Shakespeare at Longwood

Spring 2007 Calendar

Class meets MWF from 12-12:50 in Grainger 116.

17 January	Course introduction.
19 January	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.
22 January	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).
24 January	Sonnets.  In preparation for class discussion, look up all the nouns and adjectives 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.
26 January	Sonnets.  Repeat the exercise from the previous day, but this time look up all the verbs and adverbs in the OED.  Again, be prepared to discuss your findings.
29 January	Richard III.
31 January	Richard III.
2 February	Richard III.
5 February	Richard III.
7 February	Al Pacino, Looking for Richard. Paraphrase and Analysis Exercise (.pdf) due.
9 February	A Midsummer Night's Dream.
12 February	A Midsummer Night's Dream.
14 February	A Midsummer Night's Dream.
16 February	A Midsummer Night's Dream.
19 February	A Midsummer Night's Dream. Group Performance Projects.
21 February	1 Henry IV.
23 February	1 Henry IV.
26 February	1 Henry IV.
28 February	1 Henry IV. Group Performance Projects.
2 March	Midterm Exam: Objective and Quotation Analysis
5 March	Midterm Exam: Essay
7 March	TBA
9 March	The Merchant of Venice.
19 March	The Merchant of Venice.
21 March	The Merchant of Venice.
23 March	The Merchant of Venice. Group Performance Projects.Twelfth Night.
26 March	Twelfth Night.
28 March	Twelfth Night.
30 March	Class Cancelled.
2 April	Twelfth Night. Group Performance Projects.
4 April	Hamlet.
6 April	Class Cancelled.
9 April	Hamlet.
11 April	Hamlet.
13 April	Hamlet. Group Performance Projects.
16 April	Othello.
18 April	Othello.
20 April	Othello. Group Performance Projects.
23 April	The Tempest.
25 April	The Tempest.
27 April	Essay due. A few scenes from Forbidden Planet and Derek Jarman's The Tempest. Review.
4 May Friday 11:30-2:00	Final Exam: Please bring a blue book.