Week 1

We, 8/28 – First day of class; questionnaire; syllabus

Week 2

We., 9/4 – Contract negotiation; Eagleton
Read: Eagleton: “What is Poetry?”
Due: Sign up for the Commons; contract suggestions.

Th., 9/5 – Introduction to Early Modern Drama
Read: Ovid: “Pyramus and Thisbe”;
Watch: Cunk: 00:07:00-00:10:00; HarvardX: “Globe Theatre: Performance during Shakespeare’s Time”

Week 3

Mo., 9/9 – Discussion
Read: Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night’s Dream [MND]: Act I
Watch: Bennett: [0:0:00-0:23:00]; Dromgoole: Part I [0:0:00-0:26:00]
Due: Discussion board; signed contract

We., 9/11 – Prosody; Discussion of Act I
Browse: “Guide to Prosody”;

Week 4

Mo., 9/16 – Discussion
Read: MND: Act II 
Watch: Dromgoole. MND, Part I: [00:25:00-00:55:40]; Reinhardt. MND: [00:25:10-00:57:40]
Due: Discussion board

We., 9/18 – Intro to Essay I; Discussion
Read: MND: Act III

Week 5

Tu., 9/23 – Discussion
Read: MND: Act IV-V
Watch: Taymor. MND (all) 

Th., 9/25 – Essay I check-in; Discussion
Watch: Rice. MND (all)
Due: Discussion board

Week 6

Mo., 9/30 – NO CLASS

We., 10/2 – Discussion
Read: Carrington: “The Sisters”; Sor Juana. Answer by the Poet to the Most Illustrious Sister Filotea de la Cruz
Due: Rough Draft of Essay I

Week 7

Mo., 10/7 – Discussion
Read: Esquivel. Like Water for Chocolate: Jan-Feb

We., 10/9 – NO CLASS

Week 8

Mo., 10/14* – No Class
Due: Discussion board

We., 10/16* – Discussion
Read: Esquivel: Mar; Nussbaum: “’Jane the Virgin’ Is Not a Guilty Pleasure”
Watch: “Chapter One,” Jane the Virgin
Due: Discussion Board

Week 9

Mo., 10/21 – Discussion
Read: Esquivel: Apr-May; Richards: “Letter to the Editor”
Due: Professional Draft of Essay I

We., 10/23 – Discussion
Read: Esquivel: Jun.-Jul.

Week 10

Mo., 10/28 – Intro to Essay II; Discussion
Read: Esquivel: Aug.-Sep.; Price: “Unsavory Representations. . . “
Due: Discussion board

We., 10/30 – Discussion
Read: Esquivel: Nov.-Dec.

Week 11

Mo., 11/4 – Discussion (Esquivel)

We., 11/6 – Introduction to Naylor
Read: Read : Shakespeare. The Tempest: 1.1.1-450 [You only need to read along w/ the recordings]
Watch: [choose one] Herrin, Jeremy. The Tempest: 00:00:00-00:30:00; Taymore, Julie. The Tempest: 00:00:00-00:21:00

Week 12

Mo., 11/11 – NO CLASS

We., 11/13 – Discussion
Read: Naylor: Family Tree- p.-66
Watch: Making Rice in Georgia

Week 13

Mo., 11/18 – Discussion
Read: Naylor: pp. 66-107
Due: Essay II rough draft

We., 11/20 – Discussion
Read: Naylor: pp. 107-169
Due: Discussion Board

Week 14

Mo., 11/25 – Introduction to annotated bibliographies; Discussion
Read: Naylor: pp. 169-235
Due: Discussion Board

We., 11/27 – NO CLASS

Week 15

Mo., 12/2 -Discussion
Read: Naylor: 235-305

We., 12/4 – 
Read: Naylor: pp. 305-end

Week 16

Mo., 12/9 – Discussion

We., 12/11 – Last Class
Read: Signs and Symbols
Due: Essay II professional draft

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We, 12/22 – All coursework due