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English 101, Spring 2014

Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Professor Fradenburg
lfraden@english.ucsb.edu
South Hall 2708

T 4/1 Introduction
R 4/3 CLASS CANCELLED Academic Student Employee Union on strike

T 4/8 Introductory Material on Anglo-Saxon Literature, incl. selection from Bedes
History; Caedmons Hymn; Introductory Material on Beowulf ; Beowulf
R 4/10 Beowulf

T 4/15 Introduction on The Fourteenth Century and Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight; Fitt I
R 4/17 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitts II & III

T 4/22 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fitt IV
R 4/24 Introductory material on Geoffrey Chaucer; Chaucer, portrait of the Wife of
Bath in the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; The Wife of Baths
Prologue

T 4/29 Chaucer, The Wife of Baths Tale
R 5/1 Chaucer, the Millers portrait in the General Prologue to The Canterbury
Tales; The Millers Prologue and Tale

T 5/6 Chaucer, The Millers Prologue and Tale
R 5/8 OED/CHAUCER Paper Due; Introduction, on The Fifteenth Century,
MysteryPlays, the Wakefield Second Shepherds Play

T 5/13 MIDTERM
R 5/15 Introductory Material on Shakespeare, Shakespeares Sonnets

T 5/20 Introductory Material on The Early Seventeenth Century; Introductory
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Material on John Donne; Donnes The Flea, The Sun Rising, The
Canonization,Nocturnall on St. Lucies Day, A Valediction: Forbidding
Mourning, The Relic,Holy Sonnets #10 & #14
R 5/22 Introductory Material on Shakespeares King Lear, King Lear, Acts I and II

T 5/27 Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III
R 5/29 Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV; OED/SHAKESPEARE PAPER DUE

T 6/3 Introductory Material on Milton; Aereopagitica; Paradise Lost, Book IV
R 6/5 Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX

W 6/11 FINAL EXAM, 12-3pm

Required Text: The Norton Anthology of English Poetry, Medieval and Renaissance

Class Requirements: Midterm, 25%; Final (not cumulative, 25%) (both exams will be
multiple-choice scantron exams); OED paper on Chaucer, 5-7 pages, 25%; OED paper on
Shakespeare, 5-7 pages, 25%. By OED paper I mean that, for both papers, you will use the
Oxford English Dictionary to find out the etymology and meanings of 10 key words in a
passage from Chaucer and then from Shakespeare, and build close readings of the passages on
your research into the language. This is not a vocabulary exercise but a way for you to
conduct original research for a critical interpretation of the poetry. Your TA can raise your
final grade by a + or lower it by a depending on whether youve passed or failed their
requirements for class attendance and participation.

Class Policies: No laptops or phones in class; zero tolerance on plagiarism; no makeup exams
unless you have official written confirmation of medical ailments or family emergencies. By
official I mean from a doctor, funeral director or court clerk. If you have made travel plans
that conflict with the exam dates, you can either unmake them, or take this class at another
time.



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