Hi everyone,
A quick update to the syllabus (as discussed during class yesterday). For Thursday, the 28th of September, we’ll be discussing two strikingly different poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (NA, vol. E, pp. 363-79) and “Frost at Midnight” (pp. 382-83). You should also have received an email with these updates.
See you tomorrow,
Sean
It’s a pleasure to have you aboard this semester as we explore the theme of “the floating world,” not only as it first appears in early modern Japanese literature, but also where similar themes and situations play out in other literatures around the world and through time.
For Thursday, please read Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Come to class ready to talk about some similarities and differences between the form, content, and style of each poem as a whole, its characters, and its descriptions.
Looking forward to a Great semester!
Sean Nolan