Unit 1: Foundations—What is Medieval? What is Medievalism?
Week 1:
Tues. Aug. 27—Introductions; Course Keywords
Fri. Aug. 30—Geoffrey of Monmouth, Geoffrey of Monmouth (excerpts)
Week 2:
Tues. Sept. 3—Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 1
Fri. Sept. 6—Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 2
Unit 2: Chivalry
Week 3:
Tues. Sept. 10— Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part I
Fri. Sept. 13—Sir Gawain, Part II
Week 4:
Tues. Sept. 17—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part III
Fri. Sept. 20—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Part IV
COMMONPLACE BOOK DUE
Week 5:
Tues. Sept. 24—Listen to Chaucer Reading Online (select “Download” after following link); In-Class Exercise on reading Chaucer’s Middle English
Fri. Sept. 27—Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue, pages 243-287 (Please Print out and bring to class)
Week 6:
Tues. Oct. 1—Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Tale, pages 289-309 (continued in the reading linked above)
Fri. Oct. 4—MIDTERM EXAM
Unit 3: Renaissance Medievalisms
Week 7:
Tues. Oct. 8—Spenser, “A Letter of the Author’s” (pp. 205-208)
Faerie Queene Allegoresis Handout Due on the Date of your Assigned Section Reading (see assignment)
Fri. Oct. 11—The Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto 1
Week 8:
Tues. Oct. 15—FALL BREAK (NO CLASS)
Fri. Oct. 18—The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 2 and 3 (Allegoresis Presenters: Jessica Osorio, Matt Prinz, Alexxis Hoernes)
Week 9:
Tues. Oct. 22—The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 4 and 5 (Allegoresis Presenters: Kelly Moran, Katrina Lange, Sami Davidson, Jacob Urman, Allison DePinto, Nicole Porter)
Fri. Oct. 25—The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 6 and 7 (Allegoresis Presenters: Lily Acevedo, Matthew Moment, Shannon Dupie, Sophie Correa, Mikayla Martinez, Skylar Couch-Tellefsen)
Week 10:
Tues. Oct. 29— The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 8 and 9 (Allegoresis Presenters: Shannon Colfer, Chelsea Kolarik, Samsang Dolma, Dylan Piccione, Melina Anselmi, Abigail Lanza)
PLEASE NOTE THAT OCT. 30 IS THE LAST DAY FOR COURSE WITHDRAWAL
We are skipping Canto 10; here is a summary so you can know what happened!
Una, realizing that the Redcrosse Knight is feeble and faint takes him the House of Holiness to recover. The House of Holiness is managed by Caelia, who has three daughters: Fidelia, Speranza, Charissa. The Redcrosse Knight is restored under the guidance of Fidelia, Esperanza, Patience, Amendment, Penaunce, Remorse, Repentance, Charissa, and Mercie. She then takes him to the hospital of the House of Holiness where the seven bead-men reside. From this she takes him to Contemplation who resides on a hill. Contemplation shows him the New Jerusalem and tells him he is really English and will become St. George. The Redcrosse Knight, after seeing New Jerusalem wants to leave this world – but Contemplation tells him he has work to do her. Now restored, the Redcrosse Knight gets ready to undertake his quest again.
Summary from https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/el1/fq-summary.html
Fri. Nov. 1—The Faerie Queene, Book I, Cantos 11 and 12 (Allegoresis Presenters: Michelle Viruet, Lyla Patterson, Alexi Harrington, Lucas Essex, Shanice Reid, Emilio Cerda) All Allegoesis Written Assignments are Due today
Week 11:
Tues. Nov. 5—Henry V, Acts I and II
Fri. Nov. 8—Henry V, Act III
UNIT 4: The Gothic
Week 12:
Tues. Nov. 12—Henry V, Acts IV and V
Fri. Nov. 15—Northanger Abbey pp. 5-69 (through Vol I, Chapter 12)
Draft Workshop for Wikipedia Project
Week 13:
Tues. Nov. 19—Northanger Abbey pp. 70-146 (through Vol II, Chapter 9)
Fri. Nov. 22—Northanger Abbey pp. 146-187 (through the end)
UNIT 5: Neo-Medievalism
Week 14:
Tues. Nov. 26—Emily Carroll, His Face all Red
Fri. Nov. 29 NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)
Week 15:
Tues. Dec. 3—The Hobbit
Fri. Dec. 6—The Hobbit
Monday, December 9: Final Portfolio due for Capstone Research Essay
Final Exam: Dec. 17 at 10:15 in HUM