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Nickolas Haydock

INGL 4009: Renaissance Literature: Spenser’s Faerie Queene


MW 4:30-5:45 CH-319
Office: CH-408; Phone: 787-832-4040, extension 5455
Cel: 787-718-6782
Office Hours: MW 2-4:30 CH-408
Email: [email protected]
Facebook Group Site: INGL 4009 Renaissance Literature

Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene

Course Description:

This course will focus almost exclusively on Spenser’s Faerie Queene. Students in the class will:

I.Exercise their critical thinking skills in close reading passages.


II.Identify the major literary genres, forms, and modes of the early modern period.
III.Describe the distinct contributions of The Faerie Queen to English literature and culture.
IV. Explain primary literary traditions and how Spenser reinvented or transformed them.
V. Discuss major historical events and how they relate to Spenser and his romance epic.
VI. Construct thesis-driven arguments that offer original insight into the texts studied.
VII. Compose formal papers that synthesize mastery of the literary text with personal creativity in
offering a new perspective on how the text should be read.
VIII. This course will be given in the shadow of Covid-19, as an asynchronous class on the Facebook
Group, INGL 4009 Renaissance Literature. Please ask to join this group as soon as possible.
Lectures, in the form of power point presentations and other materials, will be posted there.

Requirements:

a) Facebook Group posts should be critical and analytical responses to the readings assigned for
that day—avoid paraphrasing the text.
b) Prepare all readings prior to class discussions! You will get a great deal more from lectures if
you come prepared and you will have more salient comments and questions as well.
Remember: SSPPQ—silent students provoke pop quizzes!
c) Papers must be turned in at the beginning of class. Papers turned in after that will receive a
grade reduction.

Research Paper:

The research paper must be a minimum of 3000 words (10 pages), typed and double-spaced in 12-
point type. An accurate word count should be listed after the title on the title page. Your work should
include a title page with your full name and student number, the class number and title, my name
and the date. Your title should be an engaging and accurate representation of the paper that follows.
The essay should state a strong and complex thesis and pursue a clear argument, employing specific,
limited examples from the texts. Each paper should include a minimum of at least seven secondary sources.
Use only recent, professional sources, no Wiki, Sparknotes, etc. I will evaluate your selection of
sources, the use you make of them as well as their relevance to your argument. An awareness of class
lecture/discussions should also be evident in your essay. Footnotes or endnotes are permissible, a
“Works Cited” page is required—both must be according to MLA format. Please put an accurate
word count beneath your paper title. Any plagiarism merits an F for the assignment and possibly the
course.

Short Papers:

These essays should be a minimum of 1500 words (5 pages), typed and double-spaced in 12-point
type. They may but need not employ secondary sources. Specify a thesis not just a topic, make an
argument, cite brief examples from the texts by book, canto, and stanza numbers, and analyze them
to demonstrate your case. Please put an accurate word count beneath your paper title. Any
plagiarism merits an F for the assignment and possibly the course.

Facebook Group Posts:

200-word reactions to the readings. Posts must be made by the end of class. Please join the Facebook
Group for this class: INGL 4009: Renaissance Literature

Assignments and evaluation breakdown:

Facebook Group Posts 20%


Two short papers (5-7 pages, 1500- 2100 words) 30%
Research paper (minimum 10 pages, 3000 words) 40%
Class participation, Quizzes & Attendance 10%

Texts:

Required:

1. Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume I—For Spenser, Faerie Queene, Book I only. (pdf)
2. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, ed. A. C. Hamilton. London: Longman, 2001. (Also
available as kindle but be sure to get the right edition.)
3. Arthur F. Kinney, ed., The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600. Cambridge UP,
2000. (pdf)
4. Jerry Brotton, The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP, 2006. (pdf)
SYLLABUS

Day 1: Monday, Aug. 17


Introduction to Class
Reading: FQ, canto one and the “Letter to Ralegh”

Day 2: Wednesday, Aug. 19


Reading: FQ, Book 1, cantos 2-3
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600,
“Introduction,” pp. 1-11.

Day 3: Monday, Aug. 24


Reading: FQ, Book 1, cantos 4-6
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “Introduction,” pp. 1-19

Day 4: Wednesday, Aug. 26


Reading: FQ, Book I, cantos 7-9
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “The
Sixteenth Century,” pp. 11-29.

Day 5: Monday, Aug. 31


Reading: FQ, Book 1, cantos 10-12
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “A Global Renaissance,” pp. 19-38

Day 6: Wednesday, Sept. 2


Reading: FQ, Book 2, cantos 1-3
***First Essay Due (on FQ, Book 1)***

Day 7: Monday, Sept. 7


Reading: FQ, Book 2, cantos 4-6
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “A Humanist Script,” pp. 38-58

Day 8: Wednesday, Sept. 9


Reading: FQ, Book 2, cantos 7-9
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “Tudor
Aesthetics,” pp. 29-64.

Day 9: Monday, Sept. 14


Reading: FQ, Book 2, cantos 10-12
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “Church and State,” pp. 58-79

Day 10: Wednesday, Sept. 16


Reading: FQ, Book 3, cantos 1-3
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “Authorship
and the Material Conditions of Writing,” pp. 64-90.

Day 11: Monday, Sept. 21


Reading: FQ, Book 3, cantos 4-6
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “Brave New Worlds,” pp. 79-98

Day 12: Wednesday, Sept. 23


Reading: FQ, Book 3, cantos 7-9
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “Poetry,
Patronage and the Court,” pp. 90-104.

Day 13: Monday, Sept. 28


Reading: FQ, Book 3, cantos 10-12
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “Science and Philosophy,” pp. 98-116

Day 14: Wednesday, Sept. 30


Reading: FQ, Book 4, cantos 1-3
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “Narrative,
Romance and Epic,” pp. 200-220.

Day 15: Monday, Oct. 5


Reading: FQ, Book 4, cantos 4-6
Reading: Brotton, The Renaissance, “Rewriting the Renaissance,” pp. 116-128

Day 16: Wednesday, Oct. 7


Reading: FQ, Book 4, cantos 7-9
Reading: Arthur F. Kinney, ed. The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500-1600, “Writing
Empire and Nation,” pp. 310-330.

Day 17: Monday, Oct. 12


Reading: FQ, Book 4, cantos 10-12

Day 18: Wednesday, Oct. 14


Reading: FQ, Book 5, cantos 1-3
*** Second Essay Due (on Books 3-4)***

Day 19: Monday, Oct. 19


Reading: FQ, Book 5, cantos 4-6

Day 20: Wednesday, Oct. 21


Reading: FQ, Book 5, cantos 7-9

Day 21: Monday, Oct. 26


Reading: FQ, Book 5, cantos 10-12

Day 22: Wednesday, Oct. 28


Reading: FQ, Book 6, cantos 1-3

Day 23: Wednesday, Nov. 4


Reading: FQ, Book 6, cantos 4-6

November 2-3 Academic Recess—Elections

Day 24: Monday, Nov. 9


Reading: FQ, Book 6, cantos 7-9

Day 25: Wednesday, Nov. 11


Reading: FQ, Book 6, cantos 10-12

Day 26: Monday, Nov. 16


Reading: FQ, Mutability Cantos, Book 7, cantos 6-8

Day 27: Wednesday, Nov. 18


Preparation of Research Papers

Day 28: Monday, Nov. 23


Preparation of Research Papers

Day 29: Nov. 25-Dec. 1—Flexible period for the last day of classes

Exam Period: At the day and time scheduled for the final exam.
***Research Paper Due

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