Date
|
Class
Activities
|
Reading
/ Homework Due
|
1. W
1/21 |
Course + student intro.
|
Monday's
reading assignment is
in the cell below |
Unit I: Early
Modern Utopias (Renaissance through Restoration) |
2. M
1/26 |
New Atlantis |
Read F. Bacon, New
Atlantis (pdf on
Blackboard); DISC. #1:
Bring 3
ORIGINAL discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected), either ones you would
pose as an instructor of the class, things you are confused about in
the reading, or a mix between the two. The purpose of discussion
questions is to open a dialogue
between you and me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to
help students become better writers by becoming critical thinkers, or
people who question what they read. Discussion questions are evaluated
on a check (average, show you did the reading), check plus (insightful,
original, possibly brilliant, probably shared during class), or check
minus (you didn't do the reading or simply copied questions discussed
in class) basis. Discussion questions are not mandatory but are
taken
into consideration for your Participation Grade.
|
3. W
1/28 |
Blazing World |
Read Cavendish, ix (0) - xv, 119-155; DISC. #2: Bring 3
original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected). |
4. M
2/2 |
Blazing World |
Read Cavendish, 156-225 JOURNAL
#1: Write
a close analysis
of a passage from New
Atlantis and/or Blazing World. NB: When
more than one text is available to write about, you may choose your own
scope; I don't expect you to write about both, but you may if you
wish. Bring a copy to class and post
your response to
Blackboard/Discussion as well. |
5. W
2/4 |
Review for Exam #1: Early Modern
Utopias; Research Synopses 1, 2, & 3
|
Bring any questions
you have about Bacon or Cavendish
to class; Research Synopsis 1:
Price, B., "Intro." Bacon's 'New Atlantis': New
Interdisciplinary Essays; RS2:
Iyengar, S. "Royalist, Romancist,
Racialist;" & RS3:
Trubowitz, R., "The Reenchanment of Utopia and the
Female Monarchical Self: Margaret Cavendish's Blazing World" (Bb)
|
6. M
2/9 |
In-class Exam
#1: Early Modern Utopias |
Bring Bacon,
Cavendish, and one page of notes (written
on back of exam) to class. Make-up date Wed. 2/11 10-11:15 in 352
Dickson (office hours); please note that make-up exams are only given
to students with a medical note from a physician, or the Dean of
Students.
|
Unit II--The
Revolution in Sentiment: Discovering Psychological Worlds (18th
c./Sturm und Drang)
|
7. W
2/11 |
Confessions (Bk
1)
|
Read Rousseau, 1-43 |
8. M
2/16 |
Confessions (Bk
2, 3)
|
Read Rousseau, 44-128; DISC.
#3: Bring 3
original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected)
|
9. 2/18 |
Confessions (Bk
5)
|
Read Rousseau
172-219 |
10. M
2/23 |
Confessions (Bk
6, sel. from Bk 7)
|
Read Rousseau 220-66, 307-39
|
11. W
2/25 |
Confessions (sel. from 8)
|
Read Rousseau 344-91 JOURNAL
#2: Write a close analysis
of a passage from Confessions.
Bring a copy to class and post
your response to Bb/DB. |
12. M
3/2 |
Werther |
Read Goethe 1-61; DISC.
#3: Bring 3 original discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
13. W
3/4 |
Werther
|
Read Goethe 62-96 |
14. M
3/9 |
Review for Exam #2: The
Revolution
in Sentiment: Discovering Psychological Worlds; RS
4 & 5 |
Bring ques. about
Rousseau and Goethe to class; bring
journal entry, and texts, in order to review; RS4: Herbold,
S. "Rousseau's Dance of Veils;" & RS5: Bennett, B., "Goethe's Werther"
(Bb) |
15. W
3/11 |
In-class Essay
Exam #2: The Revolution in Sentiment:
Discovering Psychological Worlds-- NO MAKE-UP DATES!
|
Bring Rousseau,
Goethe, and one page of notes (written
on back of exam) to class.
|
Unit III: A Rational
Revolution? Conquering New Worlds |
16. M
3/23 |
Reading Day (class
canceled)
|
Read ahead
|
17. W
3/25 |
Candide
|
Read Voltaire, 1-56; DISC. #4: Bring 3 original
discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
18. M
3/30 |
Candide; about Faust
|
Read Voltaire, 56-89
& Kaufman's introduction to
Goethe, 1-61; JOURNAL #3: Write
a close analysis
of a passage from Candide. Bring a copy to class and post
your response to Bb/DB. |
19. W
4/1 |
Faust
I |
Read Goethe, 65-123
|
20. M
4/6 |
Faust I |
Read 125-209;
DISC. #5: Bring
3 original discussion ques.
to
class (will be
collected)
|
21. W
4/8 |
Faust I |
Read 209-263; JOURNAL
#4: Write
a close analysis
of a passage from Faust. Bring a copy to class and post
your response to Bb/DB. |
22. M
4/13 |
Faust I |
Read Goethe 263-359; DISC. #6: Bring 3 original
discussion ques. to
class (will be
collected) |
23. W
4/15 |
Faust I |
Read Goethe 359-421
|
24. M
4/20 |
Faust II
|
Read Goethe 423-503; JOURNAL #5: Write a close
analysis
of a passage (after p. 263)
from Faust. Bring a copy to class and post
your response to Bb/DB.
|
25. W
4/22 |
Faust in
Performance
|
Read Hamlin, C.,
"Faust in Performance" (Bb)
|
26. M
4/27 |
Review for Exam #3:
Conquering New Worlds; RS 6 &7
|
Bring any questions
about Voltaire, Rousseau, or Goethe
to class; RS6:
Brown, J. K. "Faust" & RS7:
at least 10 pages from one or
more of the
interpretive essays at the back of Candide (list each item
separately in
the Works Cited, alongside the orig. publication info. of each
excerpted piece, which should be cited as "Rpt. . . . ") |
27. W
4/29 |
In-class Exam #3:
Conquering New Worlds
|
Bring Voltaire,
Rousseau, two Goethe books, and one
page of notes (written on back of exam sheet); make-up date = 5/11 3:15
to 4:30 in College Hall 121 (Finals Week); please note that
make-up exams are only given to students with a medical note from a
physician, or the Dean of Students. |
28. M
5/4 |
Exam returned
|
Journal Portfolio
due; optional (and separate):
Participation Portfolio (all discussion questions, incl. new/late ones,
old ones, simply stapled or clipped) due; Part. Port. is not accepted
after this date
|
5/11
|
Optional:
Rewrite your
lowest-scoring exam from 3:30
to 4:45 in 121 College Hall
|
Please notify me
that you want
to take advantage of this option. |