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Literature Study Assignment Overview

Explore trade glorification and criticism in literary works, analyze Swift's quotes, and dive into Pope and "The Rape of the Lock." Homework includes readings by Samuel Johnson and Thomas Gray, with a quiz on Pope coming up. Don't forget your reading response!

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Literature Study Assignment Overview

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  1. Today’s Agenda • Explain homework. Mention extra credit. • Note how Addison’s Whiggish “Royal Exchange” contrasts with Ch 6 in GT. • One glorifies trade and the other criticizes it. • Highlight key quotations about Swift. (Handout) • Brief video clip on “The Rape of the Lock” • PowerPoint Presentation on Pope and “The Rape of the Lock”

  2. Homework for next class • Read: • Samuel Johnson (pp. 2664-66): Rambler No. 5 (pp. 2675-78), Rasselas (p. 2680) Ch. 10 (pp. 2693-94), Ch. 22 (pp. 2708-09), Ch. 44 (pp. 2733-34), Rambler No. 4 (pp. 2743-46) • Thomas Gray (pp. 2862-63): “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” (pp. 2863-65), “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (pp. 2867-70) • Do a Reading Response, choose one on either Johnson or Gray. • Quiz next class on Pope. Study especially 2493-96, 2513-14, and today’s PowerPoint presentation on Pope (posted under 18th C links)

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