Class Syllabus

Poetry

Week of September 4 ˜ Introduction; Psalm 137 from the King James Bible

Week of September 10 ˜ Psalm 137, continued; Spenser,  Shakespeare; essay #1 due

Week of September 17 ˜ Donne ("Death," "Thou hast made me, . . ." "Sonnet")

  Milton ("On His Blindness"; "On His Deceased Wife"); essay #2 due

Week of September 24 ˜ Shelley, Keats ("How many Bards . . ."; "On first looking . . ."); essay #3 due

Week of October 1 ˜ Wordsworth ("London 1802;" "Tis a Beauteous Evening;" "Westminster Bridge"),

  Blake; essay #4 due

Week of October 8 ˜ Whitman, Dickinson;

Week of October 15 ˜ Wallace Stevens; essay #5 due; mid-term

 

Drama

Week of October 22 ˜ Shakespeare ( Sonnet 18, 65, 87), Hamlet

Week of October 29 ˜ Hamlet (continued); essay #6 due

Week of November 5 ˜ Hamlet (continued)

Week of November 12 ˆ Hamlet (continued); revision of essay #6 due

 

Short Fiction

Week of November 7 ˜ Poe The Gold Bug

Week of November 12 ˜ James; essay #7 due

 

The Essay

Week of November 19 ˜ Emerson; essay #8 due

Week of November 26 ˜ Tate; revision of essay #8 due

Week of December 3 ˜ final exam; essay #9 due

Week of December 10 ˜ Conclusion