190 W19 North

English 190: Shakespeare

 

Professor J.S. North

January 2018

Time/Place:       1.00 - 2.20 MW    HH 139

Office hours:    MW 9.30-12.00; Tues/Thur/Fri 10.00-12.00; 1.30-4.00 or by appointment.

My office phone is 33743.

Texts:

  • The Penguin editions of King Lear
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream Othello
  • The Merchant of Venice
  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • The Winter's Tale

Purpose: To study the major themes, stories, structures and literary elements of six plays by William Shakespeare, widely acknowledged to be the greatest dramatist in the history of civilization.

Assignment  Due  Grade 

Essay 1

Wed Jan 30

15 marks

Mid-term

Mon Feb 18

20 marks 

Essay 2

Wed Mar 20

25 marks 

Final Exam

40 marks
Total    100 marks 

Schedule

Mon Jan 7      Introduction & King Lear

Mon Jan 21    A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mon Feb 4     Othello (mid-term break is T-F Feb 19-22)

Mon Feb 25   The Merchant of Venice

Mon Mar 11 The Taming of the Shrew

Mon Mar       The Winter'<; Tale (last dass Wed m April)

Intellectual Property.

Students should be aware that this course contains the intellectual property of their instructor, TA, and/or the University of Waterloo. Intellectual property includes items such as:

  • Lecture content, spoken and written (and any audio/video recording thereof);
  • Lecture handouts, presentations, and other materials prepared for the course (e.g., PowerPoint slides);
  • Questions or solution sets from various types of assessments (e.g., assignments, quizzes, tests, final exams); and
  • Work protected by· copyright (e.g., any work authored by the instructor or TA or used by the instructor or TA with permission of the copyright owner).

Course materials and the intellectual property contained therein, are used to enhance a student's educational  experience.  However, sharing this intellectual  property without the intellectual property owner's permission is a violation of intellectual property rights. For this reason, it is necessary to ask the instructor, TA and/or the University of Waterloo for permission before uploading and sharing the intellectual properly or others onllne (e.g., to an online repository).

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