or italicized) and editor of the book in which the essay appears, full publication information for that book, and COMPLETE pagination for the essay.  (While you can typically find what page the essay begins on in the table of contents, you will probably need to browse the eBook to find the page where the essay ends.  Also include page numbers where endnotes appear, if applicable.) Following the basic bibliographic entry for the book or essay itself, add the following information:  the name of the database used, i.e. NetLibrary (underlined and followed by a period), then the name of the "service if known" (followed by a period), then the name of the library through which you accessed NetLibrary (followed by a period), then the date of access (followed immediately by a period if there is no short "stable" URL; if you do know a short "stable" URL for the service's homepage, put it in <angle brackets> between the date of access and the final period).  Thus, you should complete your Works Cited entry with:  NetLibrary. The Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University. Date of access <http://www.netLibrary.com/index.asp>. The research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "Love in Medieval Literature" from the classes you are taking.  Then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (There will be a "forum" for each author/text.)

Week 3    (October 7-9)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly Love.  This is a LONG READING, which you should plan ahead for (start on the week-end). As you skim through the WHOLE text, read with more care the following pages:  27-36, 68-107, 141-157, 167-186-212.  Within these sections, read to get a sense of how the text is constructed (how and to what extent does it follow the model of Ovid?). Notice the latent misogyny behind the supposed glorification of "courtly love."  Look also for the details that led earlier scholars to think (naively) that Andreas, at the request of the Countess Marie of Champagne, had set out to write the "theory" of courtly love as it was practiced at her court (notice references to the Countess Marie and to her "decisions in love cases," e.g. 104-107 and 167-177; see also the list of "Rules of Love" 184-186).  NOTE: We are reading Andreas not for any intrinsic literary merit (did YOU notice any??), but 1) because it provides a literary bridge between Ovid's Art of Love / Remedy of Love and the two texts of the Romance of the Rose; and 2) so you will have an idea what the fuss (and much of the misunderstanding) about "courtly love" is based on.  So: don't sweat the details! Skip the (dated and misleading) introduction to the text; instead read Toril Moi's essay "Desire In Language: Andreas Capellanus and the Controversy of Courtly Love" (on electronic reserve).  Particularly helpful: pp. 11-20 (on some of the interpretations that have been offered of Andreas's text). Also recommended (on reserve for ENGL 439): Peter L. Allen, "The Diligent Reader and the Twofold Text: Andreas Capellanus and the Rhetoric of Love." (Chapter 3 of Allen's The Art of Love, book on reserve for ENGL 439.) Donald A. Monson, "Auctoritas and Intertextuality in Andreas Capellanus' De Amore." In Poetics of Love in the Middle Ages: Texts and Contexts, ed. Moshe Lazar and Norris J. Lacy (Fairfax, VA: George Mason UP, 1989), pp. 69-79. (Volume available through LINK+; essay may also be made available on electronic reserve.)	Use LINK+ to do subject, keyword and title searches on your research topic.  Perform these searches using the following search terms:  1) the title of the work you are researching (try separate searches on the original title, English translation, and alternate titles if applicable); 2) the author's name if known; and 3) more general topics that seem applicable (e.g. Lais, Arthurian romances,  etc.) If these terms do not yield satisfactory results, try a word search using the same search terms. HINT: if you come across a promising work on your topic, click on the subject listings (found within the catalogue entry for that work) to look for other works indexed under the same categories. Use LINK+ to order secondary sources which are NOT available at Kennedy Library (check in Polycat or on the list of LINK+ libraries which have the item and do NOT order items available at Cal Poly).  REMEMBER: a secondary source is a study ABOUT your author, topic or work, NOT an edition or translation of your work.  Type up and submit to the class research archive a detailed first REPORT of the number of items found for EACH of the above searches; comment on the differing results generated using different search categories and terms. Subject line of report should read "Link+ search results" . Type up and submit to the class research archive a  second REPORT listing ALL items ordered from LINK+, including complete "List of Works Cited" entries in CORRECT MLA BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT.    Subject line of report should read "Link+ Orders 1" (subsequent Link+ orders will be listed as "Link+ Orders 2," "Link+ Orders 3," etc.). The research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "Love in Medieval Literature" from the classes you are taking.  Then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (There will be a "forum" for each author/text.)  NOTE: LINK+ can be used only to order BOOKS; it can't provide journal articles.
Day 2	Ovid, Amores I #1-5, 9; II # 1, 5, 12, 15, 17, 18; III # 14 & 15.  In The Love Poems.  Also recommended:  I.15, II.19, III.1, III.2, III.7. Selections from Virgil's Aeneid (on electronic reserve) and from the anonymous Anglo-Norman Romance of Eneas (on electronic reserve).  Consultation of the study guide is strongly advised! Also recommended: Peter L. Allen, "From Rome to France: Under the Sign of Ovid."  (Chapter 2 of Allen's The Art of Love, book on reserve for ENGL 439.)	Use the MLA Bibliography to do a KEYWORD and a SUBJECT search on your topic, using the following search terms: title of work (use SPECIFIC title, e.g. "Lanval" rather than "Lais"; also, try alternate titles/spelling and both original language and translation, if applicable); author's name; specific topics you may be interested in (e.g. a character's name, a specific episode or theme, etc.).  To do a SUBJECT search, select "advanced search" at left and scroll down at right to replace "keyword" by "subject." (If these two searches do not yield adequate results, try a TITLE search using the same search terms.) In the event that you are researching an author who wrote many works besides the one you are interested in (e.g. Chaucer) or a topic for which there is voluminous secondary criticism (e.g. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales), note that you can use "OR" or "AND" in your searches and use them intelligently:  "OR" will increase the number of hits by providing all hits for each of two search terms (e.g. a search on "Marie de France" OR "Lanval" will yield a greater number of hits than "Marie de France" AND "Lanval"; the latter would not include works on Marie de France unless  Lanval is specifically listed as an indexing term. The latter would also eliminate false hits on other works entitled "Lanval" that are not by Marie de France.).  "AND" will decrease the number of hits by providing a more targetted search; it limits hits to items which have BOTH of the search terms you are searching for (e.g. "Chaucer" AND "Troilus" will eliminate hits for items which focus on other works by Chaucer). You should experiement with different combinations of search terms (or add additional search terms) for an increasingly targetted search.  For example, if searching under "Chaucer" AND "Canterbury Tales" yields too many hits to be useful, try "Chaucer" AND the title of a SPECIFIC Tale; or "Chaucer" AND  the name of a SPECIFIC CHARACTER; or "Chaucer" AND a more general TOPIC (e.g. "women," "love," "marriage" etc.); or "Chaucer" AND "Canterbury Tales" AND "Women"; or "Chaucer" AND "Wife of Bath" OR "women" etc. As you search, keeps NOTES on the types of search attempted, the specific search terms used, and the total number of entries generated for each separate search (you will need this information for your report to the class research archive ). Then LIMIT the list of search results by language to titles in English, and LIMIT again by document type, noting for each specific search how many of the entries generated were for English-language works of each of the following types:  Journal, Book, Book Article, Book Collection.  Keep careful NOTES of what you find for your first report to the class research archive. Now, go back to the list generated by limiting your search(es) by document type and language to journal articles in English, locate at least one relevant journal article that is NOT available in the Cal Poly library and order it using Interlibrary Loan (=ILL).  The MLA entry should indicate whether we have the journal at Kennedy Library.  Click on the "SFX" tab to see if the text of the article is available through one of the online journal databases; if not, you can follow a link directly to the Interlibrary Loan order screen, and SFX will fill out the information for you!  But always check; do NOT place an order for a journal article available in the Cal Poly collections, either in printed form or electronically. (Because technology is not always perfect. . . if you want to double-check whether a specific journal volume is available at Cal Poly, you can  search under "Journal/ Magazine Titles" in Polycat to determine whether Kennedy Library has it in print AND search in Serials Solutions to see if it is available electronically through the Kennedy Library subscription databases.) Submit to the class research archive a first report of the number of items found for each specific MLA Bibliography search (NOT a full list of the specific titles found); comment on the different results generated using different search categories and terms.  Subject line of report should read "MLA search results [and search terms used]" (submit separate reports for other MLA searches). Submit to the class research archive a second report  listing ALL items ordered from ILL,  including complete MLA entries for these items and a complete "List of Works Cited" entries in CORRECT BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT. Subject line of report should read "ILL orders 1" (subequent reports should be listed as "ILL orders 2," "ILL orders 3," etc.).

