This document outlines the class schedule for Eng 404: The Savage Art of Satire over 5 weeks. It includes assigned readings for each class such as works by Dryden, Swift, Butler, and Gay. Students will read seminal satirical works and discuss them in class as well as complete 4 discussion starters over the course of the term. The schedule provides an overview of the key satirical works that will be examined in the class.

1. Eng 404: The Savage Art of Satire
Class Schedule
Wk. 1 Wednesday,
1/9
Course Introduction
Homework:
Glossary of Terms: Satire, Irony, Burlesque
John Dryden, From A Discourse Concerning the Original
and Progress of Satire
Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal”
Friday, 1/11 The Nature of Satire
Homework:
Samuel Butler, Hudibras
Wk. 2 Monday,
1/14
Samuel Butler, Hudibras
Homework:
John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
Discussion
Starter #1
Wednesday,
1/16
John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel “
Friday, 1/18 John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (con’t) “
Wk. 3 Monday,
1/21
HOLIDAY – Martin Luthor King Jr./Human Rights Day
Wednesday,
1/23
John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera D. S. #2
(Mon. &
Wed. groups)
Friday, 1/25 “
Wk. 4 Monday,
1/28
D. S. #3
Wednesday,
1/30
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Part 1 “
Friday, 2/1 “
Wk. 5 Monday,
2/4
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Part 2 D. S. #4
Wednesday,
2/6
“
Friday, 2/8 Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Part 3 “