English 496A
Daily Syllabus
revised 30 June 2003
Readings marked (ERES) are available through electronic reserve. Adobe Acrobat is required to read them. If you have a DLS or cable connection, you can read and print these out at home. Otherwise, plan to do so using computers in the library or a campus computer lab to read, download, and/or print such readings. (You may also need to use a library computer to view graphics-intensive sites.) Other readings are available through simple hypertext link: just click and go.

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Mon 9 June
In class: Introduction to class themes, materials, and assignments. Survey: what do we bring to this course? The country house poem as window into class themes. Assignment of Reading Response Journal. Earning Participation credit. Internet skills. Sign on to class listserv by sending the message:
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Tue 10 June
For class: Read Howard, "The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies" (ERES). (A bit confused by the terminology? See Maley's introduction to Cultural Materialism and New Historicism.) Start Reading Response Journal.
In class: Ways of reading. Historicist approaches to literary study. Economic and social change in early modern England. Classical antecedants for the early modern country house poem. Martial's Epigram 3.58. Discussion.

Wed 11 June
For class: Read McBride, "Mapping Country House Politics"; and Juvenal, Satires 5 and 11 (ERES). (Here they are in the original Latin: Satire 5, Satire 11.) Always bring assigned poems to class for discussion. Collect poems in a folder or notebook throughout the term so that you always have previous poems to refer to in our class discussions.
In class: The Dissolution. Antiquarian Narratives. Discussion.

Thu 12 June
For class: Read Harrison, selections of A Description of England: read Chapter I ("Of Degrees of People") and Chapter VIII ("Of the Manner of Building").  Explore some early modern country houses: Penshurst Place (take the virtual tour, noting the Barons Hall); Harewood House (scroll down and take the virtual tour); Chatsworth; Hardwick Hall; and Burghley House (take the grand tour).
In class: Landscape and Poetry. Turn in Reading Response Journal. Discussion.

Fri 13 June
For class: Read Marlowe, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; Ralegh, "The Nymph's Reply"; Donne, "The Bait." Read Donne, "To His Mistress Going To Bed"; and Weelkes, "Thule, the Period of Cosmography."
In class: Music from the Age of Discovery. The early modern country house poem. Discussion.

Sat 14 June--opportunity to earn extra credit by including this concert in your Journal
Musica Sonora presents A Sampling of Pleasures, Elizabethan and Baroque:
Choral and instrumental music from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and from the Baroque era, including
works by Bach, Byrd, Corelli, Couperin, Dowland, Locke, Monteverdi, Morley, Vivaldi, and Weelkes.
7:30 pm, Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2331 E Adams St
(4 blocks east of Campbell, 4 blocks north of Speedway)
suggested donation: $8.00

Mon 16 June
For class: Read Jess Edwards, "How to Read an Early Modern Map." You might be interested in a medieval map of the world, the Mappa Mundi (learn more here ; here is a larger view of the map). Think about how it differs from early modern maps of the world. Geffrey Whitney, "Patria Cuique Cara: To Richard Cotton Esquire"; and Joseph Hall, "[Housekeeping's Dead]" (ERES).
In class: Assignment of Term Paper and Prospectus. Discussion.

Tue 17 June
For class: Read McBride, "Home Economics" (ERES). Read Lanyer, "The Description of Cooke-ham"; and Jonson, "To Penshurst." Begin thinking about your term paper topic.
In class: Discussion.

Wed 18 June
For class: Read Coiro, "Writing in Service"; Jonson, "To Sir Robert Wroth"; and Carew, "To Saxham" and "To My Friend G. N. from Wrest" (ERES). Narrow your term paper topic to one or two choices.
In class: Discussion. Introduction to library research on course themes.

Thu 19 June
For class: Read James VI and I, "An Elegy Written by the King" (ERES); Randolph, "On the Inestimable Content He Enjoys in the Muses" (ERES); and Robert Herrick, "The Country Life." Begin working on Prospectus.
In class: Assignment of Midterm. Discussion.

Fri 20 June
For class: Review the country house web sites from Thu 12 June. Compare the way in which rank and wealth are presented in those sites with their presentation in early modern country house poems. Continue working on Prospectus.
In class: Turn in Reading Response Journal. Video: Emma.

Mon 23 June
For class: Complete Prospectus. Read Richard Lovelace, "Amyntor's Grove, His Chloris, Arigo, and Gratiana. An Elogie." Review Herrick, "The Country Life."
In class: Turn in Prospectus. Discussion. Video: Brideshead Revisited.

Tue 24 June no class--reading day
Prepare for Midterm Exam.

Wed 25 June
For class: Prepare to take Midterm Exam.
In class: Take Midterm Exam. Prospectus returned.

Thu 26 June
For class: Read Sambrook, "The Meanings of Cleaning" (ERES).
In class: Discussion. Researching your term paper topic.

Fri 27 June
For class: Read Mildmay Fane, "To Sir John Wentworth" and "A Peppercorn or Small Rent"; and John Denham, "Cooper's Hill" (ERES).
In class: Discussion. Assignment of Portfolio and Critical Reflection.

Mon 30 June
For class: Read Marvell, "Upon Appleton House"; "Upon the Hill and Grove at Billborow"; and "The Garden"; and Philips, "A Country-life" (for Philips, go to Women Writers Online and find Philips's Poems of 1667 in the Table of Contents; search for "Country-life" to find the poem quickly).
In class: Discussion.

Tue 1 July
For class: Read Finch, "To the Honorable the Lady Worsley at Long-leate," and "Upon My Lord Winchilsea's Converting the Mount in His Garden to a Terras"; and Waller, "On St. James's Park" (ERES).
In class: Discussion. Video: Pride and Prejudice.

Wed 2 July
For class: Read Marvell, "Damon the Mower"; Behn, "The Disappointment."; and Finch, "A Pastoral Dialogue Between Two Shepherdesses" (for Finch, go to Women Writers Online and find Finch's Miscellany Poems of 1713 in the Table of Contents; scroll to the bottom of the page and choose "A Pastoral Dialogue . . . " from the hyperlinked list to find the poem quickly).
In class: Turn in Reading Response Journal. Discussion. Video: Pride and Prejudice.

Thu 3 July
For class: Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Video: Pride and Prejudice.

Fri 4 July: no class--holiday

Mon 7 July: no class--writing day
Continue working on Term Paper.

Tue 8 July
For class: Complete Term Paper.
In class: Turn in Term Paper. Make presentation to class on your thesis.

Wed 9 July
For class: Continue working on Reflection.
In class: Video: Gosford Park.

Thu 10 July
For class: Complete Reflection.
In class: Turn in Reflection. Discussion. Evaluation.