Date

Topic/Reading Assignment

Due

1/17

Introduction to the course

1/19

Middle English

1/24

William Langland - Piers Plowman

1/26

Piers Plowman (cont.)

1/31

Piers Plowman (cont.)

2/2

Pearl-Poet - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

2/7

SGGK (cont.)

2/9

SGGK (cont.)

2/14

John Gower - Confessio Amantis

2/16

Confessio Amantis (cont.)

2/21

Confessio Amantis (cont.)

2/23

John Lydgate - The Siege of Thebes

2/28

Mardi Gras Holiday

3/2

The Siege of Thebes (cont.)

3/7

The Siege of Thebes (cont.)

Oral Reading

40+ lines of any text for oral reading

3/9

Thomas Hoccleve - La Male Regle

3/14

La Male Regle

3/16

Hoccleve - Regiment of Princes

3/21

Regiment of Princes (cont.)

3/23

Regiment of Princes (cont.)

Bibliographical Essay

Report 1

3/28

Hoccleve - Series

3/30

Series (cont.)

Abstract 1

4/4

Series (cont.)

4/6

Second Shepherd’s Play

Abstract 2

4/11

Second Shepherd’s Play (cont.)

4/13

Second Shepherd’s Play (cont.)

Abstract 3

4/18

Easter Holidays/Spring Break

4/20

Easter Holidays/Spring Break

4/25

Presentations on other works/authors

Report 2

4/27

Mock Conference

Conference-Style Presentation

5/2

Mock Conference

Conference-Style Presentation

5/4

Conclusion

Seminar Paper