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course calendar SEMESTER/YEAR: SPRING 2008 COURSE: ENGL 221/321.01 TITLE: SHAKESPEARE PREREQUISITE: ENGL 101 CREDITS: 3 MEEING DAYS/TIME: Tue,Thur 9:25-10:40a ******************* INSTRUCTOR: Leah Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor
of English, College of Arts and Sciences OFFICE HOURS 08/sp: TTh 10:45a-1:30p TEACHER’S CLASS SCHEDULE 08/sp This course uses Desire2Learn, accessible at http://learn.maryville.edu. Use your Maryville email name and password to access the course. Submit written work as directed in this syllabus on D2L. COURSE GOAL: To develop an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare’s work using selected plays and the Sonnets TEXT: The Necessary Shakespeare, 2nd ed. David Bevington. Pearson Education, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-321-27250-1
THIS SYLLABUS MAY BE ALTERED AT THE TEACHER'S DISCRETION TO MEET STUDENT OR INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS. COURSE CALENDAR Feb 28 No class (faculty development day)
Written work should be unified and coherent; it must use standard language, spelling, and punctuation. Standard organizational devices are expected for the 7-10 page paper (introduction with thesis statement; body with main ideas supported by discussion and specific examples; conclusion which reinforces the thesis; transitions between all elements). All ideas and words not original to you or not common knowledge must be credited using any standard paper style (APA, MLA, etc.). A list of sources is necessary but is not sufficient to clarify the origin of ideas or words in your paper. Please note that the penalty for plagiarism is failure of this course. All written assignments
done outside class (handout for oral presentation; research or analytical
paper) must be typed. LATE, INCOMPLETE, MISSING WORK
An authorized absence is defined as a serious
personal illness; a family emergency such as a serious illness or death
involving a member of the immediate family; jury or military duty; and
representing the University in athletics, academic, professional and
leadership development pursuits. Authorized absences must be
officially documented.
The evaluation of each class assignment or listed portion of the course work will be specified by a letter grade. The letter grades indicate a judgment of the quality of the completed assignment. The letter grades used and their values are listed in the Maryville catalogue. The highest grade "A," for instance, marks work of exceptional quality which shows understanding of the assignment, the topic, the medium, the context, the background; which shows evidence of a thoughtful organization of ideas, drawing of relationships between ideas, presenting of concrete supporting evidence and discussion to illustrate ideas, knowledge of the appropriate broader context of the ideas; which uses effective and appropriate presentation techniques; which uses effective and appropriate standard language; which shows insight, inventiveness, creativity; which shows sensitivity to the current state of knowledge and information about the topic and contributes to the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the topic. The other grades mark work which shows lesser levels of mastery in the areas listed above. "B" work is superior, shows some exceptional quality but not in all areas listed. "C" work is average, may have some exceptional qualities and some deficiencies. "D" work is of insufficient quality in some of the areas listed and has little redeeming quality in those areas. "F" work is insufficient in more areas and has no sufficient redeeming quality. COURSE WORK AND PERCENTAGE OF COURSE GRADE Reflections on the plays (D2L Dropbox) 40% Attend a live Shakespearean performance and comment for
the class by Apr 17; hand in program + ticket stub (See list of 5
productions at the end of the syllabus.) 5% Recite 25/50 lines; the lines may be presented to the
class in one block or in segments on several days (2-fer deal: 25 lines by
Feb 5 or 50 lines by Apr 17) Apr 5% Course project (D2L Dropbox or class presentation) 20% Daily participation in class 14% -
identify and discuss an aspect of the play (character development,
contrast of characters, imagery, use of language, plotting,
comparison/contrast with an element in another play, etc.) -
research and give insights about the performance history of the play;
or rewritings of the play; or spin-offs in drama, musicals, or films of the
play -
discuss a topic about the play or Shakespeare’s work interesting to
