Wk	Day	Date	Subject, Links, Reminders, and Supplementary Readings	Reading+
1	W	8-Jan	Introduction
	F	10-Jan	Classical influences Cicero, "Scipio's Dream" *Plato's Allegory of the Cave Humanism (Vatican Exhibit)	Thompson, 26-44
2	M	13-Jan	Pastoral InfoPlease Pastoral Pages	Longman 784-789; 1124 (Raleigh and Marlowe)
		14-Jan	DROP ADD CLOSES AT 5 pm
	W	15-Jan	The Sonnet Guide to the Sonnet (Glenn Everett) Herbert, "Prayer" Humanism in Art (Raphael) The School of Athens clickable School of Athens The Art of Renaissance Science	Longman 679-682 (through Petrarch); Shakespeare sonnets 18, 20, 86, 130 (between 1226 -1235)
	F	17-Jan	The Reformation -- backgrounds in Europe Luther 95 Theses (see all of them here)
3	M	20-Jan	MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY --- NO CLASSES MEET
	W	22-Jan	Politics and the English Reformation Reformation in England Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy Suppression of Glastonbury Abbey Letter of Henry VIII's Divorce Book of Common Prayer (skim) ALL MONDAY CLASSES MEET TODAY (doesn't affect us)
	F	24-Jan
4	M	27-Jan	Voyages of Discovery European Age of Exploration Some Renaissance Maps Montaigne, "Of Cannibals" De las Casas "Tears of the Indian" 1492: The Continuing Journey (an online exhibit) John Smith's Map of Virginia
	W	29-Jan
	F	31-Jan
5	M	3-Feb	Court Masques and Cavaliers The court Masque Machiavelli, The Prince (excerpt) Music and Dance
	W	5-Feb	Courtiers and Courtesy Courtesy Books Castiglione, from The Courtier (ideal qualities for men and women) Court Life Jonson, On Court-worm
	F	7-Feb	Cavalier Poets The Conceit: Donne, Valediction: Of Weeping and Elegy: On His Mistress Going to Bed Seize the Day: Herrick, To Daffodils and Corrinna X-Rated: Carew, A Rapture and Herrick The Vine
6	M	10-Feb	Religion and Reform Metaphysical Poets
	W	12-Feb	Modern Philosophy
	F	14-Feb	Biography and Autobiography Jeremiads and Conversion Narratives Jonathan Edwards's Personal Narrative Ben Franklin Chapter 5
7	M	17-Feb	Paradise Lost
	W	19-Feb
	F	21-Feb
8	M	24-Feb
	W	26-Feb
	F	28-Feb
9	M	3-Mar	Women and Education LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A "W"
	W	5-Mar
	F	7-Mar	MIDTERM
	M	10-Mar	SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASSES
	W	12-Mar	SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASSES
	F	14-Mar	SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASSES
10	M	17-Mar	Magic and Science John Lienhard's Renaissance site della Porta's Natural Magick, (pick a chapter at random and be ready to discuss it) Salem Witch Trials and Home Page the Medieval Universe and the Renaissance Universe The Age of the Marvelous Copernicus "Revolutions" 2288-2293 Milton Paradise Lost II. lines 870-1055; Book VIII lines 1-178
	W	19-Mar
	F	21-Mar
11	M	24-Mar	Psychology and Medicine Prehistory of Cognitive Science scenes from Hamlet (movie) Renaissance Prose	Longman, Anatomy of Melancholy
	W	26-Mar	Plague account and illustrations The black death Vol 1: Boccacio's Da Cameron (1876-1916) Renaissance Science and Health The Humors Paraselsus
	F	28-Mar
12	M	31-Mar	Renaissance Printing
	W	2-Apr
	F	4-Apr
13	M	7-Apr	Renaissance Music and Art Renaissance Music
	W	9-Apr
	F	11-Apr
14	M	14-Apr
	W	16-Apr	LAST DATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR HEALTH WITHDRAWALS
	F	18-Apr	EASTER HOLIDAY-- NO CLASS
15	M	21-Apr	Shakespeare's Tempest Shakespeare's Stage Background to The Tempest Summary of the Tempest by Scene Productions of the Tempest The first Globe and The first Blackfriars Theatre Inside of the Globe (stage)
	W	23-Apr
	F	25-Apr
16	M	28-Apr
	W	30-Apr
	F	2-May	LAST DAY OF CLASSES
		5-May	FINAL EXAM 8:30-11 AM (ENGLISH 207); FINAL EXAM 3-5:30 (ENGLISH 350)

+ Note: the reading is due on the scheduled date, not assigned on that date. Do all assigned readng, but write journals only on reading marked with asterisks (). Write jouranls on one text per day (choose from selections marked with .)