Survey of British Literature

 
THE ANGLO-SAXONS

449-1066

1.                  Read historical introduction.

pages 2-16

2.                  Read Beowulf.

pages 18-46

3.                  Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 48

4.                  Read entire page.  Record all literary terms.

page 49

5.                  Answer questions 1, 2, and 3, “Analyzing Text.”

page 49

6.                  Read “The English language.”

page 63-66

7.                  Analyze Beowulf.  Select one (exclude symbolism of Grendel and Herot) of the topics listed in #2 on page 67.  Write a literary analysis using only the text of Beowulf as a source.  If you prefer, you may determine a topic.

pages 67-68

THE MIDDLE AGES

1066-1485

8.                  Read the historical introduction.

pages 74-88

9.                  Read entire page.  Record all literary terms.

page 90

10.             Read ballads.

pages 91-95

11.             Answer questions 1-5.

page 96

12.             Read about Geoffrey Chaucer.

pages 98-99

13.             Study introduction to Canterbury Tales.

pages 100-101

14.             Study pronunciation key.

page 102

15.             Read entire page.  Record all literary terms.

page 103

16.             Read the beginning of the Book of the Tales of Canterbury.

page 104.

17.             Read “The Prologue” to the Canterbury Tales.  Make a list of all characters introduced and record a few special details about each character.

pages 105-125.

18.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 127

19.             Read from “The Pardoner’s Tale.”

pages 129-136

20.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 137

21.             Read from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.”

pages 138-147

22.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 149

23.             Read entire page.  Record all literary terms.

page 158

24.             Read from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

pages 159

25.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 167

26.             Study “Romances:  Wishes Fulfilled.”  Know elements of romance.

page167

27.             Read about Sir Thomas Malory’s life.

page 169

28.             Read “The Death of Arthur” from Le Morte Darthur.

page 171-176

29.             Answer questions 2 and 3, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 176

30.             Using the thesis on page 186, write a comparison/contrast essay.  Study pages 185 and 186 for ideas and advice.

pages 185-186


The Renaissance

1485-1660

31.             Read the historical introduction.

pages 193-211

32.             Read Edmund Spenser’s biography.

page 217

33.             Study sonnets 30 and 75.

pages 218-219

34.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, and 5, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 219

35.             Read these pages.

pages 221-222

36.             Read “The Fowle Duessa”

page 222

37.             Read these pages,  “Shakespeare’s Sonnets:  The Mysteries of Love.”

pages 223-224

38.             Read Sonnets 116 and 130.

pages 228-229

39.             Answer questions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 229

40.             Read “Make the Connection” and “Elements of Literature.”

page 231

41.             Read Christopher Marlowe’s biography.

page 232

42.             Read “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.”

page 233

43.             Read Sir Walter Raleigh’s biography.

page 234

44.             Read “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd.”

page 235

45.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, and 5, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 236

46.             Read Robert Herrick’s biography.

page 238

47.             Read “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time.”

page 239

48.             Read Andrew Marvel’s biography.

page 240

49.             Read “To His Coy Mistress.”

pages 241-242

50.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 242

51.             Complete an essay in which you compare and contrast two of the carpe diem poems by Marlow, Raleigh, Herrick, and Marvell.

page 243

52.             Read John Donne’s biography.

page 244

53.             Study page 245 “Before You Read.”

page 245

54.             Read “Song.”

page 245

55.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 246

56.             Study “Metaphysical Poetry” sections.

page 246

57.             Read entire page.  Record all literary terms.

page 247

58.             Read “A Valediction:  Forbidding Mourning.”

page 248

59.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 249

60.             Read “Death Be Not Proud.”

page 253

61.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, and 5, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 254

62.             Read Ben Jonson’s biography.

page 256

63.             Read “On My First Son.”

page 257

64.             Record the term “epigram.”

page 257

65.             Study very carefully page 279 about “literary present tense.’

page 279

66.             Study pages 275-278 carefully about writing an interpretive essay.

pages 275-278

THE RENAISSANCE THEATER

 

67.             Read the historical introduction.

pages 283-288

68.             Read William Shakespeare’s biography.

pages 289-296

69.             Read the Macbeth introduction.

pages 298-300

70.             Read Macbeth.

pages 302-382

71.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 318

72.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 333

73.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 351

74.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 369

75.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 388

76.             Write an essay in which you formulate a response to Item #2 on page 390 about Lady Macbeth.

page 390

77.             Read John Milton’s biography.

page 435-437

78.             Read introduction to Paradise Lost.

pages 438-439

79.             Read the “Fall of Satan” from Paradise Lost.

pages 441-448

80.             Answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, “Shaping Interpretations.”

page 449

81.             Record all literary terms.

page 449