Course Calendar, Spring 2009
| Spring,
2009 Class Meetings:
TR 4:10-6:00, 34-228 Office: 47-35G, tel. 756-2636 Office Hours: T 1-2; W 1-3; Th 2-3; 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 |
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Click HERE for schedule of Oral Presentations
NOTE 1: Assigned readings should be completed prior to class on the date where they appear on this calendar of assignments.
NOTE 2: Some required readings will be accessed electronically. They are in one of the following forms:
NOTE 3: Page numbers on reading assignments from the Norton Anthology of English Literature refer to the 8th. ed., vol. 1a (2006), the required textbook for this class.
| Topics | Readings | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | CESAR CHAVEZ DAY -- No class meeting | Read COMPLETELY through
class
homepage
and this calendar of assignments.
Read through the oral research presentation guidelines and the schedule of oral presentations to decide on your preferred dates/topics; sign-ups in class on Thursday and next week. EVERYONE: in your MLA Handbook, please review sections 3.3 on italics/underlining and 3.6 on the titles of works (proper capitalization, punctuation, and how to handle titles within titles; (chapter/section numbers listed above refer to 6th ed., 2003). You will need to be clear on this information to write bibliographic citations for this class. Please also peruse section 3.2.7 on apostophes (and sections on any other punctuation mark you consistently have problems with. . .) Additionally, if you have not yet taken ENGL 501 with me, please read through Preliminaries 1: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. You need to be know what is meant by the 5 kinds of sources and what modes of access you will be asked to use obtain relevant secondary source material for your research project. It may also be helpful to know what is meant by "SFX" and "PolySearch"are (and their limitations). By following the links above, you will be taken to the specific parts of my Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools where this information is provided. If you find this confusing, please come see me! Or ask a veteran of my ENGL 501 for some pointers. |
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| Day 2 |
Course format, schedule and requirements. Introduction to Medieval Textuality. Introduction to Old English: the Anglo-Saxon Tradition. Heroic Values: Pagan and Christian in dream vision and epic. |
Background:
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| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Heroic Values, Conclusion.
Transition: the effects of the Norman Conquest. Middle English Secular Values: the Chivalrous Ideal. |
1st Hour:
Beowulf,
conclusion: NA 80-100.
2nd Hour: The Middle English world view; women and Romance. Online readings: "Translatio studii et imperii" and Courtly Love. NOTE: a text-only versions of the "translatio" online reading is available as a .PDF file (2 pp.) on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard. Additional background on the Middle English period: NA 7-13, Anglo-Norman England and the Fourteenth Century. Introduction to Chaucer: background CH 1-13, NA 213-16; introduction to Troilus and Cressida CH 345-353 and two handouts on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (PRINT THEM OUT and bring them with you to class): 1) Introduction to Troilus and Cressida (.PDF file, 9 pp.) and 2) opening stanzas of poem in Middle English (.PDF file, 2 pp.; on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard). Chaucer's lyric poems "Truth" and "Gentilesse". Middle English texts: "Truth" NA 315 and "Gentilesse" (click link and PRINT OUT this online reading). Modern translations: CH 602-4. NOTE: discussion of these readings may spill over to our next class meeting, but please complete all assigned readings prior to class so you will be able to follow the lecture. |
Click on the link for detailed
instructions for your first research assignment: Research
Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat
By following these directions, you should be able to find some useful secondary sources -- which are studies ABOUT your author, topic or work, not an edition or translation of the text itself -- in the Kennedy Library collections. The directions will also guide you trhough submitting your first two research reports to the class research archive, "Searching Polycat" and "Kennedy Library Check-Outs." 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 512" 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.)
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| Day 2 | Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida I: Translatio romance | Review the introductory materials
on Troilus and Cressida
assigned for our last class meeting: CH 345-353 and the two handouts
on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard:
1) Introduction to Troilus and Cressida (.PDF file, 9 pp.)
and 2) opening stanzas of poem in Middle English. (.PDF file, 2 pp.; click
links and PRINT THEM OUT if you did not do so prior to last class meeting).
Primary reading: Troilus and Cressida bks. 1-2, CH 353-426. |
Click on the link for detailed instructions for the second
research assignment: Research
Step 2: Using LINK+
By following these directions, you will learn how to use LINK+ to order additional secondary sources from cooperating libraries. LINK+ can be used to order books only -- not journal articles. It is fast -- books ordered through LINK+ typically arrive within 2-3 days. The directions will also guide you though submitting your next two research reports to the class research archive, "LINK+ Search Results" and "LINK+ Orders 1." |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida II: medieval misogyny? | Troilus
and Cressida bks. 3-5: CH 426-555.
Handout on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (PRINT OUT and bring with you to class): Introduction to and Text of the Prologue to the Legend of Good Women (.PDF file,12 pp.); see also information at CH 599. Presentation: Mindy Truelsen |
Click on the link for detailed instructions for the third
research assignment: Research
Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your
Topic (and then figure 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+). The directions will also help you prepare your next research reports for the class research archive, "MLA Search Results" and "ILL Orders" (as well as "LINK+ Orders 2" if applicable). |
| Day 2 | Middle English Spirituality I: the 13th century. | Hali
Meidhad ("A Letter on Virginity"): background NA 9 (last sentence)-10
(1st paragraph, on ME religious prose); PW xi-xx, xxxviii, xli-xliii; online
reading: Introduction
to Medieval Allegory; text PW 2-43.
Presentation: Chelsea Lynn Seinte Margarete: background PW xx-xxv, xxxiv-xxxviii; text PW 44-85. Presentation: Alissa Magorian |
Click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth
research assignment: 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 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." |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Middle English Spirituality II: the Pearl Poet and the Alliterative Revival | The
Pearl: background
NA
10-13, PRL vii-xxi; review Introduction
to Medieval Allegory; text
PRL 1-39. (If you were unable to purchase The Pearl, it is
available on e-reserve
in the Library Resources section of Blackboard
(PRINT OUT both the introduction and the text and bring them with you to
class). Text: PDF file, 16 pp.; introduction: .PDF file, 10
pp.
Presentation: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, through line 669 (text in NA 162-76). Background NA 10-3, 19-21, 160-2; online reading: The Alliterative Revival; also review Courtly Love and Translatio. |
Click on the link for detailed instructions for the fifth
research assignment: 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 next research report for the class research archive, "NetLibraryResults." |
| Day 2 | Arthurian Romance I | Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, lines 670 - conclusion. Text
NA 176-213.
Presentation: Shannon Sullivan Background to Malory: NA 13-14 ("The Fifteenth Century"), 438-9; review Translatio; read Caxton's preface and the divisions of Malory's Le Morte D'arthur (.PDF file, 3 pp., on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard; PRINT OUT and bring with you to class). |
1) Click on the link and follow the guidelines to begin
work on the Prospectus
and Working Bibliographyfor your Research
Paper, due via email attachment no later than 6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Note:
the Prospectus is normally an ungraded exercise allowing me to provide
feedback that will help you write a stronger final research paper.
But if no prospectus is submitted (or if it does not follow assignment
guidelines),
it will be graded and will count for 10%
of the final course grade.
2) Click on the link for instructions for an OPTIONAL research assignment (which may be completed for Extra Credit): Research Step 6: Finding and Evaluating Web-Based Resources. |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Arthurian Romance II | Malory's
Le
Morte D'arthur. Click here for specific reading
assignment.
Review NA 12-14, 419-21; Introduction to Medieval Allegory; Translatio; and handout (on electronic reserve) containing Caxton's preface and the divisions of Malory's Le Morte D'arthur (PDF file, 3 pp., on e-reserve; bring PRINT-OUT with you to class). |
Continue work on prospectus
of Research
Paper and working bibliography due via email attachment no later than
6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Begin review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm based on your prospectus and working bibliography!!) |
| Day 2 | Malory, cont. | Morte D'arthur, cont. Click here for specific reading assignment. | Continue work on prospectus
of Research
Paper and working bibliography due via email attachment no later than
6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Continue review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm based on your prospectus and working bibliography!!) |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Chaucer's Canterbury Tales I: The General Prologue (Frame Narrative and Estates Satire) | Background
to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: NA 10-13, 216-18.
Review NA 15-19 (on medieval English) and 20-1 (on Middle English prosody);
also consult Chaucer
Reading and Pronunciation Tips (.PDF file, 2 pp., on e-reserve
in the Library Resources section of Blackboard;
PRINT OUT if you did not already do so for unit on Troilus and Cressida).
Also consult Map
of the Pilgrimage Route/Chart of the Medieval Humors (.PDF file, 2
pp. on e-reserve
in the Library Resources section of Blackboard;
PRINT OUT and bring with you to class).
