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E102B | Dilemmas, political, religious, spiritual, moral: 1649-1725 | Spring 2009
This course is about political, religious, spiritual, and moral problems and the methods used to solve them by men and women in the 17th & 18th-centuries. We will start with political philosophy (reading selections of Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan) and ask about the source of political authority and the method of creating political stability. The readings will then include a long satiric poem (John Dryden’s Absalom & Achitophel) that was supposed to have an influence on an immediate political crisis. The same crisis accounts for our next work John Locke’s Two Treatises, which was written for the opposing side. Then we will read John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, a spiritual allegory in which a Christian soul has to turn his back on the corruption of the world and follow a solitary path to salvation. In a different mode and from a very different point of view, Mary Astell wrote Reflections on Marriage, which is both a feminist essay and a political pamphlet. The last work will be Daniel Defoe’s novel Roxana, about an energetic and clever woman whose strategies for survival often include methods that she recognizes as immoral. All these writers give us a sense of the struggle involved in dealing with the dilemmas of their period.

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Revision Thoughts - See Paper Page.
Form of final exam - See Exam Page
Extended deadline for paper: Friday, 6/5 before noon in the English Department.

DATE	In class today What is listed in this column is due for this day.	Supporting Materials NB: Items marked with an asterisk are important to check out. All others are for your further interest.
Tuesday, 3/31 Charles I from 3 angles	Introduction to course: Beginning with political dilemmas 1641-49 Civil War: Royalists vs Parliamentarians 1649 Trial of Charles I on charge of treason Jan. 30, 1649 Charles I executed 1649-60 A Puritan Interregnum 1649-50 Engagement Oath, a "case of conscience" 1660 Restoration of Monarchy 1661-65 Clarendon Code. More dilemmas to follow. Introduction to Thomas Hobbes's The Leviathan (1651), Political Dilemma	CHARLES I & CROMWELL STATUES LONDON - Youtube feature King Charles I - Youtube feature King Charles II - Youtube feature The House of Stuart Trial of Charles I An Act prohibiting the proclaiming any person to be King Engagement Oath *Clarendon Code
Thursday, 4/2 The Leviathan frontispiece	Hobbes, The Leviathan Part I. Ch. I, II (¶ 1, & 2), VI, VIII (¶ 10), XI, XIII, XIV (¶ 1-10, 18, 19, 26, 28, 29, 30, & 31), XV (¶ 1, 2, 5, 6, & 7), & XVI. Part II. Ch XVII, XVIII, XIX (¶ 3, 11, 13, 19, 20, & 21), Ch. XX (¶ 1-8, 15), & XXI (¶ 1-5). Leviathan title page explained (Norton)	Hobbes, Leviathan, Study Questions (SQ) "All men are created equal" Online editions:* Leviathan, Renais. editions Another edition (Ore. St.) A third edition (Adelaide)
Tuesday, 4/7 Hobbes, The Leviathan	Hobbes, Leviathan *Continue the Leviathan* assignment indicated above. All students are invited to write SQ for the last 3 of the chapters that we read. Check out the message board for Hobbes, Ch. XIX, XX, & XXI.** If your last name begins with "A, B, or C," it's your assignment to write on the message board. You can use SQ or an issue raised in class (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can, of course, be earlier).	Quentin Skinner, "Hobbes on Persons, Authors, and Representatives" from the Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan. [Available through UC's licensed agreements.] Some of today's lecture points come from this article. TOP
Thursday, 4/9 Charles II, on horseback	*Political Dilemma John Dryden, Astraea Redux* (1660) Lines 1-118 & Lines 250-end. Original caption for image-- "England: The Restoration. Charles II, Summoned back to England, is welcomed by his Court."**	Other poems desiring, and then celebrating, the return of Charles II Declaration of Breda Astraea Redux, SQ
Tuesday, 4/14 John Bunyan's dreamer	*Political & Spiritual Dilemma: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress* (1678). Read to page 42. (Word to the wise: Reading a little ahead at this point would be a good thing.) Look up definition of typology and see handout (please print). If your last name begins with "D, E, F, or G," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can, of course, be earlier).**	Pilgrim's Progress, SQ Galatians 4:21-31 The story of Hagar & Ishmael The story of H & I in Genesis For your interest: examples of typological reading of book of Matthew
Thursday, 4/16 Jurymen in The Pilgrim's Progress	Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress. Read pp. 42-106.	Student SQ on The Pilgrim's Progress Please volunteer your questions about The Pilgrim's Progress.
Tuesday, 4/21	Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress Finish (!) reading The Pilgrim's Progress. If your last name begins with "H, I, J, or K," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can be earlier).	Some early midterm talk
Thursday, 4/23	Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress Introduction to John Locke, Two Treatises (1690): Political Dilemma Second Treatise (Book II) Ch. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII (§77-87, 89), VIII (§95-97, 99, 119-20), IX (§123-27), XIII (§149, 156), XV (169-172), XVIII, XIX	*A letter to General Fairfax
Tuesday, 4/28	Locke, Two Treatises If your last name begins with "L or M," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can be earlier).	*Two Treatises, SQ (with answers!) TOP
Thursday, 4/30	Locke, Two Treatises Political & Religious Dilemma: Locke, Letter on Toleration	Letter on Toleration, SQ Letter Concerning Toleration* Letter Concerning Toleration (another site)
Tuesday, 5/5	Midterm (50 minutes) Bring bluebooks: Put your name on the BACK of your bluebook. No books or notes in the exam. *Introduction to John Dryden, Absalom & Achitophel* (1681): Political Dilemma**	Midterm materials E-text for Absalom and Achitophel Online text copyright © 2005, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto.
Thursday, 5/7 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Achitophel	John Dryden, Absalom & Achitophel Analyzing Heroic Couplets (Please print.) Popish Plot If your last name begins with "N, O, P, Q, or R," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, but it can be earlier).	*Absalom & Achitophel, SQ TOP
Tuesday, 5/12 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth	Dryden, Absalom & Achitophel The story of Absalom from Jewish Encyclopedia *Amnon, Tamar, & Absalom (II Kings* 13) Absalom's death, David's mourning (II Kings 18)**
Thursday, 5/14	Dryden, Absalom & Achitophel Draft of Paper DUE (at the beginning of class session). Bring 2 copies, 1 for a peer reader & 1 for AJVS.
Tuesday, 5/19	Political & Spiritual Dilemma: Mary Astell, Reflections Upon Marriage Peer readers return drafts of papers to writers. Peer Conference Schedule. If your last name begins with "S," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can be earlier).	Astell, Reflections* SQ
Thursday, 5/21	Astell, Reflections Upon Marriage
Tuesday, 5/26	*Astell, (Reflections Upon Marriage* or possibly relig/political pamphlet) If your last name begins with "T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z," it's your turn to write on the message board, (due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but it can be earlier).**	Revising sentences: Clarifying assertions* TOP
Thursday, 5/28	Moral Dilemma: Daniel Defoe, Roxana Try for half the novel!	Roxana, SQ Athenian Mercury* index page Defoe's Life and Career
Tuesday, 6/2	Defoe, Roxana Whatever letter your last name begins with, you are invited to write on the message board. Due by Monday at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 6/4	Defoe, Roxana Revised Paper DUE. Extended deadline: Friday, 6/5 before noon in the English Department.	TOP
Thursday, 6/11	8:00-10:00 a.m. FINAL EXAM