ENGL 4313 / 5583

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

 

Graduate Research Papers

       Bibliographical Entries, Summaries, and Responses

 

Checklist for research paper on texts and contexts You will receive a better-formatted version of this document in class.

 

Essay Exam Topics and Instructions 

 

       Midterm Exam  

 

       Final Exam  Please print this document and bring it to class on December 4, 2008.

 

Video Critiques and Comparisons

 

       Writing a Video Critique

 

       Writing a Comparison of Two Videos

 

Videos & DVDs in NSU-BA Library

 

Acting Scenes, Monologues, and Recitations

 

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

 

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   Please also print and bring to class on December 4, 2008, the instructions for the final essay exam (above).

 

“Shakespeare’s Text”

 

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