ENGLISH 313:
AUGUSTAN WRITERS I
(English Literature, 1660-1714)
Fall 1998
Dr. Battigelli
217 Champlain Valley Hall
Office Hours: T, Th 8-9:30 & by appointment
Required Texts
Robert DeMaria, British Literature, 1640-1789
Graham Parry, The Seventeenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context
William Congreve, The Way of the World
| Required Writing | |
| First paper | 10% |
| Second paper | 30% |
| Exam #1 | 10% |
| Exam #2 | 10% |
| Final exam | 30% |
| Class preparation | 10% |
Attendance is mandatory. Papers must be handed in at the beginning of class on the day they are due. Failure to submit any assignment will result in a failing grade for the class.
Objectives
This class is designed to familiarize students with the literature written in England
between 1660 and 1714. Because much of this literature concerns political or religious
ideas of the period, the first two weeks of the course will be devoted to providing an
overview of seventeenth-century history.
| Syllabus |
| T Sept. 1 | I: The Cultural Contexts of
Seventeenth-Century England DeMaria, Ballads and Newsbooks from the Civil War (1640-1649); Edmund Waller, "Of English Verse" [handout] Abraham Cowley, "Ode of Wit," "To Mr. Hobbes"
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| Th Sept. 3 | Parry, "The Iconography of Charles I,
1625-1649" (28-41); "The Arts in Stuart England" (42-81) QUIZ: The Stuart Monarchy
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| T Sept. 8 | Parry, "Cultural Life During the Civil Wars
and the Commonwealth" (82-106); "The Restoration Ethos, 1660-1688"
(107-134); John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, "Upon Nothing" [handout] and
"Satire Against Mankind" [handout] |
| Th Sept. 10 | Parry, "The Scientific Milieu"
(135-165); "Antiquarianism: The Relevance of the Past"; (168-180); John Dryden,
"To My Honoured Friend, Dr. Charleton"
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| T Sept. 15 | Parry, "Varieties of Religious
Experience" (181-211); "Political Theory" (212-239) EXAM #1
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| Th Sept. 17 | II: Literature and Religion Abiezer Coppe, from A Fiery Flying Roll Anna Trapnel, from The Cry of a Stone: or a Relation of Something spoken in Whitehall Lucy Hutchinson, from Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson
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| T Sept. 22 | John Bunyan, from Grace Abounding to the Chief
of Sinners; Margaret Cavendish, from A True Relation
[handout]
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| Th Sept. 24 | John Dryden, Religio
Laici
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| T Sept. 29 | John Dryden, Religio
Laici See study questions
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| Th Oct. 1 | III: Literature and Politics Andrew Marvell, "An Horatian Ode Upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland" (1650); Thomas Hobbes, from Leviathan
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| T Oct. 6 | Robert Filmer, from Patriarcha John Locke, from An Essay Concerning the True Original and End of Civil Government (1690)
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| Th Oct. 8 | MIDTERM EXAM
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| T Oct. 13 | Columbus Day Break--No class
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| Th Oct. 15 | John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, "A
Satire on Charles II" John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
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| T Oct 20 | John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
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| Th Oct 22 | John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
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| T Oct 27 | IV: The Literary Tradition John Dryden, MacFlecknoe
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| Th Oct 29 | John Dryden, "To the Memory of Mr.
Oldham" John Dryden, "Lines on Milton"
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| T Nov. 3 | John Dryden, selected prose
[handout] Paper #1 due, in class
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| Th Nov. 5 | John Dryden, selected prose
[handout]
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| T Nov. 10 | V: Literature and the Social World William Congreve, The Way of the World
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| Th Nov. 12 | William Congreve, The Way of the World
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| T Nov. 17 | William Congreve, The Way of the World Please bring Absalom and Achitophel papers to class
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| Th Nov. 19 | Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock
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| T Nov. 24 | Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock Anne Finch, "The Answer (to Pope's Impromptu)"
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Thanksgiving
Break
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| T Dec. 1 | Eliza Haywood, Fantomina: or Love in a Maze Paper #2 due, in class
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| Th Dec. 3 | Eliza Haywood, Fantomina: or Love in a Maze
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| T Dec. 8 | Eliza Haywood, Fantomina: or Love in a Maze
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| Th Dec. 10 | REVIEW
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| EXAM WEEK | Bring a blue book and pen or pencil to the exam. |