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1. Introduction to the course 2. Introduction to the Old English period; Beowulf, part I (the fight with Grendel) 3. Beowulf (Part II: the fight with Grendel's mother) 4. Beowulf (Part III: the fight with the dragon) 5. Introduction to the Middle English Period; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1 and 2 6. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 3 and 4 7. Introduction to Chaucer; "General Prologue" from The Canterbury Tales 8. "General Prologue," continued 9. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" 10. "The Wife of Bath's Prologue," continued 11. "The Wife of Bath's Tale" 12. "The Nun's Priest's Tale" 13. Malory, selections from Morte Darthur (to be announced) 14. Review 15. Test 1 16. Introduction to the Sixteenth Century; Sonnets (selections to be announced) 17. Sonnets (continued) 18. Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto I 19. Marlowe, Dr. Faustus 20. Dr. Faustus, continued. 21. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Acts I and II 22. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Acts III and IV 23. Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act V; review for test 24. Test 2 25. Cultural History Test 26. Hamlet, Act I 27. Hamlet, Act II 28. Hamlet, Act III 29. Hamlet, Act IV 30. Hamlet, Act V 31. Hamlet, continued. 32. Donne, "The Flea," "The Ecstasy," "The Canonization," "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" 33. Donne, Holy Sonnets 5, 7, 10, 14; "A Hymn to God the Father"; "Good Friday 1613--Riding Westward"; Meditation 17 34. 17th Century Poetry (selections to be announced) 35. 17th Century Poetry, continued 36. Milton, Paradise Lost, book I 37. Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, continued 38. Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II 39. Milton, Paradise Lost, selections from Books III and IV 40. Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX 41. Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX Test 3 and the comprehensive final exam will be given together during the final exam period.
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