Course: English 215--Shakespeare
Instructor: Ann Warren
Office: Office Village 4
Phone: (310) 233-4247
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 9-9:30 a.m., 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 Sept. 2-6 INTRODUCTION COMEDY Writing About Literature Go to Lecture 1 Go to Discussion Questions 1 |
Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 2 Sept. 8-13 COMEDY Go to Lecture 2 Go to Discussion Questions 2 |
Reading: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Week 3 Sept. 15-20 HISTORY Go to Lecture 3 Go to Discussion Questions 3 |
Reading: Richard III |
| Week 4 Sept. 22-27 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 4 |
Reading: Richard III |
| Week 5 Sept. 29-Oct. 4 HISTORY Go to Lecture 4 No Discussion Questions this week 
Paper 1 due |
Reading: Henry V |
| Week 6 Oct. 6-11 HISTORY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 5 |
Reading: Henry V |
| Week 7 Oct. 13-18 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 5 Go to Discussion Questions 6 |
Reading: Hamlet |
| Week 8 Oct. 20-25 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 7 |
Reading: Hamlet |
| Week 9 Oct. 27-Nov. 1 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 6 No Discussion Questions this week
Paper 2 due |
Reading: Othello |
| Week 10 Nov. 3-8 TRAGEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 8 |
Reading: Othello |
| Week 11 Nov. 11-15 TRAGEDY Go to Lecture 7 Go to Discussion Questions 9 |
Reading: Macbeth |
| Week 12 Nov. 17-22 TRAGEDY No new Lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 10 |
Reading: Macbeth |
| Week 13 Nov. 24-26 COMEDY Go to Lecture 8 No Discussion Questions this week | Reading: The Tempest |
| Week 14 Dec. 1-6 COMEDY No new lecture this week Go to Discussion Questions 11
Paper 3 due |
Reading: The Tempest |
| WEEK 15 Dec. 8-13 CATCH YOUR BREATH TIME |
No reading assignment for this week |
| Week 16 FINAL EXAM Final Exam |
The final exam is due on or before Monday, December 15th. No late exams will be accepted, as I must turn in grades immediately. |