University of Houston–English 3327 Spring 2003
Dr. Irving N. Rothman, Professor of English
English 3327, Sect. 04699, T&TH 10-11:30 a.m., Room l08C
Office Hours: T&TH, 11:30-Noon, 2:30-3:00 & by appt. 743-2962; irothman@uh.edu
Books:
The Oxford Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1
Gulliver’s Travels
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Richard Lanham. A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms
| JANUARY | ||
| T-14 | Introduction, History; Caedmon's Hymn 20-21, Dream of the Rood 115-118, Deor's Lament 99 | |
| TH-16 | The Wanderer 104, the Battle of Maldon 107-114, Beowulf 20-30, 64-98 | In-class Essay |
| T-21 | Canterbury Tales: Prologue 119-56, Pardoner's Prologue and Tale 157-76, Miller's Tale 157-76, | |
| TH-23 | Wife of Bath 198-233, Franklin's Tale 233-57, Retraction 276-77; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Robert Burns’ Birthday, January 25, 1759 |
| T-28 | Medieval Drama and Everyman | |
| TH-30 | Medieval exam | |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| T-4 | Metamorphosis 521-27, English Bible 528-36;Utopia 552-68, Wyatt & Surrey 616-21 | |
| TH-6 | Spenser Faerie Queene, Bk 1 669-718, Mythos 2:719-48, Garden of Adonis 2:749-60, Mask of Cupid 3:12:767-77 | |
| T-11 | Spenser: Friendship 4.5.778-83, Mutability 809-20; Spenser: Epithalamion 824-34 | |
| TH-13 | Marlowe: Hero/Leander 899-908; Doctor Faustus 846-98 | |
| T-18 | Shakespeare: Venus/Adonis 917-21, Rape of Lucrece 921-23 | |
| TH-20 | Shakespeare: The Tempest, 944-109 | |
| T-25 | Shakespeare: Sonnets; Renaissance Examination | Revision of in-class essay due |
| TH-27 | Study of the Gentleman’s Magazine, 8th floor, Special Collections, M.D. Anderson Library | |
| MARCH | ||
| 3-8 | Spring Vacation | |
| T-11 | John Donne 1033,34,39; Holy Sonnerts 1050-52; Mediation 17, 1056-57; Ben Jonson 1064-83; Denham 112, Herrick 1113-19, Cowley 1136-39 | |
| TH-13 | Marvell 1141-62, Herbert 1165-78, Milton: L'Allegro 1209-13, Il Pensoroso 1214-18, The Sonnets 1218-21 | |
| T-18 | Milton: Samson Agonistes 1367-1412, Lycidas 1251-57 | Data Search Research Topic-Conduct a study at the Electronic Publications Center utilizing the MLA database (15 min.) |
| TH-20 | Milton: Paradise Lost Bks 1,2,3, 1260-91 | |
| T-25 | Milton: Paradise Lost Bks 4,7,9,12 1292-1361; Areopagitica 1412-21 | Research abstract due w/4 topic sentences |
| TH-27 | Francis Bacon 1434-68, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Browne 1479-99, Sir Isaac Newton | |
| APRIL | ||
| T-1 | Seventeenth-Century Exam; Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress 1573-81 | Single section of research study due |
| TH-3 | Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel 16702-29, Odes 1641-34 | |
| T-8 | Pope: Essay on Criticism 1858-66, Rape of the Lock 1867-88; Epistle to Burlington 1897-1903 | |
| TH-10 | Swift: Tale of a Tub 1739-57, Against the Abolishment of Christianity 1757-66, Modest Proposal 1767-73 | |
| T-15 | Swift: Gulliver's Travels, Bks 1, 2, 3, 4 | |
| TH-17 | Journalism: Defoe: Jonathan Wild 2011, Addison and Steele 2029; Thomson: 2183-85, Gray: Eton College 2203-06, Elegy 2207-11 | Research Essay Study, 10-12 pages plus documentation: 2 books and 5 documented articles |
| T-22 | Smart (Jubilate Agno, 2217-20; A Song to David, 2221-35) and the lyrics of William Collins, 2189-97; Johnson: the Vanity of Human Wishes, 2078-88; Rasselas, 2089-99; Boswell’s Life, 2053-72. | |
| TH-24 | Burns: Mouse 2267-69, Tam O'Shanter 2276-81, Songs 2281-84 | |
| MAY | ||
| T-1 | READING PERIOD [No Formal Class] (Review: Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village,” 2235-44; Cowper, pp. 2245-55; Crabble; 2256-2267; Edward Gibbon, pp. 2286-2297). | |
| TH-8 | Restoration and 18th-Century Examination | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. |
| 3327-COURSE EVALUATION | |
| In-class essay | 7.5% |
| In-class presentation | 7.5% |
| Gentleman’s Magazine | 5% |
| Medieval Exam | 15% |
| Renaissance Exam | 15% |
| l7th-Century Exam | 15% |
| Rest & l8th-C Exam | 15% |
| Research paper | 20% |