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ENGL 361: Renaissance Topograpies Course Calendar Spring 2005 |
| 18 January | Course introduction. |
| 20 January |
Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux" and selections from the Canzoniere (available on Blackboard). |
| 25 January | Boccaccio, Decameron, prologue and introduction (pp. 1-23). |
| 27 January | Boccaccio, Decameron, Day 2, Story 7 (pp. 125-148). |
| 1 February | Boccaccio, Decameron, 1.1, 1.3, 3.1, 3.10. |
| 3 February | Boccaccio, Decameron, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 5.1. |
| 8 February | Boccaccio, Decameron, 5.8, 5.9, 6.10, 10.10, and conclusion. |
| 10 February |
Machiavelli: letter to Vettori, pp. 1-4; The Prince, dedication, chapters 1-9, 17-19, 22-26; Discourses, chapters 1, 10-11. |
| 15 February | More, Utopia, Book 1. |
| 17 February | More, Utopia, Book 2. |
| 22 February |
ESSAY 1 DUE. |
| 24 February | Camoes, Lusiads, Cantos 1-2. |
| 1 March | Camoes, Lusiads, Cantos 3-4. |
| 3 March | Camoes, Lusiads, Cantos 5-7. |
| 8 March | Camoes, Lusiads, Cantos 8-10. |
| 10 March | MIDTERM EXAM |
| 15/17 March | Spring break. |
| 22 March |
Excerpts from Erasmus, Praise of Folly (on Blackboard under Course Documents). |
| 24 March | Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Book I: author's prologue, chs. 1, 3-7, 11, 16-17, 21-23, 25-7. |
| 29 March | Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Book I: chs. 38-44, 52, 55-57. |
| 31 March | Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Book II: chs. 1-9, 18-20, 32. |
| 5 April | Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Book III: chs. 1, 8-13 |
| 7 April | Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel. Book IV: chs. 1-2, 55-67. |
| 12 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part I: chs. 1-8. |
| 14 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part I: chs. 9-15 |
| 19 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part I: chs. 20, 22, 25, 52. |
| 21 April | Cervantes, Don Quixote. Part II: chs. TBA. |
| 26 April | A viewing of Prince of Foxes. |
| 28 April | ESSAY 2 DUE. Conclusion of Prince of Foxes. |
| 3 May (Tues.) | FINAL EXAM (8:00-10:30) |
