ENGL 5583

 

Studies in Shakespeare

 

Syllabus

Revised Assignments for second half of semester These assignments replace those in the syllabus.

Links to articles on postcolonial controversy in The Tempest (reading assignment for October 27, 2011)

Audio-visuals on reserve in NSU-BA library

Introduction to Olivier’s film Henry V written by John Mercer, ca. 1979-80

 

Study guides

       1: The Comedy of Errors

       2: The Taming of the Shrew

       3: The Merchant of Venice

       4: Measure for Measure

       5: The Tempest

       Postcolonial Controversy concerning The Tempest

       6: Henry V

       7: Coriolanus

 

Flow chart for plot of The Taming of the Shrew

 

Shakespeare criticism handouts

       “Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism [through 1970]”

       “Shakespeare Criticism 1970—”

 

Midterm exam study topics

 

Final exam study topics

 

Graduate research papers

       Bibliographical Entries, Summaries, and Responses  

 

       Model research papers

              Joshua Horner’s research paper on Macbeth

              Margaret Peters’s research paper on The Merchant of Venice. Do NOT read this paper if you are writing about the depiction of Jews in this play.

 

Checklist for research paper revised 11-1-11