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English
630:
Donne and Herbert
Dr. Michael Bryson
Sierra Tower 832
818-677-5695
michael.bryson@csun.edu
Course Description
Assignments
Each student will do 3
assignments.
1) A presentation/summary of an
article, or book chapter relevant to the work of this
course (Luther, Calvin, Plato, Plotinus, Donne and/or
Herbert and God or Love or ?, Donne and/or Herbert and
Plato, Donne and/or Herbert and Neoplatonism, etc.).
The summary--though not the article or chapter
itself--should be printed and distributed to the class
the day it is to be presented. These will start week
3, and continue through week 12 (1-2 presentations per
week). Excellent sources for journal articles include
JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/),
Project Muse (http://muse.jhu.edu/),
and Academic Search Elite (http://library.csun.edu/restricted/ebsase.scr).
These databases must be accessed from the CSUN campus,
or from off-campus with your activated library card
bar code ID and last name.
2) A conference length paper (8
pages), to be distributed to the rest of the class in
advance, and presented in-class during weeks 13-15.
3) A longer, article-length paper
(15-20 pages), based on the conference-length paper.
Statement on Academic
Dishonesty
Plagiarism is a serious offense that will be treated
seriously. Please read the CSUN policy
here.
Weekly Preview
Week 1
(1/31)--Introductions
Week 2
(2/7)--Luther, Bondage of the Will (62-86, 97-108,
273-320)
Week 3 (2/14)--Calvin, The
Institutes (Book III, Chapters xxi-xxiv, pages 202-258)
Week 4 (2/21)--Off, Instructor out of
town.
Week 5 (2/28)--Plato,
Symposium (plus discussion of the Allegory of the Cave
and the Simile of the Line from books 7 and 6 of the
Republic), Phaedrus
Week 6
(3/7)--Plotinus, The Enneads (selections)
Week 7
(3/14)--The
Ladder of Love (from Book 4 of Castiglione's The
Courtier) (look for the section that begins with the
margin note The Courtier a lover)
Week 8
(3/21)--Donne, Songs and Sonnets
Week 9
(3/28)--Donne, Elegies
Spring Break
Week
10 (4/11)--Donne, Anniversaries
Week
11 (4/18)--Herbert, The Temple
Week
12 (4/25)--Herbert, The Temple
The
course will culminate in a series of
conference-style symposiums:
Week 13
(5/2) Research Presentations (5-7 papers
of no more than 15 minutes reading length--8 pages, distributed in
advance to the rest of the class)
Week 14 (5/9)
Research Presentations (5-7 papers of no more than 15 minutes reading
length--8 pages, distributed in advance to the rest of the class)
Week 15 (5/16)
Research Presentations (5-7 papers of no more than 15 minutes reading
length--8 pages, distributed in advance to the rest of the class)
Reading
List
(All readings will be available either
at the Campus Bookstore or will be distributed by the instructor.)
1) John Donne--The
Major Works: including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons
(Oxford World's Classics), ISBN: 019284041X
2) George Herbert--The
Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics) ISBN:
0140424555
3) Plato--Essential
Dialogues of Plato (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
ISBN: 159308269X
4) Plotinus--The
Enneads: Abridged Edition. (Penguin), ISBN:
014044520X
5) Martin Luther--The
Bondage of the Will (Revell) ISBN: 0800753429
6) John Calvin--Institutes
of the Christian Religion (Wm. B. Eerdmans) ISBN:
0802881661
7) Various other readings
provided by
instructor
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