The Chandos
Portrait
Shakespeare I
Dr. Richard Regan
Fall 2000
Office hours: Mon 2:20-4:30, Tu 3:30-4:30,
Wed 2-4:30, Th 2-4:30
Texts: Signet Classic editions of the plays
listed below.
Grading: modified contract system. Three
tests and an optional paper, each of equal weight in the final
grade.
Attendance: for every two cuts, a point
will be deducted from your semester average. Excused absences by
written note from a Dean's office, Student Services/Health Center, or
your faculty advisor. Excessive absences may result in a failing
grade.
Required: 1) two
tests based closely on the texts of the plays; 2) weekly
summaries/responses to critical articles or WWW sites. These are
graded as quizzes and can raise or lower the final grade.
Modified contract: an 8-10 page paper to be
eligible for a grade of A or A-. Papers may be rewritten after a
conference. Topics must be in writing and approved in
conference.
Final Exam: essays and passages for
analysis.
Students with documented learning disabilities,
please see me. Alternative methods of testing and evaluation are
available.
Campus Cable Listings of the
BBC productions shown at 8 pm on Channel 68
ERES
library server with additional course material
Theater related websites
Shakespeare and
the Globe
Virtual
Pictures of the New Globe
"The
Elizabethan Theatre": a lecture with slides
The
McGill Shakespeare Resources Page
Shakespeare
Examined through Performance
Interactive
Shakespeare Project
Shakespeare
at Hampton Court
Internet MetaSites for Shakespeare
Terry
Gray's Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Early
Modern Literary Studies
ArdenNet
(registration required - free!)
Shakespeare
Globe USA
Was
Shakespeare Shakespeare? The Authorship Controversy
The
Shakespeare Classroom
Schedule
Week of:
September 4 - Introduction, Theory of
Comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
Read
the Works of Shakespeare at MIT: also click on the Shakespeare
Discussion Area
The
Internet Shakespeare Editions
September 11 - The Taming of the Shrew
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Mack, Greer, Bamber, and Slights
"Personations:
The Taming of the Shrew..."
Search
the Works of Shakespeare at MIT
The
Works of the Bard: another search engine
September 18 - Richard III
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Rossiter and Kahn
Scanning
Shakespeare's Lines
Richard
III On Stage and Off
Thomas
More's "The History of King Richard III"
"The
Misogyny of Richard III..."
September 25 - Love's Labor's Lost
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Frye and David
PAPER TOPICS DUE
The Film
Website
Ken
Branagh Interview
"...the
Nature of Shakespearian Comedy"
Women
in Shakespeare
October 2 - EXAM
Introduction to the second tetralogy: Richard II
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
article by Altick
"Richard
II": The Underlying Issues
"Derek
Jacobi's Richard II: Ambiguities Answered"
October 9 - Richard II
Read: the articles by Traversi, Schoenbaum, and Holderness
"Shakespeare's
Pacifism"
October 16 - Henry IV, Part One
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Ornstein and Goldman
"The
Making of a King"
"The
Education of a Prince"
October 23 - Henry IV, Part One and excerpts from
Henry IV, Part Two
Read: the article by Kahn on 2 Henry IV
"Henry
IV, Part 2"
"The
Prudence and Kinship of Prince Hal..."
October 30 - Henry V
PAPERS DUE
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
article by Collimore/Sinfield
"Holy
War in Henry Fifth"
"Hal
Imitates the Sun"
November 6 - EXAM
Romeo and Juliet
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Goldman, Snyder, and Novy
The Film Website
for Romeo and Juliet
"Light
Images in Romeo and Juliet"
"Consumed
by Fire"
November 13 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Myers, Bamber, and Slights
"...Petrarch
and Pyramus in the Woods of Athens"
"Imaging
the Children of Pan": an article at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival
website
A
Study Guide to A Midsummer Night's Dream
November 20 - A Midsummer Night's
Dream
A Midsummer Night's Web
and MOO
A Hypertext
Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Film
Website
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
November 27 - The Merchant of Venice
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Bamber and Smallwood
Shakespeare
and Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock
A
Second Daniel: The Jew and the "True Jew" in The Merchant of
Venice
Shylock
Is Us
Contract
in The Merchant of Venice
Plot
Summary and Scholarship in The Merchant of Venice
The
SHAKSPER Discussion List Archives
December 4 - Much Ado About Nothing
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the
articles by Stauffer and Neely
"Bringing
Deformed Forth: Engendering Meaning in Much Ado About
Nothing"
"The
Role of the Clown in Shakespeare's Theater"
FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 18, 1:30
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