Early English Literature
Fall 2025
English 370
Section 01 [H]
Fall 2025
SLN 05994
MWF 1:10 – 2:00pm.
Avery 12
Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355
Washington State University
Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu
August 18 — Introductions and Images.
August 20 — Caedmon’s Hymn, The Battle of Brunanburg, The Dream of the Rood, Riddles.
August 22 — The Wanderer, half of Beowulf.
August 25 — Beowulf.
August 27 — Mabinogion: Culhwch and Olwen. Malory excerpt.
August 29 — Medieval Music.
[September 1 — Holy Day.]
September 3 — The Art of Courtly Love.
September 5 — Middle English Lyrics.
September 8 — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
September 10 — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
September 12 — Medieval Food.
September 15 — Chaucer, The General Prologue.
September 17 — Chaucer, The General Prologue.
September 19 — Who Murdered Chaucer?
September 22 — Chaucer, The Miller’s Prologue and Tale.
September 24 — Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale.
[September 26 — Conference. No Class.]
September 29 — Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale.
October 1 — Chaucer, The Tale of Sir Thopas.
October 3 — Chaucer, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
October 6 — Chaucer, Retraction and Disappearance; Review.
October 8 — Writing Matters.
October 10 — Midterm Exam & Essay. [Zoom.]
October 13 — Medieval/Renaissance Transition: Renaissance Sonnets.
October 15 — Renaissance Poetry: Petrarch and English.
October 17 — Madrigals, “Thule, The Period of Cosmography.”
October 20 — Poem Presentations. [Surrey, Sidney, Shakespeare, et al.]
October 22 — Poem Presentations.
October 24 — Shakespeare Mysteries.
October 27 — Marlowe, Dr. Faustus.
October 29 — The Shakespeare Authorship Question.
October 31 — Marlowe, Dr. Faustus.
November 3 — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act I.
November 5 — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Acts II & III.
November 7 — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Acts III & IV.
[November 10 — Holiday.]
November 12 — Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V.
November 14 — Perspective Art, Serpent Portrait, Railing.
November 17 — Review.
November 19 — End-of-Semester Exam & Essay. [Remote.]
November 21 — “Office” Hours. [Zoom.]
[November 24 – 28 — Thanksgiving Holiday.]
December 1 — Literaturarama 2025. Points!
December 3 — The Virgin Volta, Shakespeare in Italy. [Zoom.]
[December 5 — The rest is silence.]