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NOTE 1: Readings in REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS will be indicated on the course calendar as follows:

• TEMP= William Shakespeare, The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy, ed. Gerald Graff and James Phelan (Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2000).  ISBN: 0-312-19766-7. Do not substitute another edition of The Tempest!
• BG= Ross Murfin and Supryia M. Ray, The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd ed. (Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003). ISBN: 0-312-46754-8.

(Note: an early printing of the 2nd edition with the ISBN 0-312-25910-7 contains the same material but has some pages out of numerical sequence.  The ISBN was changed when the printing error was corrected. So if you can put up with pages that are out of sequence, you can probably save some money by looking for a used copy with the original ISBN number.)
• MLA HB= Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (New York: The Modern Languages Association of America, 2003).  ISBN: 0-87352-986-3. Note: You are strongly advised to purchase the most recent edition of the handbook.  Should you elect to use an older edition, check it carefully against the most recent edition and photocopy any assigned pages or chapters which incorporate changes. You are responsible for information as it is found printed in the 6th ed. (2003).

• .PDF files placed on Electronic Reserve through the Library Resources section of Blackboard. To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 501" from the classes you are taking. Click on the link in the Electronic Reserves section (under "Library Resources") to download, read and/or print the file using Acrobat Reader.
• "Online readings" are simple .html files.  To access online readings, simply click on the link.
• Occasionally, a reading may be found in a Kennedy Library subscription database.  To access such readings,click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode (the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard).  You can then download, read and/or print the file using Acrobat Reader.

NOTE 3: This calendar is subject to change.  You are advised to consult it on-line and/or to print out only one day's or week's assignment at a time.  Please remember that the on-line calendar, not any print-out you make, is authoritative.  Check weekly to ensure you are completing the correct assignment, as instructions may change or be added.  Specific guest speakers and the dates on which they are scheduled are also subject to change.

Week 1    (September 18-20)
 

