INTROTOSHAKESPEARE
TH383(14324)Spring2016
KI216MWF9-9:50p.m. JimBartruff•KI201G•341-5704
http://www.emporia.edu/~bartruff
jbartruf@emporia.edu1/11/163:36PM
Learningobjectives
-DevelopanappreciationforthecontributionsofWilliamShakespearetothetheatre.
-DevelopskillstobetterappreciatethelanguageandimageryofShakespeare,thewriter.
-Betterunderstandthepolitical,religiousandsocialcircumstancesinfluencingShakespeare’sworks.
-Criticallyevaluatescenes/playsinrehearsalandperformance.
-ReadandviewrepresentativeworksbyWilliamShakespeare.
-ExploresomeusefulapproachestoperformingShakespeare.
RequiredText
CompleteWorksofShakespeare,TheNewPelicanText,2002.
RecommendedTexts
Shakespeare:Script,Stage,ScreenbyBevington,Welsh&Greenwald,Pearson(2006)
Shakespeare’sWords,AglossarybyDavidandBenCrystal(2002)
DVD–ShakespeareUncovered,116FilmsandWNET/PBS(2012,2014)
CourseAssignments(500pointspossible)
(100)
(50)
(100)
(100)
(50)
(100)
Researchproject–abookreport,oralreportortermpaper,yourchoice.
Research,scanandpresentamonologueorsonnetbyShakespeare.
MidtermExamoverShakespeare’slifeandworks.
QuizzesoverplaysandShakespeare'srhetoric.Someextracreditmightbeavailable.
CritiquetheperformanceofaShakespeareplay.
Finalexamovermaterialcoveredinthesecondhalfofthecourse.
GradingScale
A
93-100%
465-500
C
73-77%
365-389
A-
90-92%
450-464
C-
70-72%
350-364
B+
88-89%
440-449
D+
68-69%
340-349
B
83-87%
415-439
D
63-67%
315-339
B-
80-82%
400-414
D-
60-62%
300-314
C+
78-79%
390-399
F
0-59% 001-299
CoursePolicies
-Allassignmentsaredueonthedaytheyareassigned--atclasstime.
-Lateassignmentsmustbeturnedintopass.Youmaye-mailcertainassignments.
-Allwrittenassignmentsmustbetyped(word-processed).
-Participationinschoolproductionsorotheractivitieswillnotexcuseyoufromclasswork.
-WewillfollowESU’sDishonestyPolicyathttp://www.emporia.edu/acadaff/dishonesty.htm
Disabilitystatement.EmporiaStateUniversitywillmakereasonableaccommodationsforpersonswith
documenteddisabilities.StudentsneedtocontacttheDirectorofDisabilityServicesandtheprofessoras
earlyinthesemesteraspossibletoensurethatclassroomandacademicaccommodationsareimplementedin
atimelyfashion.Allcommunicationbetweenstudents,theOfficeofDisabilityServices,andtheprofessorwill
bestrictlyconfidential.
Faculty-InitiatedStudentWithdrawalProcedure.Ifastudent'sabsencesfromclass,disruptivebehavior,lackof
prerequisites,oracademicdishonestybecomedetrimentaltothestudent'sprogressorthatofotherstudents
intheclass,thefacultymembermayadvisethestudenttowithdrawfromtheclass.Withdrawalmayalsobe
advisedifthestudentisinappropriatelyenrolledintheclass.Ifthefacultymemberchoosestowithdrawthe
student,he/sheshallattempttonotifythestudentinwritingthatafacultyinitiatedwithdrawalisinprogress.
ThisnotificationwillbecopiedtothedepartmentchairandtheAcademicAffairsofficetoserveastherequest
forwithdrawal.Ifeffortstocontactthestudenthavebeenunsuccessful,orunacknowledged,thefaculty
membershallthenseektheaidoftheAcademicAffairsofficeincontactingthestudent.TheAcademicAffairs
officeshallprovidethestudentwithinformationabouttheexistingappealsprocedures.Uponreceivinga
writtenrequestforwithdrawalfromthefacultymember,theAcademicAffairsoffice,followingguidelines
outlinedintheStudentConductpolicy,mayinitiateastudentwithdrawalfromtheclass.Noneoftheabove
impliesorstatesthatfacultymembersarerequiredtoinitiateanystudentwithdrawal.[Policyand
ProceduresManual43.11]
Someadditionalreading(Bookreportsuggestions)
AYearintheLifeofWilliamShakespeare-1599byJamesShapiro,HarperCollins,2005.
ActingShakespearebyJohnGielgud,Scribners,1991.
ActorsTalkAboutShakespearebyMaryZ.Maher,Limelight,2009.
TheCaseforShakespeare:TheEndoftheAuthorshipQuestionbyScottMcCrea,Praeger,2005.
ContestedWillbyJamesShapiro,Simon&Schuster,2011.
HowShakespeareChangedEverythingbyStephenMarche,Harper,2011.
HowtoTeachYourChildrenShakespearebyKenLudwig,Crown,2013.
LivingwithShakespeare.EditedbySusannahCarson,ForewardbyHaroldBloom.Vintage,2013.
TheLodgerShakespearebyCharlesNicholl,Penguin,2009.
MeandShakespeare,AdventureswiththeBardbyHermanGollob,Doubleday,2002.
Shakespeare:ALifebyParkHonan,OxfordPress,1998.
Shakespeare:ALifeinDramabyStanleyWells,W.W.Norton,1994.
Shakespeare:TheBiographybyPeterAykroyd,NanA.Talese,2005.
Shakespeare,TheInventionoftheHumanbyHaroldBloom,RiverheadBooks,1998.
