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Schedule
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Monday, January 23 |
Introduction |
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Wednesday, January 25 |
Midsummer
Night's Dream, Act I
As you read
and reread this first act, focus primarily
on understanding what is happening.
The material
conditions of Shakespeare's stage
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Friday, January 27 |
Midsummer
Night's Dream, Act II
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Monday, January 30 |
Midsummer
Night's Dream, Act III
Optional
reading group: if you find that you are
having difficulty with Shakespeare's
language, please join me for discussion and
practice in reading his work. We will focus
on reading MND's fourth act.
Please meet at 3 pm in the Mellinger lounge
(main floor) for thirty minutes.
Quiz on the
material conditions of Shakespeare's stage
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Wednesday, February 1 |
Midsummer
Night's Dream, Act IV
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Friday, February 3 |
Midsummer
Night's Dream, Act V
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Monday, February 6 |
Henry IV, Part I Act I
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Wednesday, February 8 |
H IV,
Act II |
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Friday,
February 10 |
I H IV,
Act III
MND
mini-essay due
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Monday,
February 13 |
I H IV,
Act IV |
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Wednesday, February 15 |
I H IV,
Act V |
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Friday, February 17 |
No
class: Critical
Thinking Conference/ Workshop
Bedford Companion to Shakespeare's
definition of a
history play
Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide's
definition of
Shakespeare's history play
Electronically submit two comprehensive
lists of the salient traits of the history
play according to the two definitions above
by 5 pm. |
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Monday, February 20 |
No
class: Critical
Thinking Conference/ Workshop
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Wednesday, February 22 |
Henry IV, Part II
Act I
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Friday, February 24 |
No
Class: Seminar in
Chicago
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Monday, February 27 |
Henry IV,
Part II Act II
HIV, Part I
mini-essay due |
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Wednesday, February 29 |
Chicago
Shakespeare Theater's Midsummer Night's
Dream: Departure 9 am at the Mellinger/HT
turnaround; estimated return @ 7 pm.
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Friday, March 2 |
Discussion of Navy Pier production of
Midsummer Night's Dream
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Monday, March 5 |
Henry IV,
Part II Act III
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Wednesday , March 7 |
Henry IV,
Part II Act IV |
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Friday,
March 9 |
Henry IV,
Part II Act V |
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Monday,
March 12 -Friday, March 16 |
Spring
Break |
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Monday,
March 19 |
Optional study session |
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Tuesday, March 20
6 pm -
8:20 pm
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Branagh's
Henry V film (required) |
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Wednesday, March 21 |
Midterm exam
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Friday, March 23 |
Twelfth Night,
Act I
Henry IV, Part II mini-essay due |
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Monday, March 26 |
Twelfth Night, Act II
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Wednesday, March 28 |
Twelfth Night, Act III
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Friday, March 30 |
Twelfth Night, Act IV
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Monday, April 2 |
Twelfth Night,
Act V
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Wednesday, April 4 |
Taming of
the Shrew, Act I
Discussion of the genre of comedy
(handout)
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Friday, April 6 -
Monday, April 9 |
Easter Break
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Wednesday,
April 11 |
Taming of the Shrew, Act II |
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Friday, April 13 |
Taming,
Act III
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Monday, April 16 |
Taming, Act IV
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Wednesday, April 18 |
Taming, Act
V
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Friday, April 20 |
Prospectus for essay due (with working
thesis)
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Monday, April 23 |
Discussion:
Shakespeare, the text, and the canon
Guess who's
448!
It's Shakespeare's
b-day!
Celebration from 11 - 1 pm
(Dunlap Terrace outside Stockdale)
Taming
mini-essay due.
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Wednesday, April 25 |
Measure for Measure, Act I
Prospectus for final
essay due (1/2 page)
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Friday, April 27 |
Measure for
Measure, Act II
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Monday, April 30 |
Draft of final essay due
Drafts are required and must be a
minimum of three pages for credit.
Writing
Workshop
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Wednesday, May 2 |
Measure for Measure, Act III
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Friday, May 4 |
Measure for Measure,
Act IV |
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Monday, May 7 |
Measure
for Measure, Act V
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Wednesday, May 9 |
TBA
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Thursday,
May 10 |
Reading Day
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Tuesday, May 15 @ 8 am |
Final Exam
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What's
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Sites of Interest |
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