FALL 2007 HONORS COURSES

HONR 299W Shakespeare in the Context of Renaissance Women’s Culture
Tuesday/Thursday 2 - 3:15 p.m.
Dr. Jane Donawerth, Department of English, Distinguished Scholar Teacher

In this course we will read and discuss four plays by Shakespeare (Richard III, As You Like It, Othello, and The Winter's Tale) in conjunction with early modern women's writings and secondary sources on Renaissance history and gender. Women writers will include Anne Askew, Elizabeth Cary, Katherine Philips, and Jane Anger. Historical materials cover gender and women's roles, witchcraft, motherhood, ways women published, etc. Students will read two more plays outside of class.

Assignments: Students will write three 5-7 pp. interpretive papers on a Shakespeare play (with research) with a required revision for the first paper, and will work together on panels to lead discussion of secondary materials. There will be a readings journal instead of a final or tests. We will attend a Shakespeare play as a class.

CORE—Literature [HL] Diversity [D]