ELIT 17.01: Introduction to Shakespeare
 

ELIT 17 COURSE READER

ELIT 17 Syllabus

Class Info:

M-Th 8:30am-9:20am
Rm: ATC 202
De Anza College

Amy’s Contact Info:
Office Room: F6-J
Office hours: Thursdays 9:30-10:20am in F6-J

                       Tuesdays 9:30-10:20am in ATC 309

                      M 12:50-1:30 in ATC 309
Website: http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/leonardamy/
E-mail: leonardamy@fhda.edu
Final Time: Dec. 15th 7am-9am.     

Required Texts:
•    Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Required Version)
•    Othello: Text and Contexts (Recommended Version)
•    Macbeth: The Graphic Novel Required Version)
•    Hamlet: The Norton Critical Edition  (With Jude Law on the Cover) (Required Version)
•    Twelfth Night: Texts and Contexts  (Recommended Version)
•    ELIT 17 Course Reader (PDF is coming soon)
Recommended Text:
•    EasyWriter by Andrea Lunsford

Course Description:
This class will introduce you to the five representative forms of Shakespeare’s plays: comedy, tragedy, problem play, history, and romance, as well as Shakespeare’s sonnets. The class will look at each form in a variety of contexts that will help you understand theater, literature, and the everyday life of Shakespeare, so that upon completion of the class, you will be able to easily interpret the themes and meanings of Shakespeare on your own.

Course Objectives
The students will:
•    Learn the different genres of Shakespeare.
•    Learn the historical context of the plays.
•    Learn how to close read scenes of plays.
•    Gain an understanding of characters, themes, and plots within plays.
•    Gain an understanding of Shakespearian performance.
•    Participate in performing plays.
•    Gain an understanding of the poetic form of a sonnet.
•    Practice annotation of plays.
•    Gain an understanding of Shakespearian language.
•    Gain an understanding of different critical interpretations of plays.

GRADE SCALE:
97-100%=A+    87-89%=B+    77-79%=C+    67-69%=D+    59% and below=F
93-96%=A    83-86%=B    73-76%=C    63-66%=D    
90-92%=A-    80-82%=B-    70 – 72 = C-    60-62%=D-