EVALUATION METHOD:
Midterm essay, final
essay.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Midterm: in
the range of 6-8 pages, this will be comprised of responses to essay questions, and will require you to present an analysis of characters from the
blocks of plays we will have read to that point. These essays will not require
secondary sources, but will require you to read the plays closely, and cite
evidence from the plays (using
MLA citation)
to back up your arguments. The midterm will be due in class on
Wednesday, October 26th..
Final: In
the range of 10 pages, this will be an essay tackling a question of your
own choosing. This essay will be a researched argument paper that makes use
of secondary sources.
Excellent
sources for journal articles include JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/),
Project Muse (http://muse.jhu.edu/),
and Academic Search Elite (http://library.csun.edu/restricted/ebsase.scr).
These databases must be accessed from the CSUN campus, or from off-campus
with your
CSUN email
unsername and password. Quotations
from the works you deal with—and quotations from secondary
sources—should follow MLA format.
The final essay will be due by
5 PM on Friday, May 20th, and must be submitted via email attachment.
READING LIST:
Complete Pelican Shakespeare
Statement on Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism is a serious offense that will be treated seriously. Please read
the CSUN policy
here.
Weekly Preview
Week 1 (8/31)—Introductions,
Sonnets 1-20
Week 2 (9/7)— Sonnets 94, 116,
121, 130, 138, 147, 152
Week 3 (9/14)—Titus
Andronicus
Week 4 (9/21)—Two
Gentlemen of Verona
Week 5 (9/28)—The
Merchant of Venice
Week 6 (10/5)—Romeo
and Juliet
Week 7 (10/12)—Othello
Week 8 (10/19)—Othello
Week 9 (10/26)—Julius
Caesar
Week 10 (11/2)—Hamlet
Week 11 (11/9)—Hamlet
Week 12 (11/16)—King
Lear
Week 13 (11/23)—Off
Week 14 (11/30)—King
Lear
Week 15 (12/7)—Macbeth
Final due by email
attachment on 12/16 at 5 PM—no physical submissions