Day 1	INTRODUCTION-- to the Cal Poly M.A. program in English; to ENGL 501; to the class website; and to each other.  CONVERSATIONS:  Class organization and expectations.  What is graduate study in English?  Why are you here?  What are your goals?  HOMEWORK to be completed before our second class meeting: Read COMPLETELY through the class homepage and familiarize yourself with this calendar of assignments. Decide on research topic for practicum exercises and research paper (sign-ups at next class meeting).  Prepare Day 2 research assignment (at right) and Day 2 required readings (below) before our next class meeting.	Day 2 Research Assignment (to be completed before second class meeting): Introduction to Kennedy Library Research Tools. READ:  Preliminaries I: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access (follow links to specific assigned sections of Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools). Note: you can print out the full document, or read the assignment online.  Either way, be aware that your assignment for day 2 is ONLY the specific "Preliminaries" sections listed above -- not the whole document! SKIM MLA HB chapters 1-3 (so you'll know what's there).  Pay particular attention to the existence of section 3.2, an overview of basic punctuation rules,  pp. 80-94.  Get in the habit of double-checking this section if you have a tendency to misuse semi-colons, commas, etc. READ CAREFULLY MLA HB sections 3.3 on italics (or underlining) and 3.6 on the Titles of Works (in the chapter entitled "The Mechanics of Writing").  You will need to be clear on this information to write correct bibliographic citations for future Practicum assignments -- starting with our first class meeting next week! When you come to class, you should be able to: list the 5 kinds of sources (primary, plus four kinds of secondary source) and know the meaning of these terms.  NOTE:  the Guide to Research Tools also outlines how to find these kinds of resources and provides basic models for documenting them correctly).  list the 4 modes of access we will use to obtain secondary source materials for this class.  know what "SFX" and "PolySearch"are (and be aware of their limitations).  Know basic MLA rules for transcribing the titles of works in bibliographic citations.  You will need to know:     -- when to use italics/underlining and when to use quotation marks for titles (what sorts of work use each).     -- that you should never mix italics and underlining in the same document;  pick ONE and use it CONSISTENTLY. (NOTE: for work submitted to me, please use only UNDERLINING, not italics.)     -- how to indicate a normally underlined (or italicized) title within another underlined (or italicized) title.     -- how to indicate a normally quotation-marked title (or a quotation) within a quotation-marked title.     -- that an underlined title remains underlined when it is incorporated into a quotation-marked title.     -- how to handle punctuation (or subtitles) within the title of a work.      -- which words (e.g. parts of speech) should be capitalized in a title. Please be aware that specific rules govern the punctuation, capitalization, and use of underlining/italics in titles.  If you simply reproduce the formatting found on the title page of a given work, you are likely to lose points for incorrect formatting of bibliographic citations!
Day 2	Conversations:  What is criticism?  What role(s) does it play within our discipline?  And. . . why should I care? Required Readings: BG:  "criticism," "practical criticism," "textual criticism," "theoretical criticism," "theory" (Bedford Glossary pp. 78, 367-8,  478-81). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard:  entries for "Criticism," "Cultural Studies," "Textual Criticism," "Theories and Movements in Recent Criticism"  (from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 8th ed., 2005; .PDF file, 5 pp.).  Print out and keep in binder.  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 501" from the classes you are taking. Click on the link in the Electronic Reserves section (under "Library Resources") to download, read and/or print the file using Acrobat Reader. TEMP 91-108: "Why Study Critical Controversies about The Tempest?"; 109-10: "Literary Study, Politics and Shakespeare: A Debate"; 110-13: George Will,l "Literary Politics"; 113-15: Stephen Greenblatt's response to George Will, "The Best Way to Kill Our Literary Inheritance Is to Turn It into a Decorous Celebration of the new World Order." MLA HB:  thumb through chapters 1-3 (so you'll know what's there).  Read carefully sections 3.3 "Italics (Underlining)," pp. 94-95; and 3.6, "Titles of Works in the Research Paper," pp. 102-109 (see research assignment at right). Also recommended  (to skim and/or consult at your leisure): Abrams, "Modern Theories of Literature and Criticism" (from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th ed., 1993). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (.PDF file, 33 pp.). A useful if somewhat dated overview in one continuous document covering a broad range of critical/ theoretical approaches to literature. NOTE: this document is provided FYI only; except for individual entries specifically assigned for subsequent class meetings, you are NOT responsible for this material! ALSO: Pick a topic for your research assignments and final paper; you will sign up at our class meeting. FINALLY: Don't forget to complete the RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT AT RIGHT! REMEMBER: You are responsible for information covered in required readings and in research assignments  (although we will not always spend significant time talking about every assignment in class).  A word to the wise:  DON'T NEGLECT THESE DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE ASSIGNMENTS.  If  I perceive that students are NOT keeping up with this material, I reserve the right to reinstate UNANNOUNCED SPOT QUIZZES in ENGL 501!!  I hope this won't be necessary, as quizzes mean 1) more for me to grade; and 2) less time for more interesting conversations . . . So PLEASE do us all a favor, and LEARN THE ASSIGNED MATERIAL AS WE GO ALONG! Note:  If QUIZZES happen, they will be worth 10% OF YOUR CLASS GRADE!!

Week 2    (September 25-7)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS: Shakespeare's The Tempest in context.  Shakespeare's life and times; historical source materials for The Tempest.  Readings:  TEMP 3-9:  "The Life and Work of William Shakespeare" Shakespeare's Romances (online reading -- print out and keep in binder) The Tempest Study Guide (online reading -- print out and keep in binder) Shakespeare, The Tempest, TEMP 10-88.  It is strongly recommended that you read through the online Tempest Study Guide BEFORE reading the play, and use the study questions to direct your attention to specific aspects of The Tempest as you read through the text. TEMP 116-172:  Sources and Contexts. Additional historical sources for The Tempest on e-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (.PDF file, 2 pp.): -- excerpt from the Council of Virginia's The True Declaration of the Estate of the Colony in Virginia (1610); --excerpt from Arthur Golding's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses: Medea's Speech (publ. 1567).  As always, print out e-reserve readings and keep them in your binder.	PRACTICUM: meet in Library 111B. 1st  15 minutes: overview of some PRINT RESOURCES FOR LITERARY RESEARCH in Kennedy Library Collections.  Last 45 minutes:  Brief introduction to Print Resources for Literary Research in the Kennedy Library Collections; POLYCAT EXERCISE. HOMEWORK to be completed before the first practicum meeting: Read carefully through the profile of Polycat on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what Polycat is, what it contains, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Then, click on the link below and read through the instructions for your first research assignment Research Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions about what you will need to do. IN CLASS (2nd hour):   Follow the directions in Research Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat, to locate some  useful secondary sources -- studies ABOUT your author, topic or work, not an edition or translation of the text itself  -- in the Kennedy Library collections.  Check at least one out. These directions will also guide you through writing your first two research reports, "Searching Polycat" and "Kennedy Library Results," and submitting them to the class research archive. Reminder: the class research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 501" from the classes you are taking; then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (I will create a separate "forum" for each of you under the research topic you signed up for at our second class meeting.)
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111B).  First hour:   CONVERSATIONS continued discussion of connection between text of The Tempest and historical source material assigned for last class.  Second  Hour: Polycat Exercise (see details at right) NOTE: next Thursday (10/4), our first guest speaker, Dr. Patricia Troxel, will talk about The Tempest in the context of Shakespeare performance.  If you have never seen a performance of The Tempest, please watch the video on reserve for this class under the call number 822.33 T246B2 (Vid.C).  A group screening in Library 202 can be arranged upon request.

