The
Chandos Portrait Shakespeare I - En 355
Dr. Richard Regan
Fall 2005
Office
hours: Mon 11:30-12:15, Wed 1-1:45,
3-4*, Th 11:30-12:15
*except
on Ed Tech committee meeting days
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 three 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.
You should submit your papers electronically, written in Microsoft Word. Word has a feature called Track Changes which we can use to write comments on papers (in color). Click here to download a document that contains some suggestions for writing in Word and for emailing papers as attachments.
Final Exam: essays and passages for analysis.
Students with documented learning disabilities, please see me. Alternative methods of testing and evaluation are available.
"The Elizabethan Theatre": a lecture with slides
FESTE:
Royal Shakespeare Archives in PADS Theatre Resources
(click on "Browse")
Shakespeare in Performance Institute Acting Exercises
Interactive Shakespeare Project
Internet MetaSites for
Shakespeare
Terry Gray's Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Encyclopaedia BritannicaWas Shakespeare Shakespeare? The Authorship Controversy
The Shakespeare Discussion List Archive
Teachers FirstPolydore Vergil's Anglica Historica (1555)
Here are the instructions for viewing the Class pages and video clips. You'll need a password from Dr. Regan: rjregan@mail.fairfield.edu
Streaming
video is a part of the course because I've written classes to be interactive
with excerpts from performances. You will need a broadband internet connection.
Cable or DSL will work. Satellite is probably OK too. Dialup is too slow
for video.
As you scroll down the course page, for each of the plays you will see a link
called "Click." That will take you to the Class, and requires the
password. The video streams for a Quicktime viewer, the best video format.
Macs come with Quicktime, but Windows machines may need to download the application.
The password page sends a signal to your computer to download iTunes/Quicktime
if you don't have it, but that may not be enough. You can go to the Apple Quicktime
website to download the Windows version of Quicktime.
Install it, then restart the video link. You will need to adjust the Preferences
of Quicktime to make the video and audio work smoothly. Open Quicktime, and
use the top menu to find QuickTime Preferences (in one of the drop-down menus).
For Windows, choose Streaming Transport, then choose Use HTTP, Port ID 80.
On a Mac, you'll find this choice in the Connection Tab, then the Transport
Setup button. If you have the new Quicktime 7 for Mac, go to Quicktime Preferences,
click on the Advanced tab, select Custom under Transport Setup, double-click
on the word Custom, and choose HTTP and Port 80. Quicktime 7 for Windows is
in development.
Schedule
Week of:
September 5 - Introduction, Theory of Comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
The Internet Shakespeare Editions
September 12 - The Taming of the Shrew
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Mack, Greer, Bamber, and Slights
"Personations: The Taming of the Shrew..."
"'Caparisoned like the horse': Tongue and Tail in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew"
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Rossiter and Kahn
CLICK to go to the class on the play.Richard III Society Online Library
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Frye and David
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
The Making of Love's Labour's Lost
Introduction to the second tetralogy: Richard II
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the article by Altick
CLICK to go to the Class on the play."Historicising Shakespeare's Richard II: Current Events, Dating, and the Sabotage of Essex"
October 10 - Richard II
Read: the articles by Traversi, Schoenbaum, and Holderness
PAPER TOPICS DUE
“'I Live With Bread Like You': Forms of Inclusion in Richard II"
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Ornstein and Goldman
CLICK to go to the class on the play.
October 24 - excerpts from Henry IV, Part Two and Henry V (entire)
EXAM
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the article by Collimore/Sinfield
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
Romeo and Juliet
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Goldman, Snyder, and Novy
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
The Film Website for Romeo and Juliet
"Shakespeare and the Tragic Virtue"
PAPERS DUE
November 14 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Myers, Bamber, and Slights
CLICK to go to the class on the play.November 21 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Web and MOO
A Hypertext Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream
THANKGGIVING HOLIDAY
November 28 - The
Merchant of Venice
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Bamber and Smallwood
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
Shakespeare and Anti-Semitism: The Question of Shylock
"A Second Daniel: The Jew and the 'True Jew' in The Merchant of Venice"
"Law and Love in The Merchant of Venice"
"Contract in The Merchant of Venice"
Plot Summary and Scholarship in The Merchant of Venice
Excerpt from Sir Thomas More, II, ii
December 5 - Much Ado About Nothing
Read: the play and the Signet Introduction, and the articles by Stauffer and Neely
CLICK to go to the Class on the play.
"The Role of the Clown in Shakespeare's Theater"
