Fall 2007 Calendar
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-3:15 in Grainger G18.
| 28 August | Course introduction. |
| 30 August | Sonnets. Choose a sonnet you would like to spend a few days working on. In preparation for class discussion, write a 3-5 sentence paraphrase of your sonnet. Be prepared to discuss the easiest part of the sonnet to understand, and the hardest part--come to class with lots of questions. Except for the online version of the OED, do not use the Internet or secondary literature to find information on your sonnet. |
| 4 September | Sonnets. More work on your sonnet. In preparation for class discussion, do the following: (1) refine your 3-5 sentence paraphrase of your sonnet, and (2) in a paragraph, discuss what the poem does that your paraphrase is unable to capture. Except for the online version of the OED, do not use the Internet or secondary literature to find information on your sonnet. Instead, print out a copy of my Poetry Explication Checklist (.pdf) and use it as a guide for developing your own reading of the sonnet. Take this work seriously--it will be the basis for your first writing assignment, the Paraphrase and Analysis Exercise (.pdf). |
| 6 September | Sonnets. In preparation for class discussion, look up all the nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in your sonnet in the OED and be prepared to discuss with the class anything interesting that you find. Use my OED Handout (.pdf) as a guide. |
| 11 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. Paraphrase and Analysis Exercise (.pdf) due. |
| 13 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
| 18 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
| 20 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. Group Performance Projects. |
| 25 September | 1 Henry IV. |
| 27 September | 1 Henry IV. |
| 2 October | 1 Henry IV. Group Performance Projects. |
| 4 October | Midterm Exam. Essay questions are here [pdf]. Bring a Blue Book! |
| 9 October | Twelfth Night. |
| 11 October | Twelfth Night. |
| 18 October | Twelfth Night. Group Performance Projects. |
| 23 October | Measure for Measure. |
| 25 October | Measure for Measure. |
| 30 October | Measure for Measure. Group Performance Projects. |
| 1 November | Macbeth. |
| 6 November | Macbeth. |
| 8 November | Macbeth. Group Performance Projects. |
| 13 November | King Lear. |
| 15 November | King Lear. |
| 20 November | King Lear. Group Performance Projects. |
| 27 November | The Tempest. |
| 29 November | The Tempest. |
| 3 December | The Tempest. Group Performance Projects. |
| 6 December | Essay due. A few scenes from Forbidden Planet and Derek Jarman's The Tempest. |
Final Exam Week |
Final Exam: Please bring a blue book. |