Sunday, September 30 (time TBA):  OPTIONAL group screeing of the B.B.C. version of The Tempest in Library 202.  A volunteer will be needed to pick up the key to Library 202 at the Circulation Desk and the video on reserve for this class under the call number 822.33 T246B2 (Vid.C).

Week 3    (October 2-4)
 

Day 1	OPTIONAL: Group Screening of the B.B.C. version of The Tempest scheduled in Library 202 (time TBA) on Sunday, 9/30. CONVERSATIONS:  Wrap-up discussion of The Tempest and assigned Historical Sources.  (Be sure to bring both your Tempest textbook and your binder with print-outs of assigned readings with you to class.)  As you review the text of the play, pay particular attention to passages which point to parallels between Prospero and Shakespeare; to the "magic" of books, writing, and/or the theatre; and to The Tempest as Shakespeare's farewell to the theatre.	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H): Using LINK+ to identify and order secondary sources not in Cal Poly's collections. HOMEWORK: prior to our practicum meeting, read carefully through the description of LINK+ and its profile on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what it is, what can be borrowed from it, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations.  Then, click on the link and read through the detailed instructions for the second research assignment: Research Step 2: Using LINK+.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do. IN CLASS:  By following the directions in Research Step 2: Using LINK+, you will learn how to use LINK+ to identify and order additional secondary sources from cooperating libraries. Note that LINK+ can be used to order books only -- not bound journals and periodicals.  It is fast -- books ordered through LINK+ typically arrive within 2-3 days.  The directions will also guide you though submitting your next two research reports to the class research archive, "LINK+ Search Results" and "LINK+ Orders 1."
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H). NOTE-- this is NOT the Practicum classroom we used week 2 (35-111b).  It's across from it, to the right of the reference desk (straight ahead as you enter the Reference Room).  First hour: CONVERSATIONS Guest Speaker: Dr. Patricia Troxel (drama specialist and theater professional, Director and Dramaturge at PCPA) on The Tempest as theatre, theatrical performance practice, and the theatre as a component of our discipline. (Confirmed; first hour.) Second hour:  Link+ exercise (details at right).

