Class Schedule
| date | CONTENT | STUDENT READINGS | |
| Jan 16 | Orientation | Introduction to Theatre: staging and space. | |
| Jan 18 | The Real Shakespeare | Introduction to History: method and sources. | Saccio, pp. vi-x, Chap I, pp. 229-273; Riverside Shakespeare, General Intro |
| Jan 23 | Elizabethan and Jacobean England | Shakespeare's texts and sources; how to read Shakespeare. | Riverside Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Text, Chronology and Sources, Appendix D Annals |
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Jan
25
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Myth and Royal Power in King Lear | Kings as warleaders, judges, and symbolic parents. | Riverside Shakespeare, King Lear |
| Jan 30 | Myth and Royal Power in King Lear | Medieval feudal politics | |
| Feb 1 | Myth and Royal Power in King Lear | ||
| Feb 6 | Anglo-Scottish Relations through MacBeth | History of England and Scotland in the 11th Century | Shakespeare Paper Due Riverside Shakespeare, MacBeth |
| Feb 8 | Anglo-Scottish Relations through MacBeth | Witchcraft for James I and Shakespeare | |
| Feb 13 | Anglo-Scottish Relations through MacBeth | History of the British Isles after MacBeth | |
| Feb 15 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Richard II |
History of
early reign of Richard II |
Saccio, Chap II; Riverside Shakespeare, Richard II |
| Feb 20 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Richard II | History of Bolingbroke’s coup | |
| Feb 22 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Richard II | History of Parliament | |
| Feb 27 | Review | Review | |
| March 1 | Mid Term Exam |
Spring Break
| date | content | Student readings and assignments | |
| Mar 13 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Henry IV, Part I |
History of Henry IV. Education of a Prince . |
Saccio, Chap III; Riverside Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I |
| Mar 15 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Henry IV, Part I | History of tactics and strategy in medieval warfare. | Riverside Shakespeare, King Lear |
| Mar 20 | Crises of the Late Middle Ages through Henry IV, Part I | Review of Relations among Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and England | |
| Mar 22 | Hundred Years War through Henry V |
Brief
history of 100 Years war before Henry V. Proving of a Prince--Henry V and leadership. |
Saccio, Chap IV; Riverside Shakespeare, Henry V |
| Mar 27 | Hundred Years War through Henry V | History of Henry V and the 100 Years War. | |
| Mar 29 | Hundred Years War through Henry V | History of the Battle of Agincourt. | |
| Apr 3 | Review | Play Paper Due | |
| Easter Recess | |||
| Apr 10 | The Challenge of Henry VI | History of the Begin of Wars of Roses. | Saccio, Chap V, VI; Tey, Daughter of Time |
| Apr 12 | The Wars of the Roses through Richard III | The controversy of Richard III in history, drama, and fiction. | Saccio, Chap VII; Riverside Shakespeare, Richard III |
| Apr 17 | The Wars of the Roses through Richard III | Historical method in Daughter of Time. | |
| Apr 19 | The Wars of the Roses through Richard III | History of end of the Plantagenet and the beginning of the Tudor Dynasty. | |
| Apr 24 | History and Shakespeare | ||
| Apr 26 | Shakespeare and History | ||
| May 1 | Review | Review | |
| May 4-11 | Final Exam |