subject (like all sublunary things) to change and decay

Here’s where we’ve been and where we’re going. (Plans for the last five weeks of classes are rather squishy.)

Act and scene numbers, where given, are those of the course’s adopted text, The Norton Shakespeare. Unless otherwise indicated, you should read the Norton introduction (or the Riverside, if you’re using that text) and the first two acts of a play for the first meeting for which it is assigned. Unless otherwise indicated, you should finish the play by the second meeting for which it is assigned. As you can tell, we’ll be spending different amounts of time on individual plays, and I’ll have more specific reading recommendations as the semester goes on.

Other materials: (H) = handout; (CS) = Course Supplement (I’ll tell you when this is ready); (W) = website, at http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/ Courses/engl327/327index.html.

I’ve tried to deadline papers on Mondays, often a few days after we’ve completed the readings to which they’re addressed. I’ll give you suggested topics at least a week before they’re due and ask you to write on one of those or negotiate an independently devised topic with me. These will be graded.

Each paper will be preceded by an ungraded reading response, a 2-page statement in which you raise or address a problem arising from the reading or from class discussion -- one that might merit further exploration in class or on a paper. These must reach me on the day on which they’re due, or your semester’s grade will be impaired.

Updated 4/7/99