Furman University Division of Continuing Education

English 21 Spring 2008

British and American Literature to 1798

Wednesdays 6:00-8:45 FH 111



Course Schedule

Selections are from Longman unless otherwise noted. Always read

the introductory material for the author and for the assigned literature.

Wed. Jan. 9 / Introduction to course and each other; discussion of literary analysis and criticism
Wed. Jan. 16
Wed. Jan. 23
Wed. Jan. 30 /

Medieval Religious Drama: English Shepherds in Bethlehem

The Second Play of the Shepherds: pp. 531-551(Yes, there will be acting.)
PAPER I ASSIGNMENT HANDED OUT;
discussion of writing a paper in the humanities
Wed. Feb. 6 / The Sixteenth Century:
The Flowering of The English Renaissance
Wed. Feb. 13 /
Renaissance Drama
Christopher Marlowe, Intro pp.1157-1158, Dr. Faustus pp. 1177-1227
PAPER I DUE
Wed. Feb. 20
Wed. Feb. 27 /
Seventeenth Century Poetry – on both sides of the Atlantic World
John Donne,: Intro p. 1669-1671, “The Sun Rising” pp. 1673-1674, “The Flea” pp. 1678-1679, “The Bait” pp. 1679, Holy Sonnets #2, p. 1686, #6 1688.
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Wed. March 5 / Continued
George Herbert, Intro p. 1716-1717, from The Temple pp. 1719-1729: “Easter Wings,” “The Windows,” “The Pulley,” “Love (3)”
John Milton, Intro pp. 1796-1798, “On the Late Massacre” p. 1813, “When I Consider” p. 1813, “Methought I Saw” p. 1813.
Wed. March 12 /
Wed. March 19 / Creative Nonfiction: the Periodical and the Biography
Samuel Johnson, Intro pp. 2858-2861, “The Vanity of Human Wishes” pp. 2861-2869, Excerpts from The Rambler pp. 2871-2895
James Boswell, Intro pp. 2944-2946, excerpts from A Journal of a Tour and The Life of Samuel Johnson pp. 2957-2977
Wed. March. 26 / Colonial Poets
Anne Bradstreet (in handouts),“The Author to Her Book,” “A Dialogue Between Old England and New,” “In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” “Verses Upon the Burning of Our House”
Phillis Wheatley (in handouts), “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,” “On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield,” “Letter and Poem to General Washington”
PAPER II ASSIGNMENT HANDED OUT
Wed. April 2 / Freedom from a Different Perspective:
Olaudah Equiano (pictured above), The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings, Intro pp. ix-xxx, pp. 31-197, 220-236.
Wed. April 9 /
Wed. April 16 / FINAL EXAMINATION
Course Evaluations