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3rd Quarter Reading Calendar
Readings are DUE on the day listed. Please come to class prepared to discuss and/or write about the reading scheduled for the day. 

 

Date

Reading Due

Week 1 - Puritanism in England

Mon
26 Jan    
STUDENT HOLIDAY
Tue
27 Jan    
Syllabus & Intro
Wed
28 Jan           Anne Askew, Ballad from Newgate
Thur
29 Jan

Martyrdom, John Foxe, from Acts and Monuments

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic%5F3/askwexam.htm

Ballad of Anne Askew

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic%5F3/asballad.htm

Week 2 - The Roots of Puritanism

Mon 2 Feb Pilgrim’s Progress Analysis Due, Lecture Puritan Theology
Tue 3 Feb Pilgrim’s Progress Analysis
Wed 4 Feb PAL, Chapter 1: Early American Lit to 1700, Introduction http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap1/chap1_index.html?Submit=1.++Early
+American+Lit+to+1700

Thur 5 Feb William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I, 156-173

Week 3 - Early Colonists

Mon 9 Feb William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I, 174-183
Response Paper Due
Tue 10 Feb Thomas Morton, from New English Canaan, 196-205
Wed 11 Feb John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 205-217
Thur 12 Feb Quiz on Puritan Hist/Theology

Week 4 - Puritan Poets

Mon
16 Feb
PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY
Tue
17 Feb
IN CLASS WRITING on Readings for the Week
Wed
18 Feb
Anne Bradstreet, "The Prologue," "To Her Father with Some Verses," "The Author to Her Book," "To My Dear and Loving Husband," "A Letter to Her Husband, Absent Upon Public Employment," "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet," "Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House," 238+
Thur
19 Feb
Michael Wigglesworth, "The Day of Doom," 293-308

Week 5 - Captivity Narratives

Mon 23 Feb Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, 308-317; Cotton Mather, the story of Hannah Dunston
Response Paper Due
Tue 24 Feb Evaluating Web Pages
Wed 25 Feb Samuel Sewall, The Selling of Joseph, 371, 387-390
Thur 26 Feb Web Page Evaluations Due
Phillis Wheatley, "On Being Brought" 808-810; Briton Hammon, Narrative 874-879

Week 6 - Research Project

Mon
1 Mar
Edward Taylor, from Preparatory Meditations Prologue, "Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold," "Huswifery," 341+
Close Reading Due
Tue
2 Mar
Computer LAB - Research Project
Wed
3 Mar
Senior Retreat
Thur
4 Mar
Senior Retreat

Week 7 - The Great Awakening

Mon 8 Mar American Literature 1700-1820, 425-433;
Research Project Due
Tue 9 Mar Jonathan Edwards, "Letter to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman," "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, 490+, 498-509"
Wed 10 Mar Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth, 515-522
Thur 11 Mar Review

Week 8 - Moving toward Narrative

Mon 15 Mar Susana Rowson, Charlotte: A Tale of Truth 879-945
Tue 16 Mar Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland 946-956
Wed 17 Mar Hawthorne, "The May Pole of Merry Mount" 1273; "Young Goodman Brown" 1263
Thur 18 Mar Hawthorne, "The Minister's Black Veil"1280
3rd Qtr Ends