Shakespeare:TheWorldasStagebyBillBryson,AtlasBooks(EminentLivesseries),2007.
ShakespeareandModernCulturebyMarjorieGarber,PantheonBooks,2008.
ShakespeareandtheDramaofhisTimebyMartinWiggins,Oxford,2000.
ShakespeareonTheatre,editedbyNickdeSomogyi,Opus,2012
Shakespeare’sWifebyGermaineGreer,HarperCollins,2008.
SimplyShakespearebyTobyWiddicombe,Longman,2002.
SoulofanAge:ABiographyoftheMindofShakespearebyJonathanBate,RandomHouse,2009.
SweetWilliam:TwentyThousandHourswithShakespearebyMichaelPennington,NickHern,2012.
TheShakespeareWarsbyRonRosenbaum,RandomHouse,2006.
TheYearofLear–Shakespearein1606byJamesShapiro,SimonandSchuster,2015.
ThinkingShakespeare:AGuideforstudents,actors,directorsbyBarryEdelstein,Spark,2007.
UngentleShakespeare:ScenesfromHisLifebyKatherineDuncan-Jones,ArdenShakespeare,2001.
WillintheWorld.HowShakespeareBecameShakespearebyStephenGreenblatt,Norton,2004.
WilliamShakespeare,TheManBehindtheGeniusbyAnthonyHolden,LittleBrown,1999.
RecommendedURLs
Bardware.com http://www.bardware.com
CompleteWorksofShakespeare
http://shakespeare.mit.edu
ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk
ShakespeareInternetEdition
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca
ShakespeareOnline
http://www.shakespeare-online.com
Shakespeare’sWorld
http://shakespeare.emory.edu
WorldShakespeareBibliography
http://www.worldshakesbib.org
COURSECALENDAR
January
20-22 KCACTFatBloomington,MN.Noclass.
25
Courseintroduction."TheShakespeareanTheatricalWorld"(xliii-xlv)
27
ClassicLiterature–WilliamShakespeare(LiamDale,director,2008)
29
"WilliamShakespeareofStratford-upon-Avon,Gentleman"(xlvi-xlviii)
Shakespeare:ManoftheTheatre.ExcerptfromInSearchofShakespeare(2003).
February
01
TrevorNunn&RSC-PreparingtoPerformShakespeareandSpeakingShakespeareanVerse.
03
Excerpts-IanMcKellaninActingShakespeare(1982)&JohnGielgudinAgesofMan(1966)
05
"TheTextsofShakespeare"(xlix-li)Barton-TheShakespeareSessions.
08
ShakespeareandHisInterpreters.SHAKESPEARE’SUSEOFLANGUAGEANDRHETORIC
10
RomeoandJuliet(1251-1294).Readingquiz.ShakespeareUncovered-JosephFiennes
12
Memorableproductionsandadaptations.
15
TheZeffirellifilm(1968).WilliamShakespeare’sRomeo+Juliet(BazzLuhrmann,1996).
17
ReviewoverShakespeare'suseoflanguageandverse
19
PERFORMANCEandSONNETASSIGNMENTSDUE.
22
COMEDIES.AMidsummerNight’sDream.(249-284)ShakespeareUncovered–HughBonneville
24
MaxReinhardtproduction(1935).PeterHallfilm(1968).WoodyAllen(1982)
26
AdrianNoble’sproduction(1996).PeterHoffmanfilm(1999).
29
TwelfthNight.(438-473)ShakespeareUncovered-JoelyRichardson.
March
02
TrevorNunnfilm(1996).
04
MarkRylanceandStephenFryproduction(2014).
07
AsYouLikeIt.(401-437)BBCanimatedfilm.RSCresources.
09
LaurenceOlivier(1936)HelenMirren(1978)
11
KennethBranagh(2007)Shakespeare'sGlobe(2010)
OUTLINEANDBIBLIOGRAPHYOFTERMASSIGNMENTDUE.
14-18 SpringBreak
21
ReviewforMidtermexam.
23
MidtermExam.
25
HISTORIES.ShakespeareUncovered-JeremyIrons
28
HenryV.(1123-1164)LaurenceOlivierfilm(1944).ClipfromIndependenceDay(1996).
30
KennethBranaghfilm(1989).
April
01
TheHollowCrown(2013)withTomHiddleston
04
TRAGEDY.Macbeth.(1616-1650)ShakespeareUncovered–EthanHawke.
06
IanMcKellanasMacbeth(1978)PatrickStewartasMacbeth(2010).
08
Scotland,PAandexcerptfromSlings&Arrows.MichaelFassbender(2015).
11
Hamlet.(1337-1391)ShakespeareUncovered-DavidTennant
PERFORMANCE/CRITIQUEDUE.
13
Burton,OlivierandWilliamsonasHamlet.
15
Gibson,Branagh,CampbellandHawkeasHamlet
18
KingLear(1480-1572).ShakespeareUncovered–ChristopherPlummer.
20
OrsonWelles(1953)PatrickMagee(1974)
22
LaurenceOlivier(1984),IanHolm(2004),IanMcKellan(2008)
25
THELATEPLAYS.JamesShapiro'sShakespeareTheKing'sMan(2012).
27
TheTempest.(730-761)TheTempestwithTrevorNunn-ShakespeareUncovered(2012)
29
ChristopherPlummeratStratford(2011)HelenMirrenasProspera(2010)
May
02
OPENforin-classpresentations.
04
TERMASSIGNMENTISDUE.
06
REVIEWFORFINALEXAM.
11
FinalExam(10:10a.m.) Youcandownloadacopyofthissyllabusfromhttp://www.emporia.edu/~bartruff