English 101: Shakespeare
Spring 1996
Prof. Rebecca Bushnell
King Lear, Comedy of Errors
Assignments
(Jan 22 - Feb 5)
January 22 (Monday): The Tragic Family
January 24 (Wednesday): King and Father
- Shakespeare, King Lear [cont'd].
- Robert Filmer, Patriarchia [selection] -- [McDonald].
- James I, "Speech to Lords and Commons" -- [McDonald].
- Web page materials: Portraits of Monarchs
January 26 (Friday): Reading Cordelia
- Shakespeare, King Lear [cont'd].
- [Selections from modern criticism/TBA].
January 29 (Monday): Acting Like a Family
January 31 (Wednesday): The Comic Family
- Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors.
February 2 (Friday): "He is the Bridle of Your Will"
- Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors [cont'd].
- "A Homily of the State of Matrimony" -- (McDonald).
- Gouge, Of Domestical Duties -- (McDonald).
- Web page materials: Portraits of Families
February 5 (Monday): "Do You Know Me, Sir?": The Performance of
Errors
- Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors [cont'd].