English 345.01 Spring 2003
See online study questions and other resources, suggested criticism on reserve, as well as the introductions, related materials, and selected bibliographies in The Norton Shakespeare and Shakespeare: The Basics. Film excerpts for many of the plays will be shown throughout the semester; due dates are in bold.
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Thursday |
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1/16 Twelfth Night (1761 ff.--have each play read by the second day of class discussion) |
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1/21 TN; McEvoy-Introduction/Understanding the Text: Shakespeare’s Language 1 (1-35); recommended/optional: showing of Trevor Nunn's film Twelfth Night (1996) on Wed. 1/22 at 7 pm in Admin 317 |
1/23 TN; Greenblatt, “General Introduction: Shakespeare’s World” (1-29); recommended: Coddon, "'Slander in an allow'd fool': Twelfth Night's Crisis of the Aristocracy"; Traub, ch. 5 |
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1/28 Journal Response-TN; McEvoy-Shakespeare’s Language 2 (37-57)
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1/30 TN; McEvoy-Understanding Comedy: Gender and Power (125-42) |
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2/4 The Merchant of Venice (1081 ff.; Greenblatt, “The Playing Field” (30-39); recommended/optional: showing of PBS Masterpiece Theatre version of The Merchant of Venice (2002?) on Wed. 2/5 at 7 pm in Admin 317
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2/6 MV; McEvoy-Understanding Comedy: Utopia (142-48 on MV); recommended: "casebooks" of essays on MV on reserve, ed. Coyle (1998) and Mahon & Mahon (2002) |
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2/11 MV; Greenblatt (46-51); recommended: Dollimore, "Shakespeare, cultural materialism and the new historicism" |
2/13 Critical Summary-Response-MV; Greenblatt, (57-65) |
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6 |
2/18 The Life of King Henry the Fifth (1445 ff.); McEvoy-Types of Stage Action (59-75)
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2/20 HV; McEvoy-What the Plays Mean in Performance (77-114) |
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7 |
2/25 HV; McEvoy-Understanding History: history, religion, power, women (151-181) |
2/27 HV; recommended: Dollimore and Sinfield, "History and ideology"; Traub, ch. 2; McEachern, "HV and the Paradox of the Body Politic" |
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8 |
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3/6 Measure for Measure (2021 ff.) |
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3/11 MM; McEvoy-Understanding Mixed-Genre: language of love, rulers/ruled, London, idols/ideals (213-240) |
3/13 MM; recommended: Dollimore, "Transgression and Surveillance in MM"; Hayne, "Performing Social Practice [in MM]" |
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10 |
3/18 SPRING BREAK |
3/20 SPRING BREAK |
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11 |
3/25 In-Class Explication-MM
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3/27 Othello (2091 ff.) |
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12 |
4/1 Othello; McEvoy-Understanding Tragedy: history, power, gender (183-211); recommended/optional: showing of PBS Masterpiece Theatre version of Othello (2002) on Wed. 2/5 at 7 pm in Admin 317 |
4/3 Othello; see anthologies of essays on Othello, on reserve, as well as essays by Callaghan (Marxist Shakespeares, Shakespeare Without Women) and Jardine (Reading Shakespeare Historically). |
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4/10 Othello; recommended: Gurr, “The Shakespearean Stage” (3281-3301) |
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4/15 Macbeth (2555 ff.)
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4/17 Macbeth |
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4/22 Macbeth; recommended: Sinfield’s or Adelman's essays, Macbeth: New Casebooks |
4/24 Macbeth |
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16 |
4/29 The Winter’s Tale (2873 ff.) |
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5/6 Term Essay;WT; McEvoy-Understanding Romance: gender and utopia (241-65) |
5/8 WT
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5/16 FRIDAY 1-3 PM FINAL EXAM on Macbeth and The Winter’s Tale |
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