Spring 2009 Calendar
Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-5:15 in Grainger G16. | 12 January | Course introduction. |
| 15 January | On the Morning of Christ's Nativity |
| 21 January | "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso." As part of your preparation for class, read both poems out loud and come to class prepared to discuss Milton's use of sound. |
| 26 January | Class cancelled. Use this time to start working on your first short paper. |
| 28 January | Lycidas. Look up the term "pastoral poem " in a good literary dictionary (or the glossary of your Norton anthology) and be prepared to comment on the ways in which Lycidas is a pastoral poem. |
| 2 February | Comus. |
| 4 February | Comus, continued. |
| 9 February | Areopagitica. |
| 11 February | Short paper 1 due. Be prepared to discuss the poem you've written about in class. |
| 16 February | Paradise Lost, Book 1. |
| 18 February | Paradise Lost, Book 2. |
| 23 February | Paradise Lost, Book 3. |
| 25 February | Paradise Lost, Book 4. |
| 2 March | Class canceled because of snow. |
| 4 March | Paradise Lost, Book 5. |
| 16 March | Paradise Lost, Book 6. |
| 18 March | Paradise Lost, Book 7. |
| 23 March | Paradise Lost, Book 8. |
| 25 March | Paradise Lost, Book 9. |
| 30 March | Paradise Lost, Book 9, continued. Short paper 2 due. |
| 1 April | Paradise Lost, Book 10. |
| 6 April | Paradise Lost, Book 11. |
| 8 April | Paradise Lost, Book 12. |
| 13 April | Paradise Regained, Books 1-2. |
| 15 April | Paradise Regained, Books 3-4. |
| 20 April | Sampson Agonistes. |
| 22 April | Sampson Agonistes, continued. |
| Thursday, 30 April, 3:00-5:30 | FINAL EXAM. Final paper due (feel free to turn this in early). |