ENGL 4313

Shakespeare: Tragedies

 

AWhat a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world; the paragon of animals; and yet to me what is this quintessence of dust?@  Shakespeare, Hamlet 2.2.303-08

 

Syllabus Includes REVISED assignments as of 2-3-11.

 

REVISED Assignments as of 2-3-11

 

Essay Exam Topics and Instructions 

 

       Midterm Exam  Revised for Spring 2011.

 

       Final Exam  This document is from Fall 2010.  You will have a different topic for Spring 2011.

 

Video Critiques and Comparisons

 

       Writing a Video Critique

 

       Writing a Comparison of Two Videos

 

Videos & DVDs in NSU-Tahlequah Library These items should be on reserve for 7-day checkout.

 

Videos & DVDs in NSU-BA Library

 

Research Paper Checklist (for graduate students enrolled in ENGL 5583)

 

Study Guides

 

       1: Titus Andronicus

 

2: Romeo and Juliet

 

       3: Julius Caesar

 

       4: Hamlet

 

       5: Othello

 

6: King Lear

 

7: Macbeth

 

8: Antony and Cleopatra 

 

“Shakespeare’s Text” 

 

“General Introduction”

 

 

 

 

Performance Not required in Spring 2011

 

List of Acting Scenes [Partial list; these scenes are for only two actors.]

 

List of Monologues

 

Evaluation of Acting Scenes [Use this for all acting scenes, monologues, and recitations.]

 

       Enhancing Your Performance in an Acting Scene, Monologue, or Recitation

 

 

 

AThis above all: to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.@

Shakespeare, Hamlet 1.3.78-80