Course: English 215--Shakespeare
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office Hours: Via Zoom, by appointment. Email me to make an appointment to meet.
E-mail: annw708@gmail.com
"Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada."
--Voltaire
| Course Schedule: Week 1 | Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 | Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 | Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 | Course Schedule: Final Exam | Discussion Questions | Writing Assignments | Lectures |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 6-12 INTRODUCTION COMEDY Writing About Literature Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: Lecture 1 A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 2 Feb. 13-19 COMEDY Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: Lecture 2 A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 3 Feb. 20-26 HISTORY Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Lecture 3 Richard III |
| Week 4 Feb. 27-Mar. 5 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: Richard III |
| Week 5 Mar. 6-12 HISTORY No Discussion Questions this week 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Lecture 4 Henry V |
| Week 6 Mar. 13-19 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Henry V |
| Week 7 Mar. 20-26 TRAGEDY Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Lecture 5 Hamlet |
| Week 8 Mar. 27-30 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: Hamlet |
| ***************HOLIDAYS/SPRING BREAK March 31-April 9**************** | |
| Week 9 Apr. 10-16 TRAGEDY No Discussion Questions this week
Paper 2 due |
Reading: Lecture 6 Othello |
| Week 10 Apr. 17-23 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: Othello |
| Week 11 Apr. 24-30 TRAGEDY Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Lecture 7 Macbeth |
| Week 12 May 1-7 TRAGEDY No new Lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 10 |
Reading: Macbeth |
| Week 13 May 8-14 COMEDY No Discussion Questions this week
Paper 3 due |
Reading: Lecture 8 The Tempest |
| Week 14 May 15-21 COMEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 11 |
Reading: The Tempest |
| WEEK 15 May 22-28 CATCH YOUR BREATH WEEK | No reading assignment for this week |
| Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam |
The final exam is due on or before mednight on the night of Tuesday, May 30th.
No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |