English 204--Core II

Renaissance and Reformation

[a.k.a. the Early Modern Period]

Section 01: MW 10:10-12:00

Section 03: MW 2:10-4:00

Instructor: Steven Marx

phone: 756-2411

smarx@calpoly.edu

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx

Office: 47-25E (Faculty Office Building)

Office hours: MW 1:10-2:00 and 4:10-5:00

Winter 2003 Schedule

Week	Date	Topic/Activity	Text	Work due	Links
I	1/6	Emblemes Humanists and their Texts introductory notes More and his circle	George Wither Emblem Gerrit Dou: Prince Rupert as the Prophet Samuel taught by Eli Utopia Book I lecture notes	[numbers refer to pages in Longman Anthology unless noted otherwise] Reading assignment and exercise--submit today. 641-661 687-713	Google Luminarium--home page--Thomas More OED--find any word Bible Concordance--find any passage or reference Search Shakespeare Emblem Collections Latin-English Dictionary
	1/8	The Utopian quest discussion groups	Thomas More's Utopia Book 2 lecture notes	713-755 paper#1 assigned	Utopia Commercial [student creative project]
II	1/13	Exploration, Exploitation and Conquest The London Theatre	Arthur Barlow, Thomas Harriot, Sir Walter Ralegh, Christopher Marlowe: Tamburlaine I Reading Notes	1212-1217 1217-1220 1201-1212 1. Prologue and Act I [marked version] 2 .summary of Acts 2-5 and Thirst of Reign speech from Act II 3. Act 5 Creative Project Assignment lecture notes	Luminarium-Ralegh Luminarium-Marlowe On Renaissance Pacifism and Militarism
	1/15	Elizabeth--The Love of Power and the Power of Love Music, lyric and pastoral	Elizabeth Sidney Marlowe--Ralegh Renaisssance song	1078-1082;1084-5 1090-93 1043-1046 1123-1125 Watch Shakespeare in Love	Luminarium-Elizabeth Shakespeare in Love Web Page The Shepherd's Philosophy Youth Against Age
III	1/20	holiday
	1/22	The Great Globe itself	William Shakespeare: The Tempest section 1 section 3	1292-1353 Getty Trip preparation and assignment	Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Triangulating Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe 2000 Shakespeare Illustrated Plot summary and guide to characters and themes of The Tempest
IV	1/27	The Tempest--Power and Magic	William Shakespeare: The Tempest	paper #1 due	Progeny: Prospero's Books, Genesis and The Tempest
	1/29	The Renaissance Bible: Creation and Genealogy	King James Bible: Genesis Reading Notes	chapters 1-11[creation and prehistory] 12, 17-19, 21-22 [Abraham] 25.11-34; 27-33[Jacob-Israel] 37-48[Joseph] Lecture notes	Prefatory Letter Luminarium--King James The banqueting house Images in the Sistine Chapel: Creating "the bigger light and less," God, Creation of Adam, Adam, The Fall, The Flood Pico: Oration on the Dignity of Man Shakespeare and the Bible, Introduction [pdf file]
V	2/3	National Liberation and Conquest; Establishment of Monarchy and Empire	King James Bible: Exodus, Judges, Samuel, Kings reading notes	Exodus: chapters 1-20, 32, 40 Judges: chapters 13-16 I Samuel: chapter 2: verse 12-26[Eli and Samuel]; chapter 17 [David and Goliath] II Samuel: chapter 11-13[David, Bathsheba, Absalom] I Kings: chapters 3-6; 11 Midterm exam preparation guide	Michaelangelo's Moses "Moses and Machiavellism"
	2/5	Parable and Vision	King James Bible: Matthew Revelation Matthew reading notes Revelation reading notes	Matthew: chapters 1-11,13,26-28 Revelation: chapters 1, 4-7, 17-22	Renaissance Paintings of Gospel Subjects Michael Shehane's project Greenaway's Books: The Tempest and Revelation
	2/7	getty trip picture gallery	reader's theatre --chapters from Bible and Bacon
VI	2/10	The New Atlantis: Scientists	Francis Bacon Lecture notes	Getty paper 1747-1754 Bacon texts on website: New Atlantis, Novum Organum, 2 essays	Luminarium-Bacon David Rendel's project Sample A Papers #1
	2/12	The New Jerusalem: Saints	History of Plymouth Plantation	Donne 1367-1371 Bradford 1371-1381 Bay Psalm Book 1397-1400 Rowlandson 1381-1397 Creative Project presentations
VII	2/17	holiday
	2/19	Biblical poetry, sacred and profane Holy Sonnets	King James Bible: Psalms, Song of Solomon Lecture notes John Donne: Holy Sonnets	Topics for Paper#2 Psalms 1,2,19,22-24,42,51,137,148,150 Song of Solomon 1-4 John Donne 1647-8, 1662-1667 Expostulation 19
VIII	2/24	"Metaphysical" lyrics	John Donne: Songs and Sonnets Lady Mary Wroth	1648-1662 1668-1674 "Emblem, Style and Metaphor" 1699-1701; 1707-1709	Luminarium--Donne "Teaching in the School of Donne" Luminarium--Wroth
	2/26	Language and Spirit	George Herbert Andrew Marvell	The H. Scriptures Redemption1686 Easter Wings 1688 Church Monuments 1691 The Windows 1691 Deniall 1692 Love (3) 1697 To His Coy Mistress 1730 The Garden 1733 An Horatian Ode 1735	Luminarium--Herbert George Herbert site Cynthia Gaw's project Luminarium--Marvell King Charles I and family by Van Dyke
IX	3/3	Holy Warrior	John Milton from "Areopagitica" Lecture notes	paper #2 due 1810-12 1827-1836	Luminarium--Milton
	3/5	The Last Epic	Paradise Lost 1-4 Lecture Notes Milton, Paradise Lost 5-8 Lecture Notes	1836-1912 1912-1933 quiz	A reader's guide to Paradise Lost Paintings and Illustrations of Paradise Lost
X	3/10	Falling from Grace	Milton, Paradise Lost 9-12 Lecture Notes	1934-1985 casting for reading Final Exam review	"The Prophet Disarmed: Milton and the Quakers"
	3/12	English in America		Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor Creative Project presentations --section 1 section 2

	3/17 3/19	Final Exam 10:10-12:00-section 1 1:10-3:00- section 3

Texts

The Longman Anthology of British Literature, volume 1B [or all of volume 1]
Authorized King James Version of the Bible (Oxford Worlds Classics or any other edition of this translation)
Online selections linked to syllabus

Workload and Grading

15%--paper #1 [1000 words]
10%--midterm exam [objective]
10%--Getty project
25%--paper #2 [1250 words]
15%--creative project
25%--final exam

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Rules

Late papers are penalized one full grade for each class session's delay unless a postponement is granted by the instructor in advance.
Attendance is not optional. Each unexcused absence beyond two lowers the grade by one half letter; seven or more unexcused absences result in no credit. Three unexcused latenesses count for one absence. Certified medical absences or job interviews are not counted in these totals and are the only reason for makeups .
Deliberate plagiarism or other forms of cheating result in a failing grade and referral to the dean. Students are responsible for understanding the definition of plagiarism. Please consult the instructor if this Plagiarism and Documentation webpage the subject doesn't make it clear to you.