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: read the NA introduction (NA 218), full text in translation (CH 53-75), and assigned Middle English lines as designated on study guide (full Middle English text of the GP is found NA 218-38). Frame Narrative: read NA 312-13 on the Close of the Canterbury Tales; then read the Introduction (only) to the Parson's Tale and full text of Chaucer's Retraction, both in translation (CH 339-342) and in Middle English (NA 313-15). For this and all other readings from the Canterbury Tales, we are concerned primarily with the modern English translation (in the Portable Chaucer = CH). But you are ALSO expected to read through specific lines in the Middle English text as assigned on study guides (hint 1: try reading aloud! hint 2: some tapes/ CDs may be available in book store, under either ENGL 430 or ENGL 512). Please bring BOTH NA and PC with you to Canterbury Tales class meetings. |
Continue work on prospectus
of Research
Paper and working bibliography due via email attachment no later than
6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Continue review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm based on your prospectus and working bibliography!!) |
| Day 2 | Chaucer's Canterbury Tales II: The Knight's Tale and The Miller's Tale | As needed, wrap-up discussion of
the General Prologue
and the Canterbury Tales as a collection.
Two new readings:
1) The Knight's Tale, CH 76-123 (not in NA, but see the summary at NA 238). Presentation: OPEN 2) The Miller's Tale: CH 123-143, NA 239-55 (specific lines recommended on study guide). Presentation: Michelle Whipple YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO CONSULT THE ENGL 252 STUDY GUIDE TO THE MILLER'S TALE, WHICH DRAWS SPECIFIC COMPARISONS WITH THE KNIGHT'S TALE. |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 |
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales III: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (Literary Confession and miniature Arthurian Romance) |
As needed, wrap-up discussion of the Knight's Tale
and
the Miller's Tale. New readings:
Presentation: 1) Shannon Gourley |
Put finishing touches
on prospectus
of Research
Paper and working bibliography due via email attachment no later than
6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Continue review for midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm based on your prospectus and working bibliography!!) |
| Day 2 | Canterbury Tales IV: Breton Lay and Beast Fable |
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Paper Prospectus due as an email attachment no later than 6 PM on Sunday, May 17.
Week 8 (May 19 - 21)
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Canterbury Tales V: Literary Confession and Exemplum; the close of the Canterbury Tales and Chaucer's Retraction |
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Continue review for
midterm
exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on the midterm
based on your prospectus
and working
bibliography!!)
Work on Research paper; prospectus conferences. |
| Day 2 | MIDTERM EXAM |
| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | The Human Side of God I: Medieval Lyrics and the Ancrene Wisse | Medieval
Lyrics: NA 367-70 (headnote and all poems) and online
readings.
Ancrene Wisse, parts 7 and 8. Presentation: Elizabeth Chamberlain
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Work on Research paper; prospectus conferences. |
| Day 2 | The Human Side of God II: Women Mystics | As needed, wrap-up discussion of
the Ancrene Wisse. New Readings:
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| Topic | Reading | Research Assignment | |
| Day 1 | Liturgical Drama I: Mystery Plays | Background: NA 14 (paragraph beginning
"Social, economic and literary life. . ."); Introduction to Mystery Plays
and headnote to The Second Shepherds' Play (NA 406-8): headnote
to The York Play of the Crucifixion (but not the play itself): NA
398.
The Second Shepherds' Play: text NA 408-35. |
Work on Research paper. |
| Day 2 | Liturgical Drama II: Morality Plays | Everyman: NA 14, 463-84; review Introduction to Medieval Allegory. | Work on Research paper. |
In lieu of a written final exam, all students will participate in a Final Oral Exercise: a brief summary of his/her final research paper for the other members of the seminar. This (required) final oral exercise normally takes place at Dr. Schwartz's home at a mutually agreed upon time during the week-end preceding or no later than WEDNESDAY of final exam week. Traditionally, the (required) Final Oral Exercise has been followed by an (optional, but extremely enjoyable) class dinner.
In spring, 2009, our regularly scheduled final exam time is Thursday, June 11, from 7-10 PM -- a date which would be too late for me to receive your final papers, and a time which would be too late for me to host you in my home. If we are unable to reach a consensus about an alternate late afternoon/early evening time no later than Wednesday of exam week, the Final Oral Exercise will take place without a class dinner in our regular classroom at the scheduled final exam time (Th 6/11, 7-10 PM).
NOTE: Unless an extension has been arranged in advance, Research Papers are due, along with the original, marked up prospectus, at the time of the Final Oral Exercise (or no later than WEDNESDAY of final exam week if the Final Oral Exercise takes place on Thursday of exam week).
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