you but not listed here Expectations for the reflections: - on time - clear statement of topic - enough specific examples to illustrate the ideas - thoughtful, coherent discussion - economical writing (to the point, no words wasted) - standard grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling - evidence of thought to place the topic in broader context
Expectations for the discussion about other students’ reflections - on time - standard grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling - of some substance or insight, not just agree/disagree - 10-15 minute oral presentation in class (with 1-page handout of facts, not just structure of the presentation + bibliography) on a Shakespearean or Elizabethan topic (see list of suggestions) - 7-10 page paper on Shakespearean play(s) or poem(s) (see below) - creative project (see below)
1. Medieval drama – the Chester cycle 2. Medieval drama – the morality play (Everyman or Mankind, for example) 3. Stock characters of Commedia dell’arte 4. The Reformation in England 5. 16th century English grammar school and university education 6. Elizabethan and Jacobean London theatres – outdoor 7. Elizabethan and Jacobean London theatres – indoor 8. Elizabethan sonnet cycles 9. Plague 10. Censorship in Elizabethan England (of plays; of published material) 11. The theory of bodily humours 12. The “new cosmology”; Ptolemaic vs. Copernican views of the universe 13. Montaigne 14. Machievelli 15. Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1577, 1587; compendium used by Spenser, Shakespeare, and other writers 16. Spenser’s Fairie Queene 17. Ben Jonson, poet, critic, and playwright; contemporary of Shakespeare 18. Christopher Marlowe, poet and playwright; contemporary of Shakespeare 19. Editions of Shakespeare’s plays (quartos; folios; policies of later editors) 20. Actors in Shakespearean England; acting companies 21. Shakespeare’s use of rhyme; of iambic pentameter; of other verse forms 22. Witchcraft in Elizabethan and Jacobean England 23. The Wars of the Roses 24. Masques (elaborate costumed shows for nobility); mummings; the “boy bishop”; the Feast of Fools 25. Gorboduc, first English tragedy 26. The Spanish Tragedy, ca. 1587 (Thomas Kyd; revenge play, precursor of Hamlet) 27. A Woman’s Prize: The Tamer Tamed, 1611, (John Fletcher’s answer to Taming of the Shrew) 28. The Duchess of Malfi, ca. 1612 (John Webster; horror, gore; in the vein of the classical tragedies of Seneca)
7-10 PAGE PAPER ON SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY(S) OR POEM(S) Analysis of an individual play or poem o Focus on a limited topic such as imagery, characterization, plotting, staging, language, theme, prosody, etc. o Focus on the coordination or the inconsistency among several elements such as imagery, characterization, plotting, staging, language, theme, prosody, etc. o Production and publication history of one of the plays · Analysis of a limited topic in more than one of the plays or poems · Analysis of the use of economics or politics (or another non-literature field) in some of Shakespeare’s plays or poetry · Don’t report on a single book; don’t write on a strictly biographical or economic or political topic without substantial application to Shakespeare’s work. · See 3 of the 5 local productions of Shakespearean plays this semester and write a comparative analysis. · Create a website on a Shakespearean topic for students’ use · Create a quiz show on Shakespeare’s plays for the class · Costume one of the plays; discuss your rationale for design, color, fabric · Design a set for one of the plays; show how the scenes would be played · Write an alternative ending for one of the tragedies · Write a Shakespearean (English) sonnet cycle (minimum 6 sonnets) · Write a one-act comedy using blank verse · Place several of Shakespeare’s characters in our era and write their scene · Perform a scene from one of the plays (memorized; group)
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Perform monologue
or cutting from one of the plays, with suitable introduction Some Shakespeare links: Maryville Library databases: Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) MLA (literature) (EBSCO) Some full-text, some summaries. You can almost always have a copy emailed to you through Interlibrary Loan if full-text is not available online. The process is simple and speedy (a day or 2 usually). Reference librarians will help you search for articles or get an email copy. Use their services! NetLibrary.com has 20K books available for reading online. You can copy limited portions of the books. You can keep books on your Bookshelf for easy retrieval later. You can store notes online. To register, invent a user name and password. You must give an email address. MU Library database page has a link, but you don’t have to go through MU to access NetLibrary.
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