Week 4    (October 9-11)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS:  HISTORICIST and NEW CRITICISM approaches to The Tempest. First hour: Guest Speaker Dr. Dustin Stegner (British Renaissance Literature / Shakespeare; confirmed, 1st hr.)  Second hour: discussion of assigned readings:  BG: "historicism"; "new criticism, the"; "new historicism, the" (pp. 202, 293-300). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard: entries on "New Criticism" and "New Historicism" found pp. 246-255 (part of the 33-page .PDF file recommended reading from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th ed., 1993).  If you chose to print out this entire file week one, the assigned entries should be in the binder you are bringing with you to class.  Otherwise, you may print out the assigned pages (only), placethem in your binder, and bring them with you to class. TEMP 173-202:  "Shakespeare and the Power of Order." Excerpts from Frank Kermode's Shakespeare: The Final Plays (historicist perspective, pp. 174-182) and from Reuben A. Brower's Fields of Light (New Criticism perspective, pp. 183-202).	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H): Using the MLA Bibliography to identify secondary sources (and then figuring out how to access them!)  HOMEWORK:  prior to our practicum meeting, read carefully through the profile of the MLA Bibliography on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools .  Be sure you are clear about what it is, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Read information on SFX and its limitations.  (Remember:  the MLA Bibliography is NOT itself a mode of access for secondary sources.)  Review information on ILL (Interlibrary Loan) as a mode of access distinct from LINK+. Then, click on the link to read through the detailed instructions for your next research assignment: Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!).  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have questions about what you need to do. IN CLASS:  By following the detailed instructions on Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!), you will learn to use the MLA Bibliography to identify additional secondary sources on your topic and Interlibrary Loan to access articles not available at Cal Poly (as well as books which are unavailable at Cal Poly or through LINK+). The directions will also help you prepare your next research reports for the class research archive, "MLA Search Results" and "ILL Orders" (as well as "LINK+ Orders 2" if applicable).
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 35-111H).  NOTE-- this is NOT the Practicum classroom we used week 2 (35-111b).  It's across from it, to the right of the reference desk (straight ahead as you enter the Reference Room).  First hour (if needed): CONVERSATIONS  if needed, wrap-up discussion of Kermode and Brower.  Be sure to bring both your Tempest textbook and your binder with print-outs of assigned readings with you to class! Second hour (at the latest):  MLA Bibliography exercise (details at right).

Week 5    (October 16-18)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS:  "The Post-Colonial Challenge" and "Responding to the Challenge": critics in dialogue with The Tempest and with each other. Readings:  BG: "cultural criticism, cultural studies"; "cultural materialism"; "postcolonial literature and postcolonial theory" (pp. 79-86, 356-59); also review "new historicism" (pp. 294-300). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard: review entry "New Historicism" found pp. 248-255 of Abrams, "Modern Theories of Literature and Criticism" (part of the 33-page .PDF file recommended reading from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th ed., 1993). You should either have printed out this entire file or the "New Historicism" entry assigned for 10/9 and placed it in your course binder; please be sure to bring it with you to class.  Review previously assigned essay by Ronald Takaki, "The Tempest in the Wilderness" (TEMP 140-72) Paul Brown, "'This Thing of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine': The Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism" (TEMP 203-229). Deborah Willis, "Shakespeare's Tempest and the Discourse of Colonialism" (TEMP 255-268).	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H):  Continue/complete the MLA exercise reports assigned as part of our last Practicum meeting; submit your reports to the class research archive; as applicable, begin reading through the various secondary sources you have found on your topic; and  as applicable, begin working on the prospectus for your Research Paper, due in class on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (or with prior permission, NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY, November 2).  Your Prospectus must include a working title which clearly identifies the work(s) discussed as well as the topic of your paper; a fully articulated thesis (not just a statement of general topic); a tentative outline of paper; and a working bibliography of at least eight sources, alphabetized and listed using correct MLA bibliographic format (consult your MLA Handbook!).  Be sure to include at least one example of each of the required Types of Source and Modes of Access  specified in the Prospectus guidlines.
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 35-111H). NOTE-- this is NOT the Practicum classroom we used week 2 (35-111b).  It's across from it, to the right of the reference desk (straight ahead as you enter the Reference Room).  First hour: CONVERSATIONS.  As needed, wrap-up discussion of Takaki, Brown and Willis, followed by discussion of two New Readings: David Scott Kastan: " 'The Duke of Milan / And His Brave Son': Old Histories and New in The Tempest" (TEMP 268-86). Aimé Césaire, excerpt from A Tempest (TEMP 246-54). Second hour (as time permits):  if needed, complete MLA exercise begun last week.

