Schedule of Readings and Assignments

Below is a tentative schedule of readings and assignments. This schedule is subject to change (and most likely will) as the semester progresses. All changes will be announced in class. I reserve the right to add or subtract readings to this schedule as necessary.  All readings must be completed on the day they are to be discussed – unless otherwise indicated. (Note: Shax is an abbreviation for Shakespeare)

WK 1: Aug. 24 (QC) / Aug. 26 (Mac): Introduction to the Course, Syllabus and Policies

WK 2: Aug. 31 (QC) / Sept. 2 (Mac): Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Hutcheon, Theory of Adaptation, Chapter 1

WK 3: Sept. 7 (QC) / Sept. 9 (Mac): Rash’s Serena

Sanders, Adaptation and Appropriation, Intro & Part I

Fischlin & Fortier, Adaptations of Shakespeare, Intro

WK 4: Sept. 14 (QC) / Sept. 16 (Mac): Rash’s Serena

Kidnie, Shax & the Problem of Adaptation, Intro & Chap 1

Hutcheon, ToA, Chapter 2

WK 5: Sept. 21 (QC) / Sept. 23 (Mac): Epstein’s King of the Jews

Hutcheon, ToA, Chapters 3 & 4

WK 6: Sept. 28 (QC) / Sept. 30 (Mac): Epstein’s King of the Jews

Hutcheon, ToA, Chapters 5 & 6

WK 7: Oct. 5 (QC) / Oct. 7 (Mac): Klein’s Lady Macbeth’s Daughter

Sanders, A&A, Part II

WK 8: Oct. 12 (QC) / Oct. 14 (Mac): Shakespeare’s Othello

Sanders, A&A, Part III

WK 9: Oct. 19 (QC) / Oct. 21 (Mac): Salih’s A Season of Migration to the North

Cartelli & Rowe, New Wave Shax. on Screen, Chap 2

Conference Paper DUE

WK 10: Oct. 26 (QC) / Oct. 28 (Mac): MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona

Carlin’s Not Now Sweet Desdemona

Abrams, The Mirror and the Lamp, Chaps 1 & 2

WK 11: Nov. 2 (QC) / Nov. 4 (Mac): Vogel’s Desdemona & Sears’ Harlem Duet

Kidnie, Chap. 3: “Entangled in the Present: Shakespeare and the Politics of Production.”

Abrams, TM&tL, Chap 3

WK 12: Nov. 9 (QC) / Nov. 11 (Mac): Shakespeare’s King Lear

Abrams, TM&tL, 7 & 8

WK 13: Nov. 16 (QC) / Nov. 18 (Mac): Smiley’s A Thousand Acres

Widdowson, “Writing Back: Contemporary Revisionary Fiction.”

Abrams, TM&tL, Chap 9

Rough Draft of Seminar Paper DUE

***THANKSGIVING BREAK***

WK 14: Nov. 30 (QC) / Dec. 2 (Mac): Smiley’s A Thousand Acres

Abrams, TM&tL, Chap 10

Critical Essay TBD

WK 15: Dec. 7 (QC) / Dec. 9 (Mac): Moore’s Fool

Cartelli and Rowe, New Wave Shax on Screen, Chap 5

Burt, “Dumb and Dumber Shakespeares”

FINAL Examination Time: Seminar Papers DUE

Quad Cities: Dec 14 at 6:00 pm Moore’s Fool

Macomb: Dec 16 at 6:00 pm