Shakespeare Syllabus
Spring 2025

English/Humanities 205
Section 01 [HUM]
Spring 2025
MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon.
SLN 02019 / 04828
Avery 111 (The Bundy Reading Room)

Dr. Michael Delahoyde
Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University
Hours: MWF 10:00 – 11:00, and by appointment.
Phone: 509-335-4832
E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu

 


SHAKESPEARE


 
January 6 — Introduction and Disorientation; L’Après-midi d’un faune.
Read the Course Description, and my own Work Tips.
January 8 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act I.
January 10 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act II.

January 13 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act III.
January 15 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV.
January 17 — The Taming of the Shrew, Act V.

[January 20 — Holiday.]
January 22 — The Shakespeare Authorship Question.
January 24 — The Shakespeare Authorship Question: Oxford.

January 27 — Romeo and Juliet, Act I.
January 29 — Romeo and Juliet, Acts II & III.
January 31 — Romeo and Juliet, Acts III & IV.

February 3 — Romeo and Juliet, Acts IV & V.
February 5 — Music: “Thule, the Period of Cosmography.” [Zoom.]
February 7 — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act I & II.

February 10 — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts II & III.
February 12 — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts III & IV.
February 14 — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V.

[February 17 — St. Nixon Holy Day.]
February 19 — Writing Advice.
February 21 — Review.

February 24 — Midterm Exam & Essay.
February 26 — Fourth Play, Act I.
February 28 — Fourth Play, Act II.

March 3 — Fourth Play, Acts III & IV.
March 5 — Fourth Play, Acts IV & V.
March 7 — Office Hour.

[March 10 – 14 — Spring Break.]

March 17 — Lucrece.
March 19 — Fifth Play, Act I.
March 21 — Fifth Play, Act II.

March 24 — Fifth Play, Act III.
March 26 — Fifth Play, Act IV.
March 28 — Fifth Play, Act V.

March 31 — Sixth Play, Act I.
April 2 — Sixth Play, Act II.
[April 4 — Conference.]

April 7 — Sixth Play, Acts III & IV.
April 9 — Sixth Play, Act V.
April 11 — Perspective Art, Serpent Portrait, Railing.

April 14 — Bonus Shakespeare: The Virgin Volta, Shakespeare in Italy.
April 16 — Review.
April 18 — End-of-Semester Exam. [Remote.]

April 21 — Mod Games.
April 23 — Optional Zoom: What I Did on My Summer Vacations.
April 25 — The rest is silence.