English
2100 Reading and Activities Schedule Up to Mid-term Exam
Tuesday, January 21
TOPIC: Tartuffe
READING:
WM 1-41
ASSIGNMENT: Journal Entry 2: Name a public figure who you
believe to be like one of the characters in this
play. Why?
Thursday, January 23
TOPIC:
Ethics Discussion
READING: WM,
41-68
ASSIGNMENT:
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Presentation #1: Music of the 18th
Century (Mozart or Haydn)
Tuesday, January 28
TOPIC: Yahoos and Houyhnhnms
READING: WM, 229-236
ASSIGNMENT: Journal Entry #2: Give me an example of Yahoos
And Houynhnms on GC&SU campus.
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Presentation #2: Art of the 18th Century (Rembrandt and/or Greco)
Thursday, February 4
TOPIC: Romanticism
READING:
WM 417-426; NU 7-17 and 30-54
ASSIGNMENT:
Journal Entry: Do you agree
or disagree with Bly’s
Assessment of “The Old Position?” Why or why
not?
Thursday, February 6
TOPIC: German Romanticism
READING:
WM 619-622; NU 69, 70, 76
Handout
ASSIGNMENT:
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Presentation #3: Music of the Romantic Period (Beethoven, Schubert)
Tuesday, February 11
TOPIC: American Transcendentalism
READING:
Whitman Handouts, NU 72
ASSIGNMENT:
Journal Entry: Write a poem
in the Style of
“There
was a Child Went Forth” based on your life
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Presentation #4: Art of the Romantic Period (American)
Thursday, February 13
Mid-term Examination / Essay-Web Page Topics Due
Tuesday, February 18
TOPIC: 19th Century Realism
READING:
WM 1222-1260
ASSIGNMENT:
Journal Entry:
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Presentation #5: TBA
IMPORTANT DATES AND
DEADLINES
FEBRUARY
13: MID-TERM EXAMINATION
FEBRUARY
25: TERM PAPER / PROJECT DEADLINE
APRIL
28TH –MAY 2: FINAL EXAMS
(EXAM DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED)