SESSION BREAKDOWN
 
 

WEEK 1 Wednesday, January 17th Introduction: Overview, Expectations, Parameters The Life and Legacy of Shakespeare Shakespeare Timeline The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust WEEK 2 Monday, January 22nd TEXTUAL VERITY:  Quartos, Folios & Modern Folio Comparisons: Measure for Measure Assigned Reading: Wells: 1-34 & 163-186 Begin Work on Hamlet Folio/Quarto Comparison Wednesday, January 24th No Class -- ACTF WEEK 3 Monday, January 29th Hamlet/Folio Comparison Due LINGUISTIC DEVICES I: Iambics & Scansion Assigned Reading: Language Guide Scansion Guide Begin Work on Sonnet Sonnet XVIII Sonnet Guide Wednesday, January 31st LINGUISTIC DEVICES II: Wordplay Assigned Reading: Wells: 49-66 Meter Guide Pronunciation Guide Continue Sonnet Work Exercise: Isolating Word Types Exercise: Assigning Stress Exercise: Moving w/Rhythm Exercise: Rapping the Meter

WEEK 4 Monday, February 5th Sonnet Presentations Due SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND Assigned Reading:  Wells: 17-34 & Twelfth Night Tudor England 1595 Map of England & Historical Resources Twelfth Night Internet Resources: "Twelfth Night: All or Nothing" by William Godshack "An Improbable Fiction:  Shakespeare's 12th Night "by Joseph Lockett "Allowed Fools: Notes Towards an Elizabethan Twelfth Night" by Charles Boyle Choose Soliloquies from Twelfth Night Soliloquy Preparation Wednesday, February 7th Twelfth Night Scansion/Analysis Due SHAKESPEARE AT THE GLOBE Assigned Reading: Wells: 67-100 The Globe Theatre I The Globe Theatre II "The Elizabethan Theatre" by Hilda Spear "12 June 1599: Opening Day at Shakespeare's Globe" by Steve Sohmer Continue Discussion of Twelfth Night Soliloquy Work on Twelfth Night WEEK 5 Monday, February 12th Twelfth Night Soliloquy Presentations EVOLVING STAGING Assigned Reading:  Wells: 187-212 Scene Assignments -  Read-thru for The Tempest Begin Discussion of The Tempest Wednesday, February 14th MODERN STAGING TECHNIQUES Assigned Reading Wells: 53-140 & 257-272 Modern Productions I Modern Productions II Modern Productions III Continue Discussion of The Tempest Web resources for The Tempest: "National and Colonial Education in Shakespeare's The Tempest" by Allen Carey-Webb "Dating the Tempest" by Dave Kathman

WEEK 6 Monday, February 19th Scansion/Word Work Due Scene Work: The Tempest Wednesday, February 21st Character Analysis/Scene Analysis Due Scene Work: The Tempest Exercise: Paraphrase push-pull Exercise: Parallel Scenario Exercise: Melodrama WEEK 7 Monday, February 26th Scene Work: The Tempest Wednesday, February 28th Scene Work Presentation: The Tempest          SPRING BREAK

WEEK 8 Monday, March 12th SHAKESPEARE ON FILM Shakespeare and the Visual Text Analysing Film Discussion of Hamlet Wednesday, March 14th Discussion of Hamletcontinues Video Hamlets:  Olivier, Jacobi & Gibson Analysing Conventions Web Resources: "Hamlet" by Philip Burton "The Enfolded Hamlet" by Bernice W. Kliman WEEK 9 Monday, March 19th SHAKESPEARE ON FILM II Video Hamlets in More Modern Dress: Branagh & Hawke "Leading the Gaze: Branagh's  Henry V and Hamlet" by Sarah Hatchuel "Making Mother Matter: Branagh's Hamlet" by Courtney Lehmann & Lisa Starks Richard Burton's Hamlet Wednesday, March 21st Video Cruxis Points in Hamlet Critical Contextualization of 5 Versions

WEEK 10 Monday, March 26th Video Analysis Due DIRECTING SHAKESPEARE Discuss Richard II "Directing The Concept" by Edward Isser "Bridging the Gap between Brecht & Shakespeare" by Edward Isser Web Resources: "Subjected Thus: Plague and  Panopticism in Richard II" by Nick Cox "Stage and State: The Censorship of Richard II" by Ruth Underhill Wednesday, March 28th Continue Discussion on Richard II Return toThe Tempest Distribution of Second Scene

WEEK 11 Monday, April 2nd Directorial Conception Due Scene Work: The Tempest Wednesday April 4th Scene Work: The Tempest Exercise: Paraphrase Pull/Push Exercise: Parallel Scenario

WEEK 12 Monday, April 9th Scansion/Word Work Due Scene Work: The Tempest Exercise: Reverse Interpretation Exercise: Melodrama Wednesday, April 11th Scene Presentations:The Tempest Selection/Distribution of Soliloquy/Set Speech             EASTER BREAK

WEEK 13 Wednesday, April 18th Scansion/Word Work Due Work on Soliloquy/Set Speech Exercise: Isolating Word Types Exercise: Assigning Stress Exercise: Moving w/Rhythm Exercise: Rapping the Meter

WEEK 14 Monday, April 23rd Soliloquy/Set Speech Exercise: Throwing Your Lines Exercise: Isolating Word Types Exercise: Iambic Walk Exercise: Finding the Breaks Wednesday, April 25th Soliloquy/Set Speech Presentations

WEEK 15

Monday, April 30th
Summing up