English 345.01 S.Flores Spring 2004
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 several of the plays will be shown; due dates in bold (note choices in assignments and due dates—twice weekly online journal entries also expected, as noted in course description and requirements).
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Thursday |
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1/15 Comedy of Errors (683; have each play read by the second day of class discussion) |
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2 |
1/20 CE; McEvoy-Introduction/Understanding the Text: Shakespeare’s Language 1 (1-35) |
1/22 CE; Greenblatt, “General Introduction: Shakespeare’s World” (1-29) |
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3 |
1/27 Titus Andronicus (371); McEvoy-Shakespeare’s Language 2 (37-57)
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1/29 TA; Greenblatt, “The Playing Field” (30-39) |
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4 |
2/3 TA; Greenblatt (46-51); McEvoy-Types of Stage Action (59-75)
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2/5 TA; Greenblatt (57-65) |
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5 |
2/10 The Merchant of Venice (1081); McEvoy-Understanding Comedy: Gender and Power (125-42) |
2/12 MV; McEvoy-Understanding Comedy: Utopia (142-48 on MV); recommended: “casebooks” of essays on reserve, ed. Coyle (1998) and Mahon & Mahon (2002) |
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6 |
2/17 Paraphrase/Explication MV;
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2/19 MV; McEvoy-What the Plays Mean in Performance (77-114) |
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7 |
2/24 Twelfth Night (1761) |
2/26 TN; recommended: Coddon, “’Slander in an allow’d fool: Twelfth Night’s Crisis of the Aristocracy” |
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8 |
3/2 TN
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9 |
3/9 Othello (2091); McEvoy-Understanding Tragedy: history, power, gender (183-211) |
3/11 Othello; see anthologies on reserve as well as essays on Othello by Callaghan (Marxist Shakespeares, Shakespeare Without Women) and Jardine (Reading Shakespeare Historically). |
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10 |
3/16 SPRING BREAK |
3/18 SPRING BREAK |
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11 |
3/23 Othello
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12 |
3/30 All’s Well That Ends Well (2175); McEvoy-Understanding Mixed-Genre: language of love, rulers/ruled, London, idols/ideals (213-240) |
4/1 AWEW; recommended: Gurr, “The Shakespearean Stage” (3281-3301) |
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13 |
4/6 AWEW; McEvoy-Understanding history: Richard II, Henry IV Part I and Henry V (151-181) |
4/8 Macbeth (2555) |
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14 |
4/13 Macbeth
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4/15 Macbeth |
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15 |
4/20 Macbeth; recommended: Sinfield’s or Adelman's essays, Macbeth: New Casebooks |
4/22 Macbeth |
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16 |
4/27 The Winter’s Tale (2873) |
4/29 WT; McEvoy-Understanding Romance: gender and utopia (241-65) |
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17 |
5/4 Term Essay; WT |
5/6 WT
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5/11 TUESDAY 1-3 PM FINAL EXAM on All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, and The Winter’s Tale |
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