Derek Jacobi as Claudius, Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet, Julie Christie as Gertrude
in Branagh's Hamlet (1996)
Derek Jacobi as Claudius, Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet, Julie Christie as Gertrude
in Branagh's Hamlet (1996)
En 12 Introduction to Literature
Spring 2008
Dr. Richard Regan
Office hours: Mon 1:30-3, Wed 1-3, Thurs 1:30-3, and by appointment.
Texts: Editions of the works below are in the campus bookstore.
Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation
Texts:
Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (Signet Classic)
Shakespeare, Hamlet (Signet Classic)
Sophocles, Antigone (Chandler)
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler (Dover)
Miller, The Crucible (Penguin)
Morrison, Song of Solomon (Penguin - Plume)
Tyler, Searching for Caleb (Random House)
Poetry: An Introduction (5th edition), Michael Meyer (Bedford/St. Martin's)
Schedule:
January 14 - Introduction, The Research Paper
January 17- The Taming of the Shrew (campus cable Channel 68 Jan. 14-20 at midnight, 6am, noon, 6pm)
CLICK to go to the class on the play.
January 21 - MLK holiday
January 25 - MLK Convocation
January 28 and 31- The Taming of the Shrew (campus cable Channel 68 Jan. 29-Feb.3 at 3am, 9am, 3pm, 9pm)
The Works of the Bard: including a SEARCH engine
"Personations: The Taming of the Shrew..."
"'Caparisoned like the horse': Tongue and Tail in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew"
Research paper topics (Thursday)
February 4, 7 - Antigone
Didaskalia: Introduction to Ancient Theater
Study Guide for Sophocles' Antigone
Thesis and Outline (Thursday)
February 11 - Hamlet (campus cable Channel 68 Feb.19-Feb.29 at 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm)
CLICK to go to the class on the play.
"An English Renaissance Understanding of the Word 'Tragedy'"
"Shakespeare and the Tragic Virtue"
Hamlet on the Ramparts (see "Films")
February 14 - Library Research Session
Notes on Reserve Reading (Thursday)
February 19 - Hamlet (campus cable Channel 68 Feb.19-Feb.29 at 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm)
Tuesday
"Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: 'Reason of State' in Hamlet"
"Who Knows Who Knows Who’s There? An Epistemology of Hamlet (Or, What Happens in the Mousetrap)"
February 21 - Hamlet
Revised Thesis, Outline, and 1st page (Thursday)
Ferbuary 25 - Hamlet (campus cable Channel 68 Feb.19-Feb.29 at 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm)
"Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments of Hamlet"
"'Too Much in the Black Sun': Hamlet's First Soliloquy, A Kristevan View
February 28 - Introduction to The Crucible
Periodical Bibliography (Thursday)
SPRING HOLIDAYS
March 10 - The Crucible
American Literature on the Web: Arthur Miller
March 13 - Introduction to Hedda Gabler
RESEARCH PAPER DUE
March 17 - Hedda Gabler
EASTER BREAK
March 27, 31 - Searching for Caleb (reading quiz)
"Anne Tyler, Writer 8:05 to 3:30"
"Living Lessons: The Evolving Racial Norm in the Novels of Anne Tyler"
Drama paper topic (Monday)
April 3 - Poetry: An Introduction
Website for Poetry: An Introduction
April 7, 10 - Poetry: An Introduction
April 14, 17 - Poetry: An Introduction
for Robert Frost:
Robert Frost Poems (on one easy page)
Selected Poetry of Robert Frost
Bartleby's Frost Collection (by book)
Frost reads his poems (audio in Real Player)
April 21 - Poetry: An Introduction
April 24 - Song of Solomon (reading quiz)
Toni Morrison: Song of Solomon
"The South in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon: Initiation, healing, and home"
"Anaconda love": parental enmeshment in Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon.'
"Dead letter office: conspiracy, trauma, and Song of Solomon's posthumous communication"
"Folklore and Blues in 'Song of Solomon'"
April 28 - Song of Solomon
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