Week 4    (October 14-16)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Consultation of the ENGL 203 Tristan study guide is strongly advised! 1) Béroul, The Romance of Tristan.  Note that italicized text contains episodes not found in the fragmentary Béroul manuscripts (text taken from the "reconstruction" by Joseph Bedier). 2) The episode of "Tristan's Madness," printed pp. 151-164 of Béroul, The Romance of Tristan. 3) Fragments of Thomas's Tristan (on electronic reserve).  NB:  today's assignment is fun and easy to read but LONG; plan ahead for it! Also recommended (NOT required reading, but of interest because of its wide influence):  the opening chapter of Denis de Rougemont's Love in the Western World  (this book is on reserve for ENGL 439-02). (POSSIBLE RESEARCH PRESENTATION)	Using the usual assortment of search terms, and any others you think might be useful, search for online FULL-TEXT ARTICLES on your topic available through the electronic journal databases to which Cal Poly subscribes: Academic Search Elite Expanded Academic Index  Project Muse JSTOR Submit to the class research archive  four separate REPORTS of how many relevant full-text articles you found in each of the databases (note: in some databases, you many not find ANY relevant full-text sources on your topic).  The subject should read "ASE search results" (or, substitute "EAI," "Muse," or "JSTOR" for "ASE"). Be sure you know how to cite an online article using correct MLA bibliographic format for a journal article accessed from an electronic subscription database (see MLA Handbook; in the 5th ed., consult sections 4.9.4 and 4.9.7).  Begin with FULL publication info as for the print version of the journal article (FULL pagination for the article may not be included in the initial entry describing the article, but it should appear in the essay itself.)  Hint: if there is a choice, choose .pdf rather than .html format; alternately, if pagination is not indicated in the HTML version of the article, check in the MLA Bibliography to determine the final page number. So, for example, if the database used to access the article is Project Muse, after  the complete print-version publication information, you would add the following: Project Muse. The Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University. Date of access <http://muse.jhu.edu/>.
Day 2	Marie de France, selected Lais: Guigemar, Equitan, Bisclavret, Lanval, Yonec, Chevrefoil. ( Short and fun readings!) [Up to 3 Research Presentations:  should focus on specific lais. ] "Yonec": Emily Greenslate "Guigemar":  Allison Bruecker	COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT *ONLY* if you were unable to find a useful full-text article one of the four online journal databases.  If  you DID find a full-text article in one of the databases, SKIP this assignment and begin work on your Prospectus, as described in next Research Assignment. If no online scholarly article is available in the four journal databases, you will need CAUTIOUSLY to look for another web-based resource.  But remember: you should cite ONLY REPUTABLE SCHOLARLY SOURCES in a research assignment; most of what you will find doing a random web-search is NOT appropriate!!  You should begin by consulting a reputable online encylopedia and targetted search engines, e.g.  Britannica Online The Camelot Project The Voice of the Shuttle The Catholic Encyclopedia ORB (On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies) If you do not find an appropriate resource using one of these tools, proceed to a websearch using your favorite search engine.  First, read  Finding and Evaluating Websites.  As you search, keep careful notes of what you have searched for and where (you will need this information for your report to the class research archive).  You report should also list  the useful sources you found, your assessment of WHY they should be considered REPUTABLE SCHOLARLY SOURCES, AND the specific website, online encyclopedia, etc. in which you found them.  Submit your report to the class research archive.  Be sure to include a"List of Works Cited" entry using correct MLA bibliographic format for a website (or see MLA Handbook section 4.9.2). Don't forget to include site author and title, the URL of the site and the date accessed. Subject line of report should read "[abbreviated title of specific online source] results." Please recall that as a rule, you should NOT use material found on websites in your research (with the exception of reputable online journals or encylopedias or,  RARELY,  real scholarship posted by a reputable scholar on a reputable site).  Other web-based  resources are HIGHLY UNLIKELY to be suitable for citation in a research paper.  If you DO  find something which you consider valuable elsewhere on the web, submit a report to the class research archive detailing what you have found and your reasons for considering it to be a reputable scholarly source. (Follow the guidelines on Finding and Evaluating Websites). The subject line of your report should read "[abbreviated title] Useful Web Resources" or something of that nature.

