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Course Description
Summer 2018 • Grade 7 and above • Literature Sequence
For reference only; see current year course listing for course availability and details.Summer Shakespeare I
A lively march through nine Shakespeare plays, one per week. The goal here is to familiarize students with the breadth of the Bard's work, and provide basic tools for understanding and enjoyment.
A student taking the full range of literature courses through Scholars Online (five years) will have the opportunity of covering nine plays there; this will double the exposure to eighteen. The coverage here is of course not especially deep, but we do get into lively discussions of the texts, their characters, their themes, and their language that can lead to further study and reflection. We accordingly introduce a range of plays from all three sorts — comedy, tragedy, and history.
Summer Shakespeare I
A lively march through nine Shakespeare plays, one per week. The goal here is to familiarize students with the breadth of the Bard's work, and provide basic tools for understanding and enjoyment.
A student taking the full range of literature courses through Scholars Online (five years) will have the opportunity of covering nine plays there; this will double the exposure to eighteen. The coverage here is of course not especially deep, but we do get into lively discussions of the texts, their characters, their themes, and their language that can lead to further study and reflection. We accordingly introduce a range of plays from all three sorts — comedy, tragedy, and history.
Course Website: Summer Shakespeare I
Sections and Teachers
Instructor: Bruce McMenomy
Starts: June 13, 2018
Ends: August 15, 2018
Wednesday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
Tuition: $200.00
Prerequisites
The student should have some previous experience with literary study, though there are no specific expectations.
Recommended background
Some experience with reading older works, and especially Shakespeare's language, is highly recommended; seeing some plays would also be useful. Students’ reading levels vary greatly by age, so parents are encouraged to use their judgment.
Teacher's notes:
Please secure the editions specified here. Other versions of the plays can create confusion (since there is some textual variation) and unannotated editions are very difficult for younger students to master.
Textbooks and Materials
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A Midsummer Night's Dream , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743477545
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As You Like It , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 074348486X
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Julius Caesar , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743482743
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King Lear , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 074348276X
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Richard II , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743484916
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Romeo and Juliet , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743477111
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The Merchant of Venice , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743477561
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The Taming of the Shrew , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 074347757X
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Twelfth Night , Authors: William ShakespeareISBN: 0743482778
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All of Shakespeare , Authors: Maurice CharneyISBN: 0231068638
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Other information: NOT required. A convenient middle-weight overview of the whole Shakespeare corpus by a scholar and theorist of theater. Not as penetrating as Garber or Bloom, but somewhat more accessible.
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Essential Shakespeare Handbook , Authors: Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding, Karen Wilks (Designer), Elizabeth Wyse (Editor)ISBN: 0789493330
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Other information: NOT required. This book provides a systematic overview of the whole corpus of Shakespeare plays in an accessible and colorful form, with notes on famous performances, themes, settings, and other such details. It is very useful for a student first getting to know Shakespeare, and equally useful for an advanced student wanting to have the ability to see the corpus in outline.
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Shakespeare After All , Authors: Marjorie GarberISBN: 0385722141
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Other information: NOT required. A useful book covering all of Shakespeare's plays critically and thoughtfully, aware of contemporary scholarly trends but not overly encumbered by them.
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human , Authors: Harold BloomISBN: 157322751X
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Other information: NOT Required. A celebrated and widely cited book, filled with Bloom's own highly personal approach to the various plays in the Shakespeare corpus. Appropriate for the more advanced general reader or the serious scholar; certain to be intimidating for the novice.
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare , Authors: Stephen GreenblattISBN: 0393050572
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Other information: NOT required. This is a fascinating recent biographical discussion of how Shakespeare's life may have shaped his work. All Shakespeare biography is chancy, and theories about Shakespearean authorship tend largely to divert us from the more serious issues of understanding his plays, but this study has some material relevance to the material at hand. Suitable for more mature readers; probably not appropriate for younger readers.
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