RES=Readings available through Electronic Reserve. You need the class user name and password to access reserve readings and Adobe Acrobat and a fast internet connection to view them. You can print readings for 10¢/page at the library. Some campus labs provide free printing, but others do not allow you to print electronic reserve items at all. Make sure you know the policy of the lab before you try to print.

Certain other online readings are available through JSTOR or Project Muse, databases to which the University has subscribed. JSTOR and Muse must be able to recognize you as a member of the University Community in order for you to access the readings; that is, you must be logging in from campus, or be using a dakotacom account, or be ready to enter your name and CatCard number. Once you get to the article, you can choose to print using Adobe Acrobat, JSTOR's own print mode, or html (a simple web document).

For all other linked readings, just click and go.

Always bring assigned readings or plays for any class period in which they will be discussed.

Unit 1: Introduction to Shakespeare and Early Modern England

Thu 11 Jan
In class: Introduction to course. Early modern England--religion, politics, economy, society. Here's a timeline of English history and literature in the sixteenth century. You might also be interested in exploring Life in Elizabethan England.

Tue 16 Jan
For class: You need to have a functioning email account to participate in this class. (No email? Go to library help page.) Sign on to the class list. Send the message subscribe shakespeare yourfirstname yourlastname to listserv@listserv.arizona.edu. (You may also want to make use of the library help page on lists.) If you need help with getting an email account, signing on to the class list, navigating the online syllabus, or accessing electronic reserve readings, then get help: make an appointment with me, or go to the Reference Desk in the library, where a librarian will be happy to help you with any of these tasks. Buy books and/or locate online readings. Read J. M. Massi's review of "The Authorship Issue"; read Stephen Orgel, "What Is a Text?" (RES).
In class: Discussion. Vernacular literature, print culture, and the revival of drama in the sixteenth century.

Thu 18 Jan
For class: Learn about the Globe Theatre (both Shakespeare's Globe and the New Globe). (What was/is its shape and design? What kinds of props and costumes were used? Who was the audience? Where did they sit? What was the style of acting?) Read Jean Howard, "Scripts and/versus Playhouses" (RES). (What is ideology? Who was Althusser? Find out here.)
In class: Quiz 1 on Massi, Orgel, Globe web site, and Howard. Elizabethan theater, Shakespeare's sources including Holinshed's Chronicles.

Tue 23 Jan
For class: Read Alison Findlay, "Introduction" to A Feminist Perspective on Renaissance Drama" (RES).
In class: Discussion. Assignment to groups. Assignment of plays. Assignment of Group Presentations. Assignment of Term Paper and Prospectus. Research techniques.

Thu 25 Jan
For class: Read Stephen Orgel, Excerpt from Impersonations (RES). Look ahead to your group's play and begin research for Group Presentation and Prospectus.
In class: Quiz 2 on Findlay and Orgel. Lecture: literary criticism in the early twentieth century: the new criticism, cultural criticism, and "old" historicism.

Unit 2: Approaches to Shakespeare's Plays

Tue 30 Jan
For class: Read Marjorie Garber, "Shakespeare as Fetish." Note that this article is available through JSTOR, in the journal Shakespeare Quarterly 41.2 (Summer, 1990). If you're on campus (or the system can recognize you as a UA person), you can just clidk the link above. Otherwise, go to the JSTOR gateway and follow the instructions there. (What is a phallic mother, and what did she do to Shakespeare? Who is Lynne Cheney? What is a fetish? Met any aging undergraduates lately? Here's a quick overview of Freud's theories by Mary Klage, if you've never encountered them before.) Continue research and begin working on Prospectus. Continue planning your Group Project until you are scheduled to present.
In class: Discussion. Another look at some Renaissance lyrics.

Thu 1 Feb
For class: Read Don Wayne, "Power, Politics, and the Shakespearean Text" (RES). Continue research and work on Prospectus.
In class: Quiz 3 on Garber and Wayne. Lecture: Psychoanalytic criticism, feminist criticism.

Tue 6 Feb
For class: Read Lynda E. Boose, "The Family in Shakespeare Studies." This article also in JSTOR, in Renaissance Quarterly 40.4 (Winter, 1987). Click the link above and go from campus or get in through the JSTOR gateway and browse the journal. Continue research and work on Prospectus.
In class: Discussion. Queer theory, postcolonial theory.

Unit 3: A Romp Through Shakespeare's Plays

Thu 8 Feb
For class: Read The Taming of the Shrew. You might like to consult J. M. Massi's Study Questions before you begin reading. As you read, practice a little sixteenth-century pronunciation. Continue research and work on Prospectus.
In class: Video clip, discussion. Creation of Midterm Exam.

Tue 13 Feb
For class: Read Peter F. Heaney, "Petruchio's Horse." Group 1: Prepare scene and presentation. All others prepare for quiz. Continue research and work on Prospectus.
In class: Quiz 4 on Shrew and Heaney. Presentation by Group 1. Group 1 Literature Review. Discussion. Midterm Exam Study Guide.

Thu 15 Feb
For class: Read A Midsummer Night's Dream. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. Complete Prospectus. Begin study for Midterm Exam.
In class: Video clip, discussion. Turn in Prospectus.

Tue 20 Feb
For class: Read Skiles Howard, "Hands, Feet, and Bottoms" (in Shakespeare Quarterly 44.3 [Autumn, 1993] through JSTOR). Group 2: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue study for Midterm Exam.
In class: Quiz 5 on Midsummer Night and Howard. Presentation by Group 2. Group 2 Literature Review. Discussion.

Thu 22 Feb
For class: Read The Merchant of Venice. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. Continue study for Midterm Exam.
In class: Video clip, discussion.

Tue 27 Feb
For class: Continue study for Midterm Exam.
In class: Midterm exam. Prospectus returned.

Thu 1 Mar
For class: Read Thomas H. Luxon, "A Second Daniel." Group 3: Prepare scene and presentation. Begin working on Term Paper.
In class: Guest speaker. Video clip, discussion.

Tue 6 Mar
For class: Read Richard III. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. You might find it helpful to consult a family tree of the pertinent kings and queens of England. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 6 on Merchant and Luxon. Presentation by Group 3. Group 3 Literature Review.

Thu 8 Mar
For class: Read Donna J. Oestreich-Hart, "'Therefore, Since I Cannot Prove a Lover" (in Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 [SEL] 40.2 [Spring, 2000] available through Project Muse)  Group 4: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 7 on Richard and Oestreich-Hart. Presentation by Group 4. Group 4 Literature Review. Discussion.

Tue 13 Mar
Thu 15 Mar
No class: Spring Break

Tue 20 Mar
For class: Read As You Like It. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Video clip, discussion.

Thu 22 Mar
For class: Read Tvordi, "Female Alliance and the Construction of Homoeroticism" (RES). Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Guest speaker. Discussion.

Tue 27 Mar
For class: Read J. L. Simmons, "Masculine Negotiations in Shakespeare's History Plays" (in Shakespeare Quarterly 44.4 [Winter, 1993] through JSTOR). Bring I Henry IV to class. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Guest Speaker. Video clip.

Thu 29 Mar
For class: Read 1 Henry IV. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. New reading: "Eminem--Bad Rap?" (If that link doesn't work, try this one.) Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Guest speaker. Discussion.

Tue 3 Apr
For class: Read Richard Wilson, "'Like the Old Robin Hood'" (in Shakespeare Quarterly 43.1 [Spring, 1992] through JSTOR). Group 5: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 8 on As You Like It and Wilson. Presentation by Group 5. Group 5 Literature Review. Discussion.

Thu 5 Apr
For class: Review readings for quiz. Group 6: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 9 on 1 Henry IV and Simmons. Presentation by Group 6. Group 6 Literature Review. Discussion.

Tue 10 Apr
For class: Read Henry V. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Video clip, discussion.

Thu 12 Apr
For class: Read Katherine Eggert, "Nostalgia and the Not Yet Late Queen" (in ELH 61.3 [Autumn, 1994] through JSTOR). Group 7: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 10 on Henry and Eggert. Presentation by Group 7. Group 7 Literature Review.

Tue 17 Apr
For class: Read Hamlet. Optional: J. M. Massi's Study Questions. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Video clip, discussion.

Thu 19 Apr
For class: Read Sarah Hatchuel, "Leading the Gaze." Group 8: Prepare scene and presentation. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Quiz 11 on Hamlet and Hatchuel. Presentation by Group 8. Group 8 Literature Review. Assignment of parts in The Fifteen Minute Hamlet.  Create final Exam.

Tue 24 Apr
For class: Practice your part or prepare costumes, props, cookies. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Practice and planning for The Fifteen Minute Hamlet. Evaluation.

Thu 26 Apr
For class: Practice your part. Continue working on Term Paper.
In class: Our performance: The Fifteen Minute Hamlet and "The Puppets Do Southampton."

Tue 1 May
For class: Complete Term Paper. Review Final Exam Study Guide.
In class: Turn in Term Paper. Bonus Quiz on final exam study guide. Evaluation.

Tue 8 May
8:00-10:00 am: Final Exam