Week 5    (October 21-23)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chrétien de Troyes, The Knight of the Lion (Yvain).  Arthurian Romances 295-380.  READ WHOLE TEXT BY CLASS TIME. Research presentation: Hillary Rieder	Begin serious work on prospectus of Research Paper, due to my mailbox by Monday of week 7.  Prospectus must include a working title which clearly identifies work(s) discussed as well as topic of your paper; a fully articulated thesis (not just a statement of general topic); a tentative outline of paper; and a working bibliography of at least eight sources, alphabetized and listed using correct MLA bibliographic format (consult MLA Handbook!). In choosing your sources, be sure to include at least one of each of the following:  a book by a single author (of which you may use a single chapter, if desired); an essay from an edited collection; and a journal article.  Additionally, your sources must include at least one item found in the Cal Poly library (put call number in parentheses after entry; don't neglect to consult the items on Reserve! ); at least one item obtained through ILL (indicate ILL in parentheses after entry); at least one item obtained through LINK+ (indicate LINK+ in parentheses after entry); and at least one REPUTABLE SCHOLARLY SOURCE accessed electronically (typically an online journal article , eBook or encyclopedia entry): be sure to cite this item correctly, using correct MLA bibliographic format for electronic sources (as described in theMLA Handbook -- use the latest possible edition for accurate information). Begin review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm!!)
Day 2	Chrétien de Troyes, The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot).  Arthurian Romances 207-294.  READ WHOLE TEXT BY CLASS TIME.  Consultation of study guide strongly advised! Research presentation: David Cook.	Continue work on paper prospectus and review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm!!)

