Below is the schedule of reading assignments, and deadlines for exams and writing projects. For a detailed schedule of weekly reading and writing assignments, check Moodle.
WEEKS 1-2 (Aug 28, 30, Sept 1, 4, 6, 8)
Introductions
What is Literary History?
Songs of Innocence
WEEKS 3-4 (Sept 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22)
The “Origins” of British Romanticism
Lyrical Ballads
WEEK 5 (Sept 25, 27, 29)
Women and Print Culture
Eighteenth-C Women Poets (selections)
WEEKS 6-7 (Oct 2, 4, 6, 11, 13)
Lyrical Ballads, revisited
Later British Romantics
Poetry Literacy Narrative draft due Oct 2
WEEK 8 (Oct 16, 18, 20)
Women and Print Culture, cont.
Charlotte Temple
PLN final revisions due Oct 16
Exam I Oct 20
Week 9-10 (Oct 23, 25, 27, 30, Nov 1, 3)
American Romantic Traditions
Wieland, or The Transformation
Griswold, American Prose Writers (selections)
WEEKS 11-13 (Nov 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 27, 29, Dec 1)
“American Renaissance” Writers
Leaves of Grass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Draft of your professor profile due Nov 15
Exam II Dec 1
WEEK 14 (Dec 4, 6, 8)
Professor Profiles: Presentations and Discussions