Tentative Schedule
Week 1 (March 2, 2018): Today’s schedule: Introduction to England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Introduction” & “Epilogue” (Stephen Greenblatt)
Written homework #1 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “Introduction” & “Epilogue” (Stephen Greenblatt)
Week 2 (March 9, 2018): Today’s schedule: Othello
-Introductory material
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Critical Approaches to Othello” (
- “Slander, Renaissance Discourses of Sodomy, and Othello”
Written homework #2 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “Slander, Renaissance Discourses of Sodomy, and Othello”
Week 3 (March 16, 2018): Today’s schedule: Othello
-Quiz #1
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Slander, Renaissance Discourses of Sodomy, and Othello” led by ______
-discussion of Othello
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Fashioning Freedom for Shakespeare: Stephen Greenblatt and the Existentialist Power of Literature”
Written homework #3 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “Fashioning Freedom for Shakespeare: Stephen Greenblatt and the Existentialist Power of Literature”
Week 4 (March 23, 2018): Today’s schedule
-Quiz #2
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Fashioning Freedom for Shakespeare: Stephen Greenblatt and the Existentialist Power of Literature” led by ______
-discussion of Othello
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Identity and Power in Tudor England: Stephen Greenblatt, Renaissance Self-Fashioning from More to Shakespeare”
Written homework #4 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “Identity and Power in Tudor England: Stephen Greenblatt, Renaissance Self-Fashioning from More to Shakespeare”
Week 5 (March 30, 2018): Today’s schedule: Othello
-Quiz #3
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Identity and Power in Tudor England: Stephen Greenblatt, Renaissance Self-Fashioning from More to Shakespeare” led by ______
-discussion of
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Is Literary History the History of Everything? The Case for "Antiquarian" History”
- “History and Literature: ‘After the New Historicism’”
Written homework #5 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “History and Literature: ‘After the New Historicism’”
Week 6 (April 6, 2018) : Today’s schedule: Doctor Faustus
-Quiz #4
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Is Literary History the History of Everything? The Case for "Antiquarian" History” led by ______
-discussion of Doctor Faustus
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Are We Being Historical Yet””
Written homework #6 due for next class :
- Reading notes for “Are We Being Historical Yet?”
Week 7 (April 13, 2018): Today’s schedule: Doctor Faustus
-Quiz #5
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Are We Being Historical Yet?” led by ______
-discussion of Doctor Faustus
Reading homework due for next class:
“Doctor Faustus: the Tragedy of Individualism”
Written homework #7 due for next class :
- Reading notes for “Doctor Faustus: the Tragedy of Individualism”
Week8 (April 20, 2018): Today’s schedule: Doctor Faustus
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Doctor Faustus: the Tragedy of Individualism” led by ______
-discussion of Doctor Faustus
Reading homework due for next class:
“Sexual and Social Mobility in The Duchess of Malfi”
Written homework #8 due for next class :
- Reading notes for “Sexual and Social Mobility in The Duchess of Malfi”
Midterm Quiz
Week 9 (April 27, 2018): Today’s schedule: The Duchess of Malfi
-Quiz #6
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Sexual and Social Mobility in The Duchess of Malfi” led by ______
-discussion of The Duchess of Malfi
Reading homework due for next class:
“Defining/Confining the Duchess: Negotiating the Female Body in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi”
Written homework #9 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “Defining/Confining the Duchess: Negotiating the Female Body in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi”
Week 10 (May 4, 2018): Today’s schedule: Duchess of Malfi
-Quiz #7
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Defining/Confining the Duchess: Negotiating the Female Body in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi” led by ______
-discussion of Duchess of Malfi
Reading homework due for next class:
“The Severed Hand in Webster’s Duchess of Malfi”
Written homework #10 due for next class:
- Reading notes for “The Severed Hand in Webster’s Duchess of Malfi”
Week 11 (May 11, 2018) : Today’s schedule: Duchess of Malfi
-Quiz #8
-30 minute seminar discussion of “The Severed Hand in Webster’s Duchess of Malfi” led by ______
-discussion of Duchess of Malfi
Reading homework due for next class:
“Presentism, Walter Benjamin, and the Search for Meaning in King Lear”
Written homework #11 due for next class :
Reading notes for “Presentism, Walter Benjamin, and the Search for Meaning in King Lear”
Week 12 (May 18, 2018) : Today’s schedule: King Lear
-Quiz #9
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Presentism, Walter Benjamin, and the Search for Meaning in King Lear” led by ______
-discussion of King Lear
Reading homework due for next class:
- “The State of the Green: A Review Essay on Shakespearean Ecocriticism”
Written homework #12 due for next class:
Reading notes for “The State of the Green: A Review Essay on Shakespearean Ecocriticism”
Week 13 (May 25, 2018) : Today’s schedule: King Lear
-Quiz #10
-30 minute seminar discussion of “The State of the Green: A Review Essay on Shakespearean Ecocriticism” led by ______
-discussion of King Lear
Reading homework due for next class:
- “This is the Thing”
Written homework #13 due for next class:
Reading notes for “This is the Thing”
Week 14 (June 1, 2018) : Today’s schedule: King Lear
-Quiz #11
-30 minute seminar discussion of “This is the Thing” led by ______
-discussion of King Lear
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Listening to the Past”
Written homework #14 due for next class :
- Reading notes for “Listening to the Past”
Week 15 (June 8, 2018) : Today’s schedule: King Lear
-Quiz #12
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Listening to the Past” led by ______
-discussion of King Lear
Reading homework due for next class:
- “Accessorizing King Lear in the Anthropocene”
Written homework #15 due for next class:
Reading notes for “Accessorizing King Lear in the Anthropocene”
Week 16 (June 15, 2018) : Today’s schedule: King Lear
-30 minute seminar discussion of “Accessorizing King Lear in the Anthropocene” led by ______
-discussion of King Lear
Final Quiz