Week 6    (October 28-30)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	The Romance of the Rose. Introduction (pp. ix-xxii); Guillaume de Lorris's whole poem (pp. 3-61); translatio episode from Jean de Meun's continuation (found at the midpoint of the conjoined poems, pp. 154-164). You may also find it helpful to consult the plot summary in the Introduction,  pp. ix-xii. As you read the selections from the Rose, you may find it useful to consult the following ENGL 203 study guides:  Rose I (general background -- what is the Romance of the Rose, anyway?); Rose II (contexts for the Wife of Bath); and Rose III (contexts for Christine de Pizan) -- BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PAGE NUMBERS ON STUDY GUIDE DO NOT CORRESPOND TO PAGES IN OUR TEXT. Research Presentation on Guillaume de Lorris: Tom McCauley	Continue review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm!!) Work on RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TO MY MAILBOX BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
Day 2	Jean de Meun's Romance of the Rose, "chapters" 4-7 (pp. 62-224).  Read these chapters in their entirety if you have time, but if time is pressing, read the following pages and skim over the rest:  62-71, 84-91, 104-121, 137-168, 182-224.  You may also find it helpful to consult the plot summary in the Introduction,  pp. x-xii. These selections include the beginning and end of each "chapter" as well as key passages that build on themes discussed in class (e.g. clerical misogyny, connections to Ovid and/or Andreas Capellanus, and whether by "love" Jean de Meun means anything other than simply "sex") and/or which provide a context for future readings (e.g. Christine de Pizan's reactions to the Romance of the Rose; the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale) . Possible research presentation on Jean de Meun (or related topic; must focus primarily on reading assigned for today):  not taken.	Remember, RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DUE TO MY MAILBOX BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3! Continue review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm!!)

Week 7    (November 4-6)

RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TO MY MAILBOX on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3!!

Week 8    (November 11-13)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	VETERAN'S DAY-- no class. READ AHEAD; Troilus and Cressida is LONG (but VERY fun!)	Work on research paper. . .
Day 2	Chaucer, Troilus and Cressida, pts. I-III (Portable Chaucer, 345-471).  You are strongly advised to consult Troilus and Cressida study guide.  Research Presentation on an aspect of pts. I-III:  Matthew Hidinger.	Work on research paper. . .

Week 9    (November 18-20)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chaucer, Troilus and Cressida, pts. IV-V (Portable Chaucer, 472-555). Use Troilus and Cressida study guide to guide your reading!  Research Presentation on an aspect of pts. IV-V:  Kate Asche.	Work on research paper. . .
Day 2	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales I: The Nun's Priest's Tale (Portable Chaucer, 186-206) and The Merchant's Tale (Portable Chaucer, 264-291).  Consultation of The Nun's Priest's Tale study guide strongly advised.  For information on the fabliau (the genre of the Merchant's Tale), consultation of The Miller's Tale study guide strongly advised.  Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). "The Nun's Priest's Tale":  Kristin Ruch "The Merchant's Tale":  Molly Taylor	Work on research paper. . .

Week 10a   (November 25-27)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales II: The Knight's Tale (Portable Chaucer, 76-123) and The Miller's Tale (Portable Chaucer, 123-143).  Consultation of The Miller's Tale study guide strongly advised! Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). "The Knight's Tale": Nick Alvarado "The Miller's Tale": Allison Maas	Work on research paper. . .
Day 2	NO CLASS--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!	Eat, drink and be merry!

Week 10b (December 2-4)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales III: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (Portable Chaucer, 239-240) and The Franklin's Tale (Portable Chaucer, 292-314).  Consultation of the two study guides is strongly advised!  Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale":  Aimee Moisa "The Franklin's Tale": Joy Taylor Optional reading: the influential (but flawed) essay by George Lyman Kittredge on the "Marriage Group" (online); read it (if you do) with a critical eye!	Work on research paper. . .
Day 2	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  We will read the Marie Boroff translation found in the Norton Anthology; borrow or photocopy if you don't have it, and enjoy!  (Consultation of study guide strongly advised.) Research Presentation:  Rosy Gomez.	Work on research paper. . .

The Final Oral Exercise is typically held at my home in conjunction with an optional class dinner; it will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time on the week-end preceding final exams or no later than WEDNESDAY of final exam week. In the event that we cannot schedule such a dinner meeting, the final oral exercise shall occur during the regularly scheduled final exam time, on Friday, 12/12, from 10 AM - 1 PM (but the RESEARCH PAPER will still be due by Wednesday 12/10 at the latest).

In Fall, 2003, the date and time chosen for the Love in Medieval Literature (required) final oral exercise and (optional) class dinner are TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 at 5 PM.  MAKE A NOTE OF IT!!

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