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English Department

 Each play will take approximately 5 class periods.  Or that's generally all I'm going to allot each one.  Certain plays will invariably spill over, and classes may be cancelled, but 5 classes per play is a good average.  It also allows at least one weekend during the time in which each play is studied.  The usual reading load is one Act or scene or so for the first day of that unit and one act every successive weekday.  When there are weekends or extended breaks between class meetings, I will ask you to read more than one Act for the next class. 

Always check for announcements on the Home page if you are unsure what the reading assignment is for the next class.

August - September

8/30-9/8: introduction, historical background, scansion

9/10-1/15: Midsummer Night's Dream

9/13 - Acts I & II

9/15 - Acts II & III

9/20 - Acts I-V

9/20-9/29: Merchant of Venice

9/22 - Act I

9/24 - Act II

9/27 - Acts III & IV

9/29 - Acts I-V

 

October

10/1: Group-Scene Performances and papers for Midsummer & Merchant

10/4-10/13: Richard III

10/4 - Acts I & II

10/6 - Act III

10/8 - MLA presentation; Discuss research paper/annotated bibliography assignment

10/11 - Acts IV & V

10/13 - tba

10/15-10/27: Hamlet

10/15 - Act I

10/18 - Acts II & III

10/20 - Act IV

10/22 - Act IV

10/25 - Act V

10/27 - Creative Writing papers due.

10/29: Group-Scene Performances and papers for Richard III & Hamlet

 

November - December

11/1-11/5: Shakespeare in Love

11/1 - Shakespeare in Love

11/3 - Shakespeare in Love

11/5 - Shakespeare in Love

11/8-11/15: King Lear (Folio text)

11/10 - Acts I & II

11/12 - Act III

11/15 - Act IV

11/17 - Act V

11/19: Annotated Bibliographies due; Troilus Act V.

11/19-11/29: Troilus & Cressida

11/19 - Act I

11/22 - Act II

11/29 - Acts III-V

12/1-12/8: The Tempest

12/1 - Act I

12/6 - Acts II & III

12/6: Group-Scene Performances and papers for Lear, Troilus, & Tempest

12/8: Research Papers due; Acts IV & V