Course: English 215--Shakespeare
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: NEA 273
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9-9:30 am, and by appointment
E-mail: annw708@earthlink.net
"Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada."
--Voltaire
| Course Schedule: Week 1 | Course Schedule: Weeks 2-5 | Course Schedule: Weeks 6-9 | Course Schedule: Weeks 10-15 | Course Schedule: Final Exam | Discussion Questions | Writing Assignments | Lectures |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Week 1 Feb. 7-12 INTRODUCTION COMEDY Writing About Literature Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 2 Feb. 14-19 COMEDY Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 3 Feb. 22-26 HISTORY Go to Lecture 3 Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Richard III |
| Week 4 Mar. Feb. 28-Mar. 5 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: Richard III |
| Week 5 Mar. 7-12 HISTORY Go to Lecture 4 No Discussion Questions this week 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Henry V |
| Week 6 Mar. 14-19 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Henry V |
| Week 7 Mar. 21-26 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 5 Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Hamlet |
| Week 8 Mar. 28-Apr. 2 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: Hamlet |
| Week 9 Apr. 4-9 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 6 No Discussion Questions this week
Paper 2 due |
Reading: Othello |
| Week 10 Apr. 11-16 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: Othello |
| ***************SPRING BREAK April 18-25**************** | |
| Week 11 Apr. 26-30 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 7 Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Macbeth |
| Week 12 May 2-7 TRAGEDY No new Lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 10 |
Reading: Macbeth |
| Week 13 May 9-14 COMEDY Go to Lecture 8 No Discussion Questions this week
Paper 3 due |
Reading: The Tempest |
| Week 14 May 16-21 COMEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 11 |
Reading: The Tempest |
| WEEK 15 May 23-28 CATCH YOUR BREATH WEEK | No reading assignment for this week |
| Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam |
The final exam is due on or before Tuesday, May 31st, by midnight.
No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |