English 305 Calendar

Spring 2012

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***.  

DAY DATE READING WRITING

M

 Jan. 9

 Introduction to the course.

  

W

 Jan. 11

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

 Pre-proposal due
M Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Day--no class  

W

 Jan. 18

MSND, Acts 2-4

Bring Handout of Passages

  

M

Jan. 23

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

MSND, Act 5

 Paper Proposal due

W

Jan. 25

Bedford Companion:  Mixed Modes, 97-98

The Merchant of Venice, Acts 1-2

  

M

Jan. 30

MV, Acts 2-4.

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

  

W

Feb. 1

MV, Act 5; and Portia's Mercy Speech

M

Feb. 6

Bedford Companion: 

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

As You Like It, Acts 1-3

W

Feb. 8

 AYLI, Acts 4-5

M

Feb. 13

 Library orientation (meet in the computer classroom in the basement of the library). Analysis Paper due

W

Feb. 15

 Review Day

M

Feb. 20

Bedford Companion

Richard II, Acts 1-2

W

Feb. 22

 Richard II, Acts 3-4; R2 Day Two Questions

M

Feb. 27

 Richard II, Act 5; R2 Day Three Questions Annotated Bibliography due

W

Feb. 29

Bedford Companion:

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

  • Holinshed, 185-86

King Henry IV, Part I, Acts 1-2 

W

 Mar. 5 1H4, Acts 3-4
W Mar. 7 1H4, Act 5
M Mar. 12 Spring Break  
W Mar. 14 Spring Break  
M Mar. 19 Exam in class today.  Bring a large bluebook and a blue or black ballpoint pen. Midterm exam
W Mar. 21

Bedford Companion:
  • Tragedy, 85-90
  • Aristotle, from Poetics, 101-105

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 4672629; our password is "winthrop." Do not forget that you must also give me a hardcopy.]

 Outline due
M Mar. 26 Hamlet, Acts 3-4; review 1.2.129ff., 2.2.549ff., and 3.1.56ff. before class  
W Mar. 28

Bedford Companion:  Men and Women:  Gender, Family, Society, 253-77

Hamlet, Act 5

 Outlines returned
M Apr. 2 King Lear, Acts 1-2
W Apr. 4 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 4672629; our password is "winthrop." Do not forget that you must also give me a hardcopy.]		 Draft of Research Paper due
M Apr. 9 King Lear, Act 5.  Stephen Greenblatt, "Shakespeare and the Exorcists."  You will also need the Greenblatt Handout.  
W Apr. 11

Bedford Companion:
  • Romance, 94-97
  • Aristotle, Poetics, 101-5
  • 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

 Drafts returned
M Apr. 16 The Tempest, continued  

W

Nov. 18

 The Tempest, Acts 4- 5

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

jeopardylabs.com/play/jeopardy-game-the-tempest-and-of-cannibals

(to edit:

jeopardylabs.com/edit/jeopardy-game-the-tempest-and-of-cannibals)

M

 Apr. 23

LAST DAY OF CLASS

Course evaluation

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).

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

 Portfolio due
  Final Examination
  • Tuesday, May 1st at 11:30 a.m.: bring a bluebook and a blue or black ballpoint pen.

Note:  Travel plans and work schedules are not acceptable reasons for rescheduling examinations.