Week 6    (October 23-25)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS:  Feminist Theory, Women's Studies, and Gender Criticism  Readings: BG: "feminist criticism"; "gender criticism"; "queer theory" (pp. 158-64, 182-8, 386-89). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard:  "Feminist Criticism"; "Gender Criticism"; "Queer Theory," from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 8th ed. (2005);  new .PDF file (6 pp.). TEMP 323-347:  "The Feminist Challenge."  Includes Ania Loomba, excerpt from Gender, race, Renaissance Drama; and Ann Thompson, "'Miranda, Where's Your Sister?': Reading Shakespeare's The Tempest." First Hour: Guest Speaker  Dr. Mary Armstrong (Director of Women's Studies; Feminist criticism; Victorian literature; confirmed, 1st hr.) Second Hour: discussion of assigned readings.	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H): Review information on electronic modes of access and read carefully through the profiles of the full-text journal databases on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Come to class able to list the four databases and clear on what each includes, when to use them, their advantages and disadvantages.  Review information on SFX and its limitations.  Know what to add to the citation of a journal article citation accessed electronically  through a subscription database.  HOMEWORK: Read about electronic modes of access and the profiles of the four Kennedy Library subscription journal databases we will use to look for full-text, electronically accessed journal articles on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what each database includes, what to use them for, and their advantages and disadvantages.  Carefully read information on SFX and on Polysearch (and their limitations).    Know what to add to the citation of a journal article citation accessed electronically  through a subscription database. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth research assignment: Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases in the Kennedy Library Collections.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS (or at an office hour) if you have questions about what you need to do. IN CLASS:  The detailed instructions in Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases in the Kennedy Library Collections will help you learn to search for full-text journal articles on your topic in four of Cal Poly's subscription databases. The directions will also help you prepare your next four research reports for the class research archive: "Muse Results," "EAI Results," ASE Results" and "JSTOR Results." * * * * * Continue work on RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY, DUE IN IN CLASS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (or with prior permission, NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY, November 2).
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H): NOTE-- this is NOT the Practicum classroom we used week 2 (35-111b).  It's across from it, to the right of the reference desk (straight ahead as you enter the Reference Room).  First hour: CONVERSATIONS.  M.A. Exam overview (courtesy of Dr. Schwartz) Aimé Césaire, excerpt from A Tempest (TEMP 246-54). Ssecond hour: Searching full-text journal subscription databases and customizing Polysearch (details at right).

Week 7    (October 30 - November 1)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS: Psychoanalytic Readings First Hour: Discussion of Assigned Readings BG: "psychological criticism and psychoanalytic criticism" (pp. 375-83). On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard: "Psychological and Psychoanalytic Criticism," (pp. 263-8 in the 33-page .PDF file recommended reading from Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th ed., 1993).  If you chose to print out this entire file week one, the assigned entries should already be in your course binder.  Otherwise, print out the assigned pages (only), place them in your binder, and bring them with you to class. TEMP 286-322:  Meredith Anne Skura, "Discourse and the Individual: The Case of Colonialism in The Tempest." Second Hour: Guest Speaker Dr. Brad Campbell (19th/20th-century American literature) offers a "disenchanted New Historicist" take on the intersection between psychoanalysis and literature (confirmed, 2nd hr.).	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 111H): HOMEWORK: Before the Practicum meeting, review information on electronic modes of access and read carefully through the profile of Netlibrary on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what it is, when and how to use it, its strengths and its limitations.  Know what to add to the bibliographic citation of an ebook accessed through a subscription database like NetLibrary.  Then, click on the link to read through the detailed instructions for the next research assignment: Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary.  Ask Dr. Schwartz in class (or at an office hour) if you have questions about what you need to do.. IN CLASS:  The detailed instructions in Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary will guide you as you learn to search directly in the e-books found in NetLibrary, another of Cal Poly's subscription databases. The directions will also help you prepare your next research report for the class research archive, "NetLibraryResults." As necessary, you may also use time during practicum meeting to continue/complete work on the previous Research Assignment (full-text, subscription journal databases.) * * * * * Don't forget that your PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY are DUE TODAY  (or with prior permission, NO LATER THAN NOON ON FRIDAY, November 2).  NOTE: I will accept your prospectus via email in an attached Word document.  If submitted as an attachment, please save your document as [yourlastname].doc. IN CLASS: Sign up for conference for feedback on your research prospectus in either week 8 or 9.
Day 2	PRACTICUM (meet in Library 35-111H); see details at right.  NOTE-- this is NOT the Practicum classroom we used week 2 (35-111b).  It's across from it, to the right of the reference desk (straight ahead as you enter the Reference Room).  First hour: CONVERSATIONS Guest Speaker:  Dr. Paul Marchbanks (Victorian/Modern British Literature) Online Reading (required):  Robert Browning's 1864 dramatic monologue, "Caliban Upon Setebos" (click on link to access reading, which you should PRINT OUT, place in your binder, and bring with you to class) Second hour:  Net-Library research exercise (details at right). NOTE: because the reading assignment for today's class meeting is minimal, I suggest you look ahead and begin work on the materials assigned over the next two weeks for our unit on the Peter Greenaway film Prospero's Books, a cinematic rethinking of The Tempest (124 minutes; only available on VHS; this video must be screened before class on Tuesday, November 13) As you plan your time, please be aware that Prospero's Books may not be available at your neighborhood video store (and is not out on DVD, so cannot be obtained through NetFlicks).  There is one copy of the video on reserve for ENGL 501 (call number 822.33 T246A 1996).  It cannot leave the library, but it can be checked out and screened in the library. Group screenings can be arranged upon request in Library 202 prior to November 13 (specific dates/times TBA).   Or, rent the video and see it on your own; look for it at Insomniac, SLO's fabulous independent video store (2161A Broad, between South and Branch; tel. 545-8866).

RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE  IN CLASS ON THURSDAY 11/1, or, by PRIOR ARRANGEMENT, to my mailbox in the English department no later than noon on Friday, 11/2!

Week 8    (November 6-8)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS:  1st hour:  Disciplinary Perspectives.  Guest Speaker:  Dr. Regulus Allen (British "Long 18th Century" -- Restoration through Romanticism) 2nd hour:  Getting Ready for Prospero's Books. Required reading for today's class:  On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard: 4 .PDF files of excerpts from the Prospero Books screenplay:  "Greenaway1" (.PDF file, 15 pp.; introductory information, including Cast List; Introduction; The Books; Paintbox Images);  "Greenaway2" (.PDF file, 12 pp.; beginning and end of "The Past," screenplay pp. 37-45 and 94-6);  "Greenaway3" (.PDF file, 7 pp.; beginning and end of "The Present," screenplay pp. 97-103 and 148);  "Greenaway4" (.PDF file, 10 pp.; beginning and end of "The Future," screenplay pp. 149-51 and 158-64).   Internet Movie Database entry on Prospero's Books (follow link; print out and include in course binder)   On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (.PDF file, 12 pp.):  Lia M. Hotchkiss, "The Incorporation of Word as Image in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books," The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory, ed. Lisa S. Starks and Courtney Lehmann (Madison, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson UP, 2002), pp. 95-117. LOOKING AHEAD:  Required readings for Tuesday, November 13 (preferably to be completed in the following order):  SKIM or FLIP THROUGH complete Peter Greenaway's illustrated screenplay "Prospero's Books: A Film of Shakespeare's The Tempest" (PN1997 .P777 1991, on reserve for this class; the four .PDF files above were taken from this volume); Screen the 124-minute film (VHS only; on reserve for ENGL 501; call number 822.33 T246A 1996).  Read web-based reading by guest speaker Dr. Steven Marx:  "Progeny: Prospero's Books, Genesis and The Tempest," Renaissance Forum 1.2 (Sept., 1996). <http://www.hull.ac.uk/renforum/v1no2/marx.htm>. Also recommended (but NOT required) for Tuesday, November 13. . . have a look at one or both of the following:  a second web-based reading by Dr. Marx: "Greenaway's Books," Early Modern Literary Studies 7.2 (September, 2001): 1.1-22. <URL: http://purl.oclc.org/emls/07-2/marxgree.htm>. either (or both) of the two chapters devoted to The Tempest in Dr. Marx's Shakespeare and the Bible (Oxford University Press, 2000); on reserve for ENGL 501 (call number PR3012 .M37 2000).	Review for Midterm Exam. Work on Research paper (due at last class meeting).  IN CLASS: Sign up for conference for feedback on your research prospectus in week 8 or 9.
Day 2	MIDTERM EXAM

Prospero's Books group screening:  Sunday, November 11, 2 PM, in Library 202.  Helen Knight will check out video and pick up key from Judy Drake at the Circulation Desk.
 

