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Early Shakespeare
English 105A, Fall 2008, Patricia Fumerton
Schedule T, Th 2:00-3:15 pm., Girvetz
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Menu
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Class 1 (Sept 25 R) |
Introduction |
- Read S Barnet, "Shakespeare: An Overview," in
Signet.
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Class 2 (Sept 30 T) |
The Taming of the Shrew:
The Many Faces of Shakespeare
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Class 3 (Oct 2 R) |
The Taming of the Shrew:
Old, New, and Native Comedy
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Class 4 (Oct 7 T) |
The Taming of the Shrew:
The Taming? of the Shrew
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Class 5 (Oct 9 R) |
Richard II
and The Order of Things |
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Class 6 (Oct 14 T) |
Richard II:
The Test of Identity
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Class 7 (Oct 16 R) |
Richard II:
From Ceremony to Farce
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Class 8 (Oct 21 T) |
Richard II:
Engendering Show |
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Class 10 (Oct 28 T) |
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Love and Authority, Reason and Imagination
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Class 11 (Oct 30 R) |
A Midsummer Night's
Dream:
Seeing Double
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Class 12 (Nov 4 T) |
A Midsummer Night's
Dream:
Getting to the Bottom of Things |

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Class 13 (Nov 6 R) |
The Merchant of
Venice:
"My purse, my person": Personal Value in
The Merchant of Venice |
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Class 14 (Nov 11 T)
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NO CLASS (Veterans'
Day) |
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Class 15 (Nov 13 R)
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The Merchant of Venice:
Staging Gentile, Staging Jew
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Class 16 (Nov 18 T) |
The Merchant of Venice:
The Cost of Comedy; Or, Equity Strained
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Class
17 (Nov 20 R) |
Hamlet:
Hamlet and Liminality |
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Class 18 (Nov 25 T) |
Hamlet:
Getting Inside the Between: Interiority
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Class 19 (Nov 27 R)
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NO CLASS (Thanksgiving) |
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Class 20 (Dec 2 T) |
Hamlet:
The Problem with Women
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Class 21 (Dec 4 R) |
Hamlet:
Action!: The End |
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FINAL PAPER
due Friday, December 5, 4:30 pm. (in TA's mailbox)
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FINAL EXAM,
Wednesday, December 10, 4-7 pm., Girvetz 1004
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