TEXT: Greenblatt, et.al., The Norton Shakespeare, 2nd ed., 1-vol format, hardcover (ISBN 978-0-393-92991-1)
[This is a big thick book, hard to carry and fairly costly, though not really that much more expensive than a bunch of paperbacks. But it is a wonderful complete Shakespeare and a book that should be in your library for the rest of your life.]

GRADING: Grades will be based primarily on the exams, with up to 40% allowed for class participation, including required internet activities and optional short papers.

CALENDAR OF READINGS
This semester we will read a few sonnets but concentrate on a great run of plays from the turn of the century, all of them (except for the obligatory Hamlet) picked partly because I didn't teach them the last time I taught this course.

History
Introduction--Sept. 3
sonnet--Sept. 5
Henry IV, Part 1--Sept 8, 10, 12
Henry IV, Part 2--Sept. 15, 17, 19
Henry V--Sept. 22, 24, 26
exam--Monday, September 29, 2008

Comedy
sonnet--Oct. 1
Much Ado About Nothing--Oct. 3, 6, 8, 10, 13
As You Like It--Oct. 15, 17, 20
Twelfth Night--Oct. 22, 24, 27
exam--Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tragedy, Romance
sonnet--Oct. 31
Julius Caesar--Nov. 3, 5, 7
Hamlet--Nov. 10, 12, 14, 17, 19
Macbeth--Nov. 21, 24, 26; Dec. 1, 3, 5, 8
The Winter's Tale--Dec. 10, 12, 15
Final Exam--Friday, December 19, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 PM