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English 105A, Fall 2008, Patricia Fumerton
Schedule T, Th 2:00-3:15 pm., Girvetz 1004
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Class 1 (Sept 25 R) Introduction
  • Read S Barnet, "Shakespeare: An Overview," in Signet.

Class 2 (Sept 30 T)

The Taming of the Shrew:
The Many Faces of Shakespeare

Class Notes

Class 3 (Oct 2 R)

The Taming of the Shrew:
Old, New, and Native Comedy

Class Notes

Class 4 (Oct 7 T)

The Taming of the Shrew:
The Taming? of the Shrew

Class Notes

Class 5 (Oct 9 R) Richard II and The Order of Things
Class Notes

Class 6 (Oct 14 T)

Richard II:
The Test of Identity

Class Notes

Class 7 (Oct 16 R)

Richard II:
From Ceremony to Farce

Class Notes

Class 8 (Oct 21 T) Richard II:
Engendering Show
Class Notes

Class 9 (Oct 23 R) TEST

Class 10 (Oct 28 T)

A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Love and Authority, Reason and Imagination

Class Notes

Class 11 (Oct 30 R)

A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Seeing Double

Class Notes

Class 12 (Nov 4 T) A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Getting to the Bottom of Things

Class Notes


Class 13 (Nov 6 R) The Merchant of Venice:
"My purse, my person": Personal Value in
The Merchant of Venice
Class Notes

(Nov 7 Friday)

SHORT PAPER DUE (3-4 pp.). On one of the assigned paper topics and on one play. Due by 2 pm., in your TA's mailbox.

Class 14 (Nov 11 T)

NO CLASS (Veterans' Day)


Class 15 (Nov 13 R)

The Merchant of Venice:
Staging Gentile, Staging Jew

Class Notes

Class 16 (Nov 18 T)

The Merchant of Venice:
The Cost of Comedy; Or, Equity Strained

Class Notes

Class 17 (Nov 20 R) Hamlet:
Hamlet and Liminality
Class Notes

Class 18 (Nov 25 T)

Hamlet:
Getting Inside the Between: Interiority

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Class 19 (Nov 27 R)

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving)


Class 20 (Dec 2 T)

Hamlet:
The Problem with Women

Class Notes

Class 21 (Dec 4 R) Hamlet:
Action!: The End
Class Notes
  • FINAL PAPER due Friday, December 5, 4:30 pm. (in TA's mailbox)
  • FINAL EXAM, Wednesday, December 10, 4-7 pm., Girvetz 1004

 

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