The course will cover some of Shakespeare's sonnets and four of his plays: _A Midsummer Night's Dream_, _Henry IV, Part One_, _Hamlet_, and _The Tempest_. Students will take a final exam and hand in one major assignment from a menu of choices. Students are expected to attend all class sessions and read all of the assigned works.
class 1: introduction: history, theatre practices, genres, Shakespeare's biography; sonnets
class 2: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I
class 3: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II
class 4: Midsummer Night's Dream, Acts II-IV
class 5: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V
class 6: 1 Henry IV, Act I
class 7: 1 Henry IV, Act 2
class 8: 1 Henry IV, Acts III-IV
class 9: 1 Henry IV, Act V
class 10: Hamlet, Act I
class 11: Hamlet, Act II
class 12: Hamlet, Act III
class 14: Hamlet, Act IV
class 15: Hamlet, Act V
class 16: The Tempest, Acts I-III
class 17: The Tempest, Acts IV-V
class 18: FINAl EXAM
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