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HONORS LITERATURE: THE GOOD LIFE II

TEXTS (please use the editions indicated, new or used)
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, Norton Critical Edition, ed. V. A. Kolve
Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Pelican
John Milton, Paradise Lost, Norton Critical Edition
Aphra Behn, The Rover, Regents Restoration Drama
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Norton Critical Edition
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
HC 102 xerox packet, bookstore

SYLLABUS
Jan 8: Introduction; Douglass Room, "The Sounds of Chaucer's English," "General Prologue," (audio tape on reserve, third floor, library);
10: Chaucer, "General Prologue," Canterbury Tales; (3-24); "Chaucer's Language," xiii-xvii
12: General Prologue (continued)

15: MLK day: no class
17: "The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale," 191-207
19: "The Pardoner's Tale," Paper #1 due: (2 pages)

22: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue," 105-126; 7:30 Reading of "Wife of Bath's Tale"
24: "Wife of Bath's Tale,"126-135 ;
26: "The Nun's Priest's Prologue and Tale," 214-231

29: Troilus and Cressida, Acts I and II;
31: Troilus and Cressida, Act III; 7:30 Reading of Troilus and Cressida
Feb 2: Troilus and Cressida, Acts IV and V; Paper #2 due (3-4 pages)

5: The Rover, Acts I and II
6: 7:30 Reading of The Rover
7: The Rover, Acts III-V;
9: Mid-term exam

12: John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I (7-32)
14: Paradise Lost, Book II (32-62)
16: PL, Book III (62-84

19: PL, Book IV (84-112)
21: PL, Books V and VI (112-162)
23: PL, Books VII and VIII (162-197)

26: PL, Book IX (197-229)
28: PL, Book IX
Mar 2: PL, Book X (229-259)

5: PL, selections, Books XI and XII
7: Paper #3 due (6 pages)
9: TBA

12: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Book IV, iv-ix, 191-260
14: Gulliver, Book IV
16: Last Class

20: (Tues) 10:15, Final Exam 11:00 class
20: (Tues) 3:15, Final Exam 2:00 class