On-Line Readings Are Linked to the Schedule.

Schedule

Date	Readings	Assignments
January 15	Introduction: This is (not) a syllabus.; Blackboard
January 17	"John Dryden 1631-1700" (69-71): John Dryden's "Prologue" to The Rival-Ladies (1664), "Epilogue" to Tyrannic Love (1669) (page 3 of file), "Prologue" to An Evening's Love" (1671), "Epilogue" to The Second Part of the Conquest of Granada (1672), "Prologue" to Aureng-Zebe (1675)	Journal 1 No Response
January 22	"Prologue" to The Unhappy Favourite (1682), "Prologue" to Amphitryon (1690), "Epilogue" to Amphitryon (1690), and "Epilogue" to The Pilgrim (1700), and Jeremy Collier, A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698) (655-57)	Journal 2
January 24	Dryden, "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham" (1684) (91), To the Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady Mrs.Anne Killigrew (1686) (pages 5-10)	Response 2
January 29	Dryden, "To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve" (1694) (ed. G. G. Falle); Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "To the Memory of Mr. Congreve". 1729. William Congreve: The Critical Heritage. Ed. Alexander Lindsay and Howard Erskine-Hill. London and New York: Routledge, 1989. ebrary. Web. 26 Jan. 2013. 198-99.	Journal 3
January 31	Andrew Marvell, "Flec[k]noe, An English Priest at Rome." (1645). Poems and Satires of Andrew Marvell, Sometime Member of Parliament for Hull. 2 vols. Ed. George Atherton Aitken. London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892. 2: 3-9 (see Course Documents for some explanatory notes), "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647-80" (290-91), "An Allusion to The 10th Satyr of the 1st Book of Horace" (1675-77?) (see Course Documents for the text of the poem, a link to Horace's poem, and some explanatory notes).	Response 3
February 5	Dryden, "Mac Flecknoe" (1684) (86-90)	Journal 4
February 7	"Aphra Behn 1640-1689" (196-97), The Feigned Courtesans (1679), Acts I-II (BABL Online)	Response 4
February 12	The Feigned Courtesans, Acts III-V (BABL Online)	Journal 5
February 14	Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681) (71-86) and John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester, "A Satyr on Charles II" (1674) (291-92)	Response 5
February 19	Absalom and Achitophel (1681) (71-86) and 2 Samuel 13-18	Journal 6
February 21	Dryden, "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day" (1687) (92-93) and "Alexander's Feast" (1697) (ed. Jack Lynch)	Response 6
February 26-28	Aphra Behn, Oroonoko (1688) (201-37)	Journal 7 Response 7
March 5	"William Wycherly, 1641-1716" (238-39) The Country Wife (1675), Acts I-II	Journal 8 Response 8
March 7	The Country Wife, Acts III-V	Response 8
March 12-14	Spring Break	Midterm Paper
March 19	Katherine Philips, "A Married State" (1664) (ed. Robert Pinsky), Margaret Cavendish, The Convent of Pleasure (1668), Act 3, pp. 20-24 (also in Course Documents), Mary, Lady Chudleigh, "To the Ladies" (1703) (ed. Ian Lancashire), Mary Wortley Montagu, "The Lover: A Ballad" (1748) (606-07), and "Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Husband" (1724) (607-08); Daniel Defoe, Roxana, Chapter 8 (excerpts) (1724)	Journal 9
March 21	Aphra Behn, "The Disappointment" (1680) (197-99); John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, "The Imperfect Enjoyment" (1680) (299-300); Jonathan Swift, "The Lady's Dressing Room" (1732) (379-81); Mary Wortley Montagu, "The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to write a Poem called 'The Lady's Dressing Room'" (1734) (605-06)	Response 9
March 26	Johnathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726), Part 1 (389-420)	Journal 10
March 28	Gulliver's Travels, Part 4 (484-519)	Responses 10
April 2-4	"Alexander Pope 1688-1744" (540-42), The Rape of the Lock (1712) (555-68)	Journal 11 Response 11
April 9-11	Pope, "An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot" (1735) (584-91)	Journal 12 Response 12
April 16	John Gay, The Beggar's Opera (1728) (BABL Online), Act I (1-14)	Journal 13
April 18	The Beggar's Opera (BABL Online), Act II-III (14-41)	Response 13
April 23-25	"Samuel Johnson 1709-1784" (759-61), "The Vanity of Human Wishes" (1749) (761-65); Rasselas (1759) (ed. Jack Lynch); "Thomas Gray 1716-1771" (804-05), "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (c. 1742-50) (807-09), William Hogarth, Marriage A-la Mode (1745) (922-27)	Journal 14 Response 14
May 2	Final Exam Paper	Post to Discussion Board.

