ENL 4333 “Shakespeare” | UF Summer “A” 2004 | Period 3 (11 AM – 12:15 PM) | Room ???              Shoaf

                                      May

W         Monday         10         Introduction, “Shakespeare the Miso-meiosis-ist”

E          Tuesday         11          Early Modern England, an Overview

E          Wednesday  12         Titus

K          Thursday      13         Titus

1          Friday            14         Romeo & Juliet

W         Monday         17         Romeo & Juliet

E          Tuesday         18         Julius Caesar

E          Wednesday   19        Julius Caesar

K          Thursday      20        Hamlet

2          Friday             21         Hamlet

W         Monday         24        Hamlet

E          Tuesday         25         Hamlet

E          Wednesday  26        Othello

K          Thursday      27         Othello

3          Friday             28        Othello             First essay due

W         Monday         31         Holiday

                                      June

E          Tuesday         1           Macbeth

E          Wednesday  2           Macbeth

K          Thursday      3           Timon of Athens

4          Friday             4           Timon of Athens

W         Monday         7           King Lear

E          Tuesday         8           King Lear

E          Wednesday  9           King Lear

K          Thursday      10         King Lear

5           Friday             11          Antony & Cleopatra

W         Monday         14         Antony & Cleopatra

E          Tuesday         15         Antony & Cleopatra

E          Wednesday  16         Coriolanus

K          Thursday      17         Coriolanus

6          Friday             18         Conclusion      Second essay due

AIMS OF THE COURSE

            This course will focus on the tragedies, all 10 of them, with some attention paid to the narrative and lyric poetry. Shakespeare’s language, his rhetoric and figuration, will be the principal topic of our work.

TEXTS

            The Norton Shakespeare, ed. Greenblatt, et al.; Early Modern England, 1485-1714: A Narrative History, Bucholz and Key.

RESERVE LIST

            There will be a list of around 20-25 titles. Students may want to provide their own copies (any edition) of Ovid’s Metamorphoses since limited selections will be assigned from this poem.

REQUIREMENTS

        Spot quizzes to assess progress in the readings (unannounced except for the notice on the syllabus); two papers, 5 pages in length; no final exam; mandatory attendance — the first two (2) absences will be excused, but each absence after two, unless excused for extraordinary reasons, reduces your final mark by 10%.

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