Date
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Class
Activities
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Homework Due
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Supplemental
Reading
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M
1/26 |
Course introduction; The Woman
Question/The New Woman; Library Tutorial (7
pm)
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Read
Innes, "Introduction" to A
Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre (1-42, through the "Chronology")
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M
2/2 |
A Doll House; PP1 |
Read
Ibsen, A Doll House; theater
reviews (incl. alt. ending); Innes on Ibsen (65-96); Templeton, J. "Doll House Backlash;" and
write Position Paper (PP) #1
|
Bloom, "Ibsen;"
Moi, "First and Foremost a Human
Being" |
M
2/9 |
Hedda
Gabler; PP2 |
Read
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler; theater
reviews; Innes on HG (96-122); Finney, "Maternity and Hysteria;" and write PP2
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Torrey-Barstow, "Hedda is All of Us;" sel.
chapters from Cambridge Companion to
Ibsen
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M
2/16 |
Miss
Julie; PP3 |
Read
Strindberg, Miss Julie;
theater reviews; Templeton, A. "Miss Julie as a 'Naturalistic
Tragedy';" Marker and Marker, "Before Inferno"(1-12 in Strindberg and Modernist Theatre);
write PP3
|
Schlueter, "A.
v. Strindberg;" Reynolds, "Miss
Julie;" Törnqvist and Jacobs, Strindberg's Miss Julie; Reynolds,
"Miss
Julie" |
M
2/23 |
The
Father; PP4 |
Read Strindberg, The Father; theater reviews;
Finney, "The Devil in the
House?;" and Sprinchorn, E. "Strindberg and the Greater Naturalism;"
write PP4 |
Allran, "The
Father"
|
M
3/2 |
Twilight;
PP5 |
Read Bernstein, Twilight; Kord, "Intro.;" Weigert,
"Gender-Art-Science;" Roesch, "Daughter and Sister;" write PP5
|
Kord, "The Eternal Feminine and
the Eternal Triangle;" Viëtor-Engländer, "Hidden from the
World;" Lorenz, "Writing for Survival"
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M
3/9 |
Spring
Awakening; PP6 |
Read Wedekind, Spring Awakening + intro.; theater
reviews;
Skrine, "F. Wedekind;" S. Gittleman, Frank
Wedekind; write PP6
|
Dickinson, "Dickinson, E. R. "The Men's Christian Morality
Movement in Germany;" Franklin, "Wedekind;"
Shakelford, "Spring
Awakening;" Expressionism;
Meriam Webster's Lit. Ency.: Expressionism
|
M
3/23 |
Mrs.
Warren's Profession, PP7--COULD
CHANGE
|
Read Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession; Innes on
Shaw (59-63, 189-232); Li, "Mrs. Warren's Profession in China;" write PP7--COULD CHANGE
|
Bloom, "Shaw;"
sel. chapters from Cambridge
Companion to Shaw;
|
M
3/30 |
Brecht/Artaud;
Quintessence of Ibsenism;
Attend
Guilllory talk @ 7pm in DI 179
|
Read
Brecht/Artaud excerpts and sel. pages from Shaw, The
Quintessence
of Ibsenism; start
revising position papers
and researching your Final Essay |
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M
4/6 |
Candida
|
Read Shaw, Candida; Finney, "The New Woman as Madonna" and
Morgan, "The Virgin Mother;" no PP
due; start/finish revising Position Papers for Final Portfolio
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Cuomo, "'Saint Joan before the Cannibals:' Shaw and
the Third Reich" |
M
4/13 |
Presentation of your best
Position Paper
|
Position
Paper Portfolio due
|
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M
4/20 |
Conferences in 352 DI (no class
meeting)
|
Research and brainstorm a topic
for your Final Essay, and post a proposal to Blackboard/Disc. Board by
2:30 p.m.; meet instructor for conference
|
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M
4/27 |
Presentation of your sources,
discussion of research process
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Annotated
Bibliography due;
continue reading, researching, and writing for your Final Essay
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M
5/4 |
Peer Review of rough drafts;
Informal Presentations of Final
Essay; Informal Conferences
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Rough draft of Final Essay due:
post to Bb/Disc. Board and bring at least one copy to class
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M 5/11
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Final
Essay due in 352 DI no
later than 7:30 p.m. (early submissions welcome--just place under the
door) |
Finish editing Final Essay. Please simply staple
everything together, or use a binder clip. No cover pages or folders,
please. |
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