Grading and Policies

Education requires active participation of the whole class. We all have the obligation to contribute to the education of others in the class as well as our own. The only way to accomplish this is to attend class regularly, read texts carefully before class, complete assignments on time, bring books to class, and contribute to the discussion.

Before each class, post to Blackboard a Journal or Response writing assignment. Journals and Responses are designed to provoke discussion and to provide practice in written analysis. These writings will be graded mainly for insight, originality, and supporting evidence.

Time Management

You should expect to spend at least three-four hours out of class completing the readings and assignments for each hour in class. This means that if you are not devoting at least ten hours a week out of class, you are not doing enough work. The key to success is working steadily throughout the semester rather than depending on a few intensive spurts at midterm and finals time to carry you through.

Students with Disabilities

Students with documented disabilities, who wish to request accommodations to ensure full participation in this and other courses, should contact the Office of Disability Services at (617) 994-6820.The office is located at 73 Tremont Street, 7th floor.

Attendance

• Education is a contact sport. If you are not in class, you can not contribute to your own education and that of the other students; therefore, more than four absences during the semester will lower your grade. If you miss more than six classes, you will be in danger of failing the course and should speak to me about your options.

• If you miss a class, you are responsible for the material discussed in that class. Go to Lectures in the left-hand menu in Blackboard to view podcasts of classes. This is the closest you can come to experiencing classes that you miss, but podcasts are not as good as the real thing because they will not record most of the contributions of your fellow students and will not allow you to contribute questions and comments in the heat of discussion.

• But attendance in itself is not sufficient. Your grade will also be based on the quality of your participation.

• Please come to class on time prepared to stay the whole period. It is very annoying to the class if students are constantly coming and going. (Let me know, of course, of special circumstances.)

• Please turn-off cell phones and pagers!

Late Assignments

• More than three late assignments during the semester will lower your grade.

• You are responsible for all the material covered in class. Late Journals and Responses should reflect but not simply repeat class discussion, and will be graded accordingly. Better late than never, however.

• To pass the course, you must complete every assignment. Please speak to me if you are having trouble keeping up with readings and written work.

Class Web Site

• The syllabus, daily class materials, all assignments, exams, internet readings, and other resources are available on the class web site.

• Check the web site regularly for changes and addition of new resources.

• If you have any suggestions for adding to and/or improving this page, just let me know. Your contributions are welcome.

Email

• All students are expected to check their Suffolk email regularly for official communcations from the University and me.

• For your User ID and Password, see Email.

• If you prefer to use another email account (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.), forward your Suffolk email to this account by setting up a forwarding file. Log into Suffolk University’s Umail site <https://umail.suffolk.edu/>. Once logged into the site, click on Options. Click on Forwarding which will be under the Mail options. Click on Yes, and then in the space provided enter the email address you wish to forward your email to. Note: If you wish for a copy of your email to be kept on your Suffolk email account, place a check mark in the box that is next to Keep a copy of each forwarded message in your Inbox.

• Remember to change this file if you change email accounts.

Revision

• You may revise any assignment except at the very end of the semester (late assignments and the Final Exam) when I won't have time to read revisions.

• If you correct the mechanical errors (typos, spelling, punctuation, grammar, conventional formats) using Hacker's Pocket Style Manual, I will raise the grade by half a grade (from, say, B to B+).

• If you strengthen your ideas, add clarifying details and supporting evidence, and improve the organization, there is no limit to the change of grade.

• The revised grade will replace the initial grade.

Grading

Course Requirements	Percentage of Grade
Journals and Responses	50%
Midterm Paper	20%
Final Exam	20%
Class Participation	10%