The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.0872 Wednesday, 14 April 2004
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 08:06:57 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
[2] From: Annalisa Castaldo <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 09:21:31 -0400 (EDT)
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[3] From: Ted Nellen <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 09:32:03 -0500 (CDT)
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[4] From: Todd Pettigrew <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:15:39 -0300
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[5] From: Kelly Rivers <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:02:57 -0400
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[6] From: Chris Gordon <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:02:35 CDT
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From: R. A. Cantrell <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 08:06:57 -0500
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: Re: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
>Love's Labors Lost, 1H4, Lear, Measure for
>Measure and The Tempest. Any suggestions / alternatives?
LLL is, in my opinion, too obscure in its allusions for a
beginner/survey course.
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From: Annalisa Castaldo <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 09:21:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: Re: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
"I'd like to teach a comedy, history, tragedy, dark comedy / tragicomedy
/ problem play and a romance..."
You can cover almost all of that with Troilus and Cressida. It is a
difficult play, but I find it very rewarding to teach. Students have
never encountered it or anything like it. You can use the prologue to
talk about questions of genre and there are a variety of languages. I
agree that Measure for Measure works very well, but you might think of
pairing it with A Winter's Tale for discussions of sexuality and fear
surrounding sexuality.
Annalisa Castaldo
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From: Ted Nellen <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 09:32:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: Re: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
I like your choices very much especially for this audience. I'd suggest
Troilus and Cressida instead of MfM, esp in these times. it was the one
that rocked my boat when I was serving in Nam and it introduced me to
Shakespeare.
tednellen
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From: Todd Pettigrew <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:15:39 -0300
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: RE: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
This is obviously a highly subjective and personal thing but here are my
thoughts:
Comedy: I like Taming of the Shrew as an introduction to comedy, and
judging from the number of students who choose to write about it, many
students find it engaging too.
Tragedy: I feel that Othello is Shakespeare's best play (well, I did say
this was subjective, didn't I?) and is the one play I would not leave
out of any introduction to Shakespeare course.
History: Richard III is my standard intro to the history play, but I
taught King John for the first time this past year and had a ball with it.
Dark Comedy: Measure for Measure? The sexual politics of this play can
be very engaging for undergrads. Merchant of Venice might also do what
you need to do here as well.
Romance: I like to teach The Tempest but, perhaps surprisingly, I find
students respond well to Pericles too.
t.
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From: Kelly Rivers <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:02:57 -0400
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: RE: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Joe-
I've had great success teaching _Taming of the Shrew_. The students
really liked the style and flow of the story-they thought the tragedies
were too heady and plotting, but they appreciated the quick quips and
zingers in Taming.
Just a suggestion.
Kelly Rivers
Univ. of TN, Knoxville
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From: Chris Gordon <
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Date: Tuesday, 13 Apr 2004 13:02:35 CDT
Subject: 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Comment: Re: SHK 15.0859 Summer Session Syllabus
Joe Canzeroni is thinking about teaching:
>Love\'s Labors Lost, 1H4, Lear, Measure for
>Measure and The Tempest. Any suggestions / alternatives?
in his summer course for non-majors. My only suggestion would be to
substitute a different comedy, since Love\'s Labors tends to be very
language-intensive and difficult. Much Ado, perhaps? Or As You Like It?
Midsummer is taught a lot, but also produced a lot, so it might be of
interest as well. (Or you could opt for one of the other early comedies:
Comedy of Errors or Two Gentlemen of Verona.)
Chris Gordon
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