ENL 2012—Survey of English Literature: Medieval to 1750
Section 1827: "Revenge, Gender, Desire"

Introduction

Hello and welcome to ENL 2012. This class explores the themes of revenge, gender and desire in English-language work from the Middle Ages through the mid-18th Century.

A quick overview of the major assignments in this class can be found on the "Assignments and Deadlines" page. A detailed description of the course, course expectations, assignments and deadlines can be found in the course "Syllabus." Class is held at period 6 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in FLI 119.

Required Texts:

• Anderson, Sarah, Ed. Beowulf: A Longman Cultural Edition. Trans. Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy. New York: Pearson Longman, 2004. Print.
• Armitage, Simon, Trans. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. Print.
• Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko: A Norton Critical Edition. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Print.
• Cary, Elizabeth. The Tragedy of Mariam. (any edition) Can be found online at: http://www.preteristarchive.com/Books/pdf/1613_cary_miriam.pdf
• Chaucer, Geoffrey. Canterbury Tales, Fragmewnt V (Group F): "The Squire's Prologue and Tale" and "The Franklin's Prologue and Tale." You may use the facing-page translations at either www.librarius.com (http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm) or canteburytales.org (http://www.canterburytales.org/canterbury_tales.html) at the Electronic Literature Foundation (ELF). If you use Librarius, start by selecting "Side-by-side translation" underneath the Squire's Prologue and Tale in the TOC. If you use ELF, start by selecting "View Tale," "Enface ME-MO" and "Squire's Prlg."
• Middleton, Thomas. Thomas Middleton: Five Plays. Eds. Bryan Loughrey and Neil Taylor. London: Penguin Books, 1988. Print.
• More, Sir Thomas. Utopia. (any edition) Can be found for online reading and Kindle download at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2130
• Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. (any edition)
• Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. (any edition)
• Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. (any edition)
• Webster, John. John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays. Ed. René Weis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Print.

Office Hours and Contact Info

Meetings

Officially, my office hours are held every Monday at period 7 in Turlington 4321. In practice, I am generally available to discuss course-related issues after most ENL2012 classes. (In the past, many of my students have chosen hallway-lingering or outdoor meetings over trekking to my office space proper. I usually have no problem with this approach.) If you would like to meet with me after class (whether or not I am holding official office hours on that day), I ask that you tell me so before leaving the classroom. If you are not in class on a particular day, I will most likely not be willing to meet with you on that day. Exceptions to this policy may be made on a case-by-case basis.

I am also happy to meet with students by appointment. In order to successfully make an appointment with me, you must follow the following steps:

1. Send me an email that includes your request to make an appointment along with a short list of the times you have available for that appointment.
2. Wait for my response.
3. If you have not received my response in a reasonable amount of time, repeat step #1. If you have received my response, it will most likely include either an acceptance of one of your proposed appointment times or a counter-proposal that includes appointment times that will better coordinate with my own schedule. Read this email and respond appropriately. I will not show up to said appointment unless I receive a confirmation email from you.
4. Once I have received this confirmation email, I will send you a short acknowledgment of your confirmation along the "See you then!" lines. At this point, you may assume that I have seen your confirmation email and that I do indeed plan to meet with you at the appointed time.
5. Show up on time for your appointment in Turlington 4321.

If you need to cancel an appointment, you must send me a cancellation email well in advance of the appointment. This rule applies even if you are absent that day in class.

Email

Email address: penchanter@ufl.edu

Please only email me from your UF email account; if you email me from a non-UF account, chances are good that I will not recognize the sender, think your message is spam and delete your email unread.