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Homework for next class
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1/14/2014 |
Introduction to class
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Handout: In Search of Shakespeare (4 parts, to be watched out of class) due any time before Feb. 25 (hand in on Blackboard). Feel free to watch with friends, but don't share answers!
- On campus: Parts 1 and 2: In Search of Shakespeare
- On campus: Parts 3 and 4: In Search of Shakespeare
- Or watch on Blackboard
- Note: if you have done this handout for another class of mine and can prove it, you're excused from this assignment
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1/16/2014 |
Macbeth readaround (continued)
Note: Drop-add ends tomorrow |
Read Macbeth Act 1 (listen to audio on Blackboard while reading)
What to study for quiz NOTE: for all quizzes, check syllabus to see if quiz guide link is active. If a quiz is scheduled, the link will be active 24 hours before class begins. Refresh your cache (see above) to see the latest version of the page. |
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1/21/2014 |
Begin watching Macbeth |
Read Macbeth Act 2; begin reading Serena (371 pages, due in stages. |
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1/23/2014 |
Macbeth act 2 |
Macbeth, act 3
What to study for quiz on Serena (first 100 pages) due Tuesday |
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1/28/2014 |
Macbeth, act 3
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Macbeth, act 4 |
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1/30/2014 |
Macbeth, act 4 |
Macbeth, act 5
What to study for quiz on Serena (Part 2 to 210) on Tuesday |
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2/4/2014 |
Macbeth, Act 5 |
Finish Serena by Tuesday, Feb. 6
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2/6/2014 |
Viewing: Midsummer Night's Dream |
Blackboard: discussion of Serena due by Tuesday at 5 PM (note: you will need to finish the book to answer the questions) |
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2/11/2014 |
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Meet with groups and choose which novel and film you will watch. As a group, you should cover 1-7 plays and 3-7 films (bigger groups will cover more material). |
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2/13/2014 |
MSND continued; Groups assigned |
Read Hamlet, Act 1 |
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2/18/2014 |
Ron Rash visits
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2/20/2014 |
Hamlet, Act I
Hamlet, Act 2 |
Quiz: Stoppard Act 1 due by Monday Night 2/24 (opens on Blackboard Monday morning in Assignments folder; 30 minutes)
Study Guide |
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2/25/2014 |
Advising Day: No class |
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2/27/2014 |
Hamlet, Act 2 and 3
Ophelia
- 1.3 Ophelia and Laertes (compare P's advice to each). Question: why this second family plot?
- 2.1.84-34
- 3.1.99-175
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and the Players
- 2.2.240-574 meets R&G and players
- 3.2.96-317 ("The Mousetrap")
Hamlet's soliloquires
- 2.2.576-634 Hamlet's soliloquy
- 3.1.67-96
- Five "To be or Not to be"s (student project)
- Look for words associatd with "this life"
- Look for words associated with the next one
- 3.4 Closet scene
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Quiz: stoppard Act 2 (blackboard) due by Monday, 3/3 at midnight (opens Monday morning on Blackboard in Assignments folder)
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3/4/2014 |
Hamlet, Act3- 4
- 3.2 Hamlet and his mother
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3/6/2014 |
Hamlet, Act 5
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Blackboard: discussion of Stoppard's R&G due by Friday, March 14 at 5 PM |
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3/11/2014 |
Spring Break: No class |
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3/13/2014 |
Spring Break: No class |
Reminder: discussion due. |
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3/18/2014 |
Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
Discusson of papers
Blackboard: Group discussion 1 of works due by 5 p.m. today; half of group novel should be read and one film should have been viewed |
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3/20/2014 |
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3/25/2014 |
Film: Othello |
Paper thesis due; start reading Mama day |
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3/27/2014 |
Film: Othello |
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March 31 Note: Literary Festival begins today (2 events required). |
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4/1/2014 |
Tempest, Acts 1-2 |
Examples and quotes for paper due |
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4/3/2014 |
Tempest, Acts 3-4 |
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4/8/2014 |
Tempest, Act 5 |
Quiz: first third of Mama day due on Blackboard before class begins Thursday (quiz closes at 1:45 p.m.)
Quiz guide Mama Day (pp. 1-97) |
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4/10/2014 |
Film: King Lear
Note to me: Conference begins |
Paper due; Mama Day due 4/22 |
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4/15/2014 |
Film: King Lear |
Quiz second third Mama Day (98-197) due by Sunday (end of break) at midnight
Quiz guide Mama Day (pp. 98-197) |
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4/17/2014 |
Easter break: no class |
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4/22/2014 |
Presentations |
Blackboard: Mama Day discussion due by Monday, April 28 at 5 p.m. (Must complete the book to answer questions) |
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4/24/2014 |
Presentations
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4/29/2014 |
Presentations |
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5/1/2014 |
Mama Day |
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Final Exam times (you can come to any exam time; check classrooms) |
2 PM class (Shakespeare) |
Monday, May 5, 12:00 - 2:30 |
3:30 class (Stories retold) |
Friday, May 9, 12:00 - 2:30 |
12:30 class (303: Intro to PW) |
Thursday, May 8, 3 - 5:30 |
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