English 305 Calendar

Fall 2015

Dr. Fike

From the syllabus: ***Finally, if you come in late, you MUST see me after class so that I change your absence mark to a tardy mark.  If you do not see me after class, your tardiness will count as an absence***.   

Turnitin.com information: I.D. is 9263508; our password is "winthrop."

 

DAY DATE READING WRITING

M

 1/12

Introduction to the course.

  
W 1/14

Bedford Companion:                                                                        

  • Shakespeare, "Shakespeare," and the Problem of Authorship, 11-28

  • Comedy, 81-85
  • Performances, Playhouses, and Players, 109-28; esp. The Countryside, 225-28

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1


Absence and tardy policies are now in effect.		 Pre-proposal due
M 1/19 MLK Day: NO CLASS  
W 1/21

MSND, Acts 2-4

Bring Handout of Passages; MSND Chart Exercise

 

 Pre-proposal returned
M 1/26

Bedford Companion:  "I Loved My Books":  Shakespeare's Reading, 145-62

MSND, Act 5

  
W 1/28

Bedford Companion:  Mixed Modes, 97-98

The Merchant of Venice, Acts 1-2

 Paper Proposal due
M 2/2

MV, Acts 2-4.

Read Genesis 30:25-31:16 and bring a Bible to class.  Usury Handout; casket handout from internet

 Paper proposal returned
W 2/4 MV, Act 5; and Portia's Mercy Speech  
M 2/9

Bedford Companion: 

  • Town and Country:  Life in Shakespeare's England, 219-36
  • Primogeniture, 263-65

As You Like It, Acts 1-3

  
W 2/11 AYLI, Acts 4-5  
M 2/16 Library orientation (meet in the computer classroom in the basement of the library). Analysis Paper due
W 2/18 Review Day  
M 2/23

Bedford Companion

Please read this assignment sheet: Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Richard II, Acts 1-2

  
W 2/25 Richard II, Acts 3-4; R2 Day Two Questions Analysis paper returned
M 3/2 Richard II, Act 5; R2 Day Three Questions Annotated Bibliography due
W 3/4

Bedford Companion:

  • Politics and Religion:  Early Modern Ideologies, 303-25

  • Holinshed, 185-86

King Henry IV, Part I, Acts 1-2 

  
M 3/9 1H4, Acts 3-4  
W 3/11 1H4, Act 5
M 3/16 SPRING BREAK: NO CLASS  
W 3/18 SPRING BREAK: NO CLASS  
M 3/23 Exam in class today.  Bring a large bluebook and a blue or black ballpoint pen. Midterm exam
W 3/25

Bedford Companion:
  • Tragedy, 85-90
  • Aristotle, from Poetics, 101-05

Hamlet, Acts 1-2; bring Hamlet Chart; Hamlet chart with lines 

[Lesson planners: Your critical introduction is due today. Be sure to submit it to turnitin.com (it will not be graded unless I receive a report through the system). Our course I.D. is 8289119; our password is "winthrop." Do not forget that you must also give me a hardcopy.]

 Outline due

Midterm exam returned
M 3/30 Hamlet, Acts 3-4; review 1.2.129ff., 2.2.549ff., and 3.1.56ff. before class
W 4/1 Bedford Companion:  Men and Women:  Gender, Family, Society, 253-77
Hamlet, Act 5		 Outline returned
M 4/6

King Lear, Acts 1-2

 
W 4/8 King Lear, Acts 3-4

Be sure to submit your paper to turnitin.com (it will not be graded unless I receive a report through the system).  Our course I.D. is 8289119; our password is "winthrop." Do not forget that you must also give me a hardcopy.		 Draft of Research Paper due
M 4/13 King Lear, Act 5.  Stephen Greenblatt, "Shakespeare and the Exorcists."  You will also need the Greenblatt Handout.  Please number the paragraphs in G's article.
W 4/15

Bedford Companion:
  • Romance, 94-97
  • Aristotle, Poetics, 101-05
  • John Fletcher, from His Preface to The Faithful Shepherdess, 107
  • "I Loved my Books":  Shakespeare's Reading, 156-57
  • Sir William Strachey, From A True Reportory of the Wreck and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, 180-82

The Tempest, Acts 1-3

You do not need to view these before class.

 Drafts returned
M 4/20

The Tempest, continued

It would be a really good idea to have a conference with me this week about your draft. I will circulate a sign-up sheet.

  
W 4/22 The Tempest, Acts 4- 5

 Montaigne, "Of Cannibals":  bring these handouts: Tempest Handout; Montaigne exercise; "Of Cannibals"

Note: The handout is for your own edification. We will play a Jeopardy game with the Montaigne essay.		  
M 4/27

LAST DAY OF CLASS

Course evaluation: bring your laptop computer.

Your portfolio should include the following items in this order:  cover letter, conference abstract, revision of researched draft, and original researched draft with my comment sheet.  These documents should be submitted in a file folder (not an envelope or a plastic sleeve or 3-ring binder). Note that a file folder does not have pockets.

Lesson plans should be in a 3-ring binder. Obviously, lesson planners do not have to do a conference abstract.  

Note: Everyone must do a cover letter.
Portfolio due
Final Examination
  • Your final exam is on Monday at 11:30. Bring a bluebook and a blue or black ballpoint pen.

Note:  Travel plans and work schedules are not acceptable reasons for rescheduling the final examination. Do not make vacation plans before checking the exam schedule.

http://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/acadschedule/Exams-Spring.pdf