English 230: Great Narrative Works

Dear All,
Please follow the link below to access Pope and Tolkien's poems Essay on Man and Mythopoeia. Read all of Tolkien's poem and the assigned selections of Pope's (we will initially read Pope in class, but you should look over it on your own before class on Thursday).

Bring a printed copy of Tolkien's poem to class on Thursday.

Essay on Man
Epistle I.1-2: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1637.html
Epistle II.1-2: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1638.html

Here is an article worth reading:

Shakespeare and Plagiarism Software

Here is a link to the PBS production of King Lear, starring Sir Ian McKellen (Thanks to Amy Yonan for sending this along!):

King Lear

Dear Class,
Here are the readings for King Lear. Here is the schedule for next week:

Tuesday: Read King Lear up through Scene VI (p. 33)

Thursday: Finish King Lear, Read "Thy Life's a Miracle."

Dear Class,
Here are the readings for next week , which are from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

I have also included the brief guide to the Ellesmere MS that we looked at in class on Thursday, October 8th.

These readings were taken from Gerard NeCastro's eChaucer page at http://www.umm.maine.edu/faculty/necastro/chaucer/translation/.

For Tuesday, read the General Prologue.

For Thursday, read the Knight's Tale.

For Thursday, October 15th, read the Nun's Priest's Tale.

Dear Class,
Here are two examples of Microthemes that are worth imitating. Though the papers are not perfect, they meet fit the description of what I hold to be an 'A' paper.

Look to our Document Assessment Guide below for further information on how I assess grades.

Best,
Mr. Baker

Here is a general guideline for how I assess grades in this course for any documented assignment.

Hope this helps!
Mr. Baker

Dear Class,

Last week we discussed and voted that we would substitute the midterm and final exams with weekly reading quizzes in order to encourage you to maintain your weekly readings. Here is our new policy—an addendum of sorts—for the quizzes. Note that the cumulative weight of the quizzes (30%) is greater than 20% noted in the syllabus, which is a reflection of our agreement to make the midterm, final, and final paper equivalent.

The Old: (20%)

Here is the pdf of our study questions for Beowulf.

Here's a link to a recent discovery of Anglo-Saxon treasure:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm