*Please note that all reading must be done by the date listed below.
**Please also note that this schedule will change. The most up-to-date will always be found at Leonidas.pbworks.com, where you will also find links to assignments and downloadable texts.
DL=Download, as in “bring a copy to class”; CTT=Critical Theory Today
Wed Aug. 28 Introduction
Virginia Woolf, “The Death of the Moth”
Mon Sept. 3 No Class: Labor Day
Wed Sept. 4 “A Tiny Feast” (DL)
Robert Watson, “Tragedy” (DL); and CTT 1-9
Mon Sept. 9 Spanish Tragedy Act 1
Quiz: Citation
Wed Sept. 11 Spanish Tragedy Acts 2-3
Mon Sept. 16 Marxism, CTT 51-76
Wed Sept. 18 Spanish Tragedy Acts 3-4
Mon Sept. 23 Spanish Tragedy Act 4
Wed Sept. 25 NH and Cultural Criticism, CTT 267-98
Mon Sept. 30 Foucault, “The Subject and Power” (DL)
Wed Oct. 2 Spanish Tragedy Articles: Hunter (Norton Spanish Tragedy, 205-217); Smith (ST 227-38); Shapiro (DL)
Mon Oct. 7 Heywood, scenes 1-5
Marriage and Society in Shakespeare’s England (DL)
Wed Oct. 9 Heywood, scenes 6 -12
Mon Oct. 14 Feminist Criticism, CTT 79-126
Wed Oct. 16 Heywood, scenes 13-18
Mon Oct. 21 Heywood articles: Bromley (DL); Panek (DL); Bennett (DL) (at least to end of section II, p. 52)
*Quick reminder: As I mentioned in class, for each article please try to identify the 3 key components I’ll expect in your annotated bibliography: the central claim/thesis; a sense of the “tradition” the critic is working in (other interpretations of the play, a conversation about approach or “theory,” how the reading contributes to an understanding of the culture, etc.); and a description of the evidence (what part or parts of the play, historical material, theoretical sources, etc.).
Wed Oct. 23 Othello, Act 1
Mon Oct. 28 Othello, Acts 2-3
Wed Oct. 30 Othello, Acts 3-4
Mon Nov. 4 Othello, Act 5
Wed Nov. 6 CTT African American Criticism
Mon Nov. 11 Databases (meet in Maria Sanford 210)
Wed Nov. 13 Conferences (with claim): please sign up through this link; Class does not meet
Mon Nov. 18 Bibliography Due
Please email me your 5 bibiliography entries by 1:40 pm; Class will not meet
Wed Nov. 20 Paper Prospectus Due
In-class workshop
You must bring in two copies of your prospectus: NO printer problems, left in the car, etc.
Mon Nov. 25 - Wed, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Holiday, no class
Mon Dec. 2 Class meets! Final Exam review
Wed Dec. 4 Final Exam
Final Exam: Wed, 12/11, 1:00 – 3:00
The final exam period will be used for short, no-stress presentations (5 minutes!)