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COURSE NUMBER: ENGL 399
COURSE TITLE: Special Topics in English - 2012/13 Winter Wayfaring and Warfaring in the Literature of John Bunyan
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: Dr Arlette Zinck
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a member of the English faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.

Prerequisites: ENGL 204, 205

2012/13 Winter

This course will introduce students to the literature and politics of post-restoration England.  Through an exploration of John Bunyan’s major allegories and selections of his prose writings, students will learn to recognize the connections that link Reformational church practices, state politics and the literary representations of these energies.    The grand literary motifs of wayfaring and warfaring will be the focus of our inquiry and will provide a framework for discussion of John Bunyan’s themes as they apply to the individual believer and to the community at large. 
REQUIRED TEXTS:
  • Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress, Parts 1&2
  • The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
  • The Holy War
  • Prose Selections 
MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT:
Reading Quizzes 10%
Class Group Presentation 20%
Essay 35%
Final Examination 35%
100%

COURSE OUTLINE:
  • January
    • Tuesday 8    Syllabus Distribution 
    • Thursday 10    Introduction to Bunyan’s England & Spiritual Autobiography
    • Tuesday 15    Grace Abounding
    • Thursday 17    GA
    • Thursday 22    GA
    • Tuesday 24    Interdisciplinary Studies Conference
    • Tuesday 29    Class Cancelled   
    • Thursday 31    The Pilgrim’s Progress   
  • February
    • Tuesday 5    TPP 2   
    • Thursday 7    TPP 2   
    • Tuesday 12    TPP 2   
    • Thursday 14    TPP 2        
    • Tuesday 19    Reading Week
    • Thursday 21    Reading Week       
    • Tuesday 26    The Life and Death of Mr. Badman                Term Paper Due   
    • Thursday 28    Badman     
  • March
    • Thursday 5    Badman     
    • Thursday 7    Badman        In-class Presentation: 17th C concepts of ‘evil’ and ‘damnation’
    • Tuesday 12    The Holy War               
    • Thursday 14    HW        In-class Presentation:Anglican & Non-conformist Church 17th C Britain
    • Tuesday 19    HW
    • Thursday 21    HW        In-class Presentation: 17th C understandings of ‘Despair’
    • Tuesday 26    HW       
    • Thursday 28    HW        In-class Presentation: Spiritual and Physical Warfare in 17thC Britain
  • April
    • Tuesday   2    Prose Selections
    • Thursday 4    Prose Selections    In-class Presentations:  Marginalia and 17th C reading practices
    • Tuesday   9    Prose Selections           
    • Thursday 11    Prose Selections   
    • Tuesday 16    The Last Sermon
    • Thursday 18    Review

Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions may vary from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult the course instructor for up to date details.

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