Fall 2008 Calendar
Updated: 23 November.
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-1:45 in Grainger G18.
| 26 August | Course introduction. |
| 28 August | 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. |
| 2 September | 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). |
| 4 September | Sonnets. In preparation for class discussion, look up all the nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs 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. |
| 9 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
| 11 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
| 16 September | A Midsummer Night's Dream. Paraphrase and Analysis Exercise (.pdf) due. |
| 18 September | Class canceled. |
| 23 September | 1 Henry IV. |
| 25 September | 1 Henry IV. |
| 30 September | 1 Henry IV. |
| 2 October | Henry V. |
| 7 October | A visit from Dr. John Mebane (this year's Simkins lecturer, 7:00 on 6 Oct. in Hull Auditorium).Bring to class a typed list of at least five questions for Dr. Mebane, either about his lecture, or about the idea of war in Shakespeare in general. |
| 9 October | Henry V. |
| 16 October | Henry V. |
| 21 October | Midterm Exam: Please bring a blue book. |
| 23 October | Twelfth Night. |
| 28 October | Twelfth Night. |
| 30 October | Twelfth Night. |
| 4 November | Macbeth. |
| 6 November | Macbeth. |
| 11 November | Macbeth. |
| 13 November | King Lear. |
| 18 November | King Lear. |
| 20 November | King Lear. |
| 25 November | The Tempest. |
| 2 December | The Tempest. |
| 4 December | Final Exam: Please bring a blue book. |
Final Exam Week |
Group Performance Projects. List of groups is here [.pdf]. This is the last day to turn in final paper (early submissions are encouraged). |