Week 9    (November 13-15).
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS: A cinematic reading of The Tempest -- Peter Greenaway's 1991 film Prospero's Books (124 min.).  Note: You MUST have screened this film prior to this our class meeting!  There is s GROUP SCREENING scheduled in Library rm. 202 on Sunday, November 11, starting at 2 PM. (Helen Knight will check out the video on reserve and pick up the key to Library 202 from Judy Drake at the Circulation desk. Required readings (preferably to be completed in the following order):  SKIM or FLIP THROUGH Peter Greenaway's illustrated screenplay "Prospero's Books: A Film of Shakespeare's The Tempest" (PN1997 .P777 1991, on reserve for this class); Screen the 124-minute film Prospero's Books (VHS only; on reserve for ENGL 501; call number 822.33 T246A 1996).  Web-based reading by today's guest speaker, Dr. Steven Marx:  "Progeny: Prospero's Books, Genesis and The Tempest," Renaissance Forum 1.2 (Sept., 1996). <http://www.hull.ac.uk/renforum/v1no2/marx.htm>. Also recommended:  either or both of the two chapters devoted to The Tempest in Dr. Marx's Shakespeare and the Bible (Oxford University Press, 2000), which is also on reserve for ENGL 501 (call number PR3012 .M37 2000).  another  web-based reading by Dr. Marx: "Greenaway's Books," Early Modern Literary Studies 7.2 (September, 2001): 1.1-22. <URL: http://purl.oclc.org/emls/07-2/marxgree.htm>. Guest Speaker: Dr. Steven Marx will talk about (and take questions on) both the assigned essay on Prospero's Books and, more generally, his textual scholarship; his book, Shakespeare and the Bible (Oxford University Press, 2000); and his recent work in Eco-lit.  (Confirmed, both hrs.).	Work on Research paper (due at last class meeting).  IN CLASS: Sign up for conference for feedback on your research prospectus weeks 8 or 9
Day 2	CONVERSATIONS: another take on  Peter Greenaway's 1991 film Prospero's Books (124 min.).  Required readings:  Have another (closer) look at Peter Greenaway's illustrated screenplay Prospero's Books: A Film of Shakespeare's The Tempest (PN1997 .P777 1991, on reserve for this class)  On E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (.PDF file, 18 pp.):guest speaker Dr. Doug Keesey's "Recovering the Native Body in Prospero's Books," chapter 6 of his recent book The Films of Peter Greenaway: Sex, Death and Provocation (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2006), pp. 99-124.  Review essay assigned for 11/6, on E-reserve in the Library Resources section of Blackboard (.PDF file, 12 pp.): Lia M. Hotchkiss, "The Incorporation of Word as Image in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books," The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory, Ed. Lisa S. Starks and Courtney Lehmann (Madison, NJ: Farleigh Dickinson UP, 2002), pp. 95-117.  First Hour:  Guest Speaker.  Film scholar and Greenaway specialist Dr. Doug Keesey (film studies) will talk about film studies as a discipline and his current projects; can also answer questions about assigned reading, the Prospero's Books chapter from his recent book on Greenaway (confirmed, 1st hr.) Sceond Hour: Wrap-up discussion of Prospero's Books and assigned critical readings (Hotchkiss, Marx, Keesey).

Week 10a  (November 20)
 

Day 1	CONVERSATIONS:  Disciplinary and Professional Perspectives.  Speakers: Mary Kay Harrington (part of 1st hour); Johanna Rubba; Marnie Petray (during 2nd hour)
Day 2	NO CLASS--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Week 10b (November 27-29)
 

Day 1  CONVERSATIONS: Disciplinary and Professional Perspectives.  Speakers:  Dr. John Hampsey (British Romanticism; Ancient Greece; historical literary theory; 1st hour only).  Dr. Catherine Waitinas (Colonial, Revolutionary and 19th-century American literature, 2nd hour only); Kevin possible (didn't specify hour)	Work on Research paper (due at last class meeting).
Day 2  CONVERSATIONS: Disciplinary and Professional Perspectives.  Speakers TBA; David Gillette (either hour); Brenda Helmbrecht (1st hour); Todd Pierce if childcare permits (quick visit during 1st hour) RESEARCH PAPER DUE.

In lieu of a traditional final exam, I hope that our final conversation of the quarter can take place in conjunction with a Class Dinner at my home, to be scheduled at a mutually convenient time on either the week-end before finals or during exam week.  Please note that while it will be graded Pass/Fail, this "final conversation" is a required component of the class.  If we are unable to schedule a class dinner, the final conversation will take place in 10-126 (our usual classroom) at the scheduled exam time: 7:10-10:00 PM on Tuesday, 12/4.

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