The
Chandos Portrait Shakespeare I - En 355
Dr. Richard Regan
Fall 2006
Office
hours: Mon
11:30-12:15, Wed 1-1:45 (in classroom),
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
Shakespeare in Performance Institute Acting Exercises
Interactive Shakespeare Project
Internet MetaSites for
Shakespeare
Terry Gray's Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Was Shakespeare Shakespeare? The Authorship Controversy
The Shakespeare Discussion List Archive
Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historica (1555)
Podcasts (allow several minutes for download)
Shakespeare for Today (55 minutes)
Professor Ronald Rebholtz,
Stanford University, Reunion Homecoming 2004
http://itunes.stanford.edu/
Roundtable Discussion of Romeo and Juliet (50 minutes)
27 February 2006 Shenandoah
Shakespeare
http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/education/onShakespeare.html
http://americanshakespearecenter.blogspot.com/2006/02/blackfriars-backstage-pass-romeo-and.html
Macmorris, by John Morrison (46 minutes)
BBC Radio 4: "A comic
fantasy about some of the minor characters in Shakespeare’s canon of
plays who demand that their Creator write them better roles or they will
destroy his universe.
This story takes place in a parallel world, a theatrical ether, which is populated
by the characters in Shakespeare’s canon. Presiding over them all, godlike
is their Creator, William Shakespeare.
Capt. Macmorris, a very minor character from Henry V with only one scene, is
the only Irish character in the whole cannon and he is portrayed as a stereo
typical Irish buffoon with a violent arrogant temper. This characterisation
infuriates Macmorris. His dilemma is that he thinks he is real, a human being
able to act for himself and that his nature can be changed. After 405 years
trapped in this part, Macmorris he has decided that Shakespeare must give him
deeper characterisation, better motivation and the chance to get the girl in
the end. He enlists the help of the three other Captains in Henry V, Capt.
Jamie, Capt. Fluellen and Capt. Gower and they go and confront their maker.
Shakespeare throws them out and the ‘four musketeers’ resort to
violent action. However they haven’t reckoned with the might of the immortal
bard, William Shakespeare and his ally Iago who has spies everywhere." (3
October 2004)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/drama/productions/radio/missed.shtml
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).
If
you have Quicktime 6 for Windows, choose Streaming Transport, then choose
Use HTTP, Port ID 80.
If you have Quicktime 7 for Windows, set the Preferences by going to the Advanced
tab, then choose Transport Setup, then Custom, then set Transport Protocol
for HTTP and Port 80.
If
you have Quicktime 6 for Mac, go to Quicktime Preferences, choose the Connection
Tab, then the Transport Setup button.
If you have 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.
Schedule
Week of:
September 4 - Introduction, Theory of Comedy, The Taming of the Shrew
Read the Works of Shakespeare at MIT
The Internet Shakespeare Editions
September 11 - 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 9 - 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 23 - 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 13- 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 20- A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Web and MOO
A Hypertext Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 27 - 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.
Anti-semitism in Shakespeare's World
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 4 - 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"
