Date
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Class
Activities
|
Homework
Due
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Unit I: Modern
Drama before 1900
|
1. R
1/18
|
Course and Student Introduction; Elements
of Drama;
Anti-Aristotelian Drama |
Monday's
homework in cell below
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2. M
1/22
|
Review;
A
Doll's House; Student Questions
|
Read
Ibsen, A Doll's House (39-114); DISC. 1: Write 3 discussion
questions (either ones you
would
pose as an instructor of the class, things you are confused about in
the reading, or a mix between the two) and bring them to class (will be
collected). The purpose of discussion questions is to open a dialogue
between you and me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to
help students become better writers by becoming critical thinkers, or
people who question what they read. Discussion questions are evaluated
on a check (average, show you did the reading), check plus (insightful,
original, possibly brilliant, probably shared during class), or check
minus (you didn't do the reading or simply copied questions discussed
in class) basis. Discussion questions are not mandatory but are taken
into consideration for your Participation Grade. See also note in
Policies above. |
3. R
1/25
|
Review; Performances
of A Doll's House; Feminist and
Socio-economic Approaches to the Play |
Read
Theater Reviews about A Doll's House (Bb/Readings/Theater
Reviews) and bring copies (or copious notes) to class. Journal
1: Write 1 page (ca. 250 words) about
any aspect of A Doll's House. You might answer one of your own
or
another student's interpretive questions for the previous class,
closely analyze a specific scene, or reflect on how this play could be
produced, cast, and/or directed. Although each individual journal is
not graded, I expect you to complete a majority of these journal
entries, which will be graded when they are presented in a revised
Journal Portfolio. Bring a copy to class and post your response to
Blackboard/Discussion as well.
|
4. M
1/29
|
Review; Hedda
Gabler
|
Read
Ibsen, Hedda Gabler (217-304); DISC.
2: Bring 3 discussion questions to class.
|
5. R
2/1
|
Review; Hedda Gabler: Performances
|
Read
Theater Review; write Journal
2: Write a page on any aspect of Hedda
Gabler. Bring a
copy to class and post your response to Blackboard/Discussion as well.
|
6. M
2/5
|
Review;The
Father
|
DISC.
3: Bring 3 discussion questions to class.
|
7. R
2/8
|
Review; Strindberg and
Helium; Citing
Sources;
Performances
of The Father
|
Read
Theater Review; write Journal
3: Write a page on any aspect of The
Father. Bring a
copy to class and post your response to Blackboard/Discussion as well.
|
8. M
2/12
|
Ernst
Rosmer (Elsa Bernstein), Twilight
|
DISC.
4: Bring 3 discussion questions to class.
|
9. R
2/15
|
Review; End of Twilight:
Group Ques. and Stud. Journals
|
Read
end of Twilight; write Journal
4: Write a page on any aspect of Twilight. Bring
a copy to class and post your response to Blackboard/Discussion as
well. |
10. M
2/19
|
Midterm Review posted;The
Importance of Being Earnest
|
Read
Wilde, The
Importance of Being Earnest. No
discussion questions due.
|
11. R
2/22 |
Performances
of The Importance of Being Earnest
|
Read
Theater Review. No
journal due.
|
12. M
2/26
|
Midterm
Review and Practice Run
|
Read
and write responses to 3 Journals on
Blackboard/Discussion and take notes on interesting perspectives on the
plays we have read. Bring copies of the books we have read thus far to
class. Prepare answers to Study Questions (Bb)
|
13. R
3/1
|
Midterm
Exam (No make-up dates!)
|
Open-book
exam: bring your own copy of the books
we have read thus far to class.
|
Unit II: Modern
Drama after 1900
|
14. M
3/5
|
The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) |
No
homework
|
15. R
3/8
|
Expressionism
and Film; Timeline;
Modernism; Dada,
Surrealism, etc.; Brecht
(epic theater) and Artaud (theater of cruelty) |
Read
Brecht and Artaud (Blackboard / Online) and bring a copy or laptop to
class |
16. M
3/19 |
Pirandello,
Six Characters in Search of an Author
|
DISC.
5: Bring 3 discussion questions to class
|
17. R
3/22
|
Performances
of Pirandello
|
Journal
5: Write a page on any aspect of Six
Characters. Bring
a copy to class and post your response to
Blackboard/Discussion as well. |
18. M
3/26
|
Review; The
Maids
|
Read
all of The Maids
|
19. R
3/29
|
Performances
of The Maids
|
DISC.
6: Bring 3 discussion questions to class.
|
20. M
4/2
|
Existentialism
|
Read
Sartre, Introduction to The Maids; Journal
6: Write a page on any aspect of The
Maids. Bring a
copy to class and post your response to
Blackboard/Discussion as well. NEW: Try to logon to our Performiki
Site. |
21. R
4/5
|
Waiting
for Godot |
Read
Act I
|
22. M
4/9
|
Review; Waiting
for Godot |
Read
Act II + DISC.
7: Bring 3 discussion questions to class.
|
23. R
4/12
|
Your
Writing
|
No
journal due, but you will want to start
revising 4 of your previous entries for inclusion in the Journal
Portfolio.
|
24. M
4/16
|
Library
Tutorial: Meet in Sprague 203
|
Journal
Portfolio due; Publish best/favorite journal entry on our Performiki
Site.
|
25. R
4/19
|
Class
attends Hirsch and Spitzer lecture
(UN 1030) for Holocaust Remembrance Day
|
Write
a response on Blackboard/Discussion about our Performiki
Site (post
topic, answer topic, compliment journal entries you liked, discuss
favorite/interesting aspects of plays read, brainstorm about ideas for
Performance Paper etc.) |
26. M
4/23
|
Review; Peer
Review of Drafts; Clips of Modern Times
|
Draft
work due: Bring 2 copies of draft to class and post your
work-in-progress to Blackboard/Discussion in plain text (no attachments
please)
|
27. R
4/26
|
Performance
Paper due (discussion of findings
and possible in-class performances) |
Performance
Paper due: Post
abstracts of your paper and
highlights to Performiki
Site; read a few entries before coming
to class.
|
28.
M 4/30
|
Review
for Final Exam; Announcements (Bb)
|
Participation
Portfolio due (optional: staple and submit old and/or missing
discussion questions). Monday 4/30 is the last day to submit late
assignments.
|
M 5/7
|
Take-home
Final Exam due 3:15-5:15 pm |
Options for early delivery
(encouraged!): Mailbox (439 Dickson) or under door of office (324
Dickson--safer). Grades will be posted on Blackboard/Tools. Pick up
your exams next semester before Halloween (see English
home page for office hours), or provide a self-addressed stamped
envelope (with at least 3 stamps!). |