Jonathan P. Lamb's Courses

RHE 309K Syllabus, Spring 2008, TTH, 8:00-9:30
Jonathan P. Lamb, Instructor

January

15. Introductions; course policy and syllabus; stuffed crepes. HW: Stmt. on Scholastic Responsibility.
17. Unit One; rhetorical analysis and sports commentators; discuss SRA #1. HW: EA, Ch 1 & 14.

22. Analyzing quotations of Shakespeare; discuss Essay 1. HW: EA, Ch. 2 & 3.
24. Pathos is eloquence; Ethos: To be, or not to be. HW: EA, Ch. 4.

29. SRA #1 due. Logos: Shakespeare’s proverbs. HW: EA, Ch. 5.
31. Oral presentations, day 1.

February

5. Essay workshop: bring two copies of your essay today.
7. Essay 1, first version due; begin Unit Two; HW: Read Henry V, Acts 1-3.

12. Discuss Henry V, Acts 1-3. HW: finish Henry V.
14. Discuss Henry V; discuss SRA #2 and Essay 2. HW: piece on writing about film.

19. Essay 1, second version due. Scenes from two Henry Vs. HW: EA, Ch. 6.
21. Henry V defining war; persuasion. HW: EA, Ch. 8, scenes from Twelfth Night, & Henry V’s
Crispin’s Day speech (4.3).

26. Adolescence: She’s the Man; Manhood: Tombstone. HW: scenes from Romeo and Juliet and King Lear.
28. SRA #2 due. Love: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet; Loyalty: Kurosawa's Ran.

March

4. Oral presentations, day 2.
6. No class; work on your papers.

11-13. Spring break.

18. Essay workshop: bring two copies of your essay today.
20. Essay 2, first version due; begin Unit Three; HW: Read The Tempest, Acts 1-3.

25. Discuss The Tempest, Acts 1-3. HW: finish The Tempest.
27. Discuss The Tempest; discuss SRA #3 and Essay 3.

April

1. Essay 2, second version due. Scenes from Gilligan’s Island and Lost. HW: Hamlet scenes.
3. Video games and Hamlet; Spiderman and Hamlet. HW: Selected Sonnets.

8. Lyric poems and love songs. HW: Scenes from Othello.
10. Othello and immigration. HW: Selections from Harry Potter.

15. SRA #3 due. Harry Potter’s Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Harry Potter.
17. Oral presentations, day 3.

22. Essay workshop: bring two copies of your essay today.
24. Essay 3, first version due. HW: VT shooter plays; sonnet 116.

29. My own private Shakespeare.

May

1. Last class day; why Shakespeare matters; evaluations; tearful goodbyes.