Englisches Seminar
Universität Münster

THE LANGUAGE OF EARLY MODERN ENGLISH TEXTS

SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule for this semester (some minor variation may occur depending on the progress of the class). Please prepare the relevant pages in the textbook (or the photocopies) before each session.

Session	Date	Topic	Textbook (Görlach (1994))

1.	28.4.	Structure of Seminar, Survey of English Language History, Oxford English Dictionary	handout
2.	5.5.	Historical Background, Varieties	pp. xvi-xx, 1-33, handout
3.	12.5.	Orthography and Phonology	pp. 34-63
4.	19.5.	Morphology and Syntax	pp. 64-108
5.	26.5.	Lexicology 1	pp. 109-33
6.	2.6.	Lexicology 2	pp. 134-68
7.	16.6.	Text 1: Caxton, The Description of Britain (1480)	pp. 171-2
8.	23.6.	Text 4: Wilson, The Arte of Rhetorique (1553)	pp. 175-7
9.	30.6.	Texts 18D, 19A: King James Bible (1611)	pp. 215-6, 221-3
10.	7.7.	Text 31B: Shakespeare, Hamlet (First Folio, 1623)	pp. 257-61
11.	tba	Video Night: Black Adder II (3 episodes from the Elizabethan period)
12.	21.7.	Text 64: Salem Witchcraft Papers (1692)	pp. 328-30
13.	28.7.	Revision and Preparation for Coursework

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