The Comedy of Errors
Introduction

The play is usually treated as being beneath the glorious Shakespeare because of its reliance on farcical absurdity for the humor and because, on the assumption that it’s among the first comedies Shakespeare wrote, it lacks the organic originality of other of his plays. It “evokes no sense of the inexhaustibility that characterizes Shakespeare’s masterpieces”…

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Shakespeare Syllabus
Fall 2025

English/Humanities 205 Section 01 [HUM] Fall 2025 SLN 04776/06718 MWF 9:10 – 10:00am. Avery 8 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   August 18 — Introduction and Disorientation. Read the Course Description, and my own Work Tips.. August 20 — Play…

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Ancient World Humanities
Fall 2025

Humanities 101 Section 01 [HUM] [H] Fall 2025 SLN 04564 MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon. Dr. Michael Delahoyde Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu ANCIENT WORLD SYLLABUS August 18 — A couple fables; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor. August 20 — Genesis. August 22 — August 25 — The…

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Shakespeare Syllabus
Fall 2024

English 205 / Humanities 205 Section 01 [H] Fall 2024 SLN 05543 / 09178 — 3 Credits — No Pre-Requisites MWF 9:10 – 10:00am. Avery 8 Shakespeare Syllabus [We will often be reading plays selected by the class. So the syllabus will develop and change throughout the semester.] August 19 — Introductions and Problems. Read…

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Mythology Course Description
Fall 2022

Humanities 103 Section 02 [HUM] [H] Fall 2022 SLN 03765 MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon. FMLA 150: since no one explains anymore their stupid-ass abbreviations and acronyms and AIO and GUC are no help, I’m told this translates to Fulmer Annex, Room 150. Happy hunting. Dr. Michael Delahoyde Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University…

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Mythology Syllabus
Spring 2022

Humanities 103 Section 02 [HUM] [H] Spring 2022 SLN 27503 MWF 11:10 – 12:00 noon. Zoom until it’s safe, then maybe Spark 339. Dr. Michael Delahoyde Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu MYTHOLOGY SYLLABUS January 12 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de Max Factor. January 14 —…

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Mythology Final Exam — Summer 2020

Summer 2020 — Delahoyde Washington State University MYTHOLOGY FINAL EXAM   BIG DAY: THURSDAY, JULY 30th, 10:30-11:45am. Your last significant obligations to this course will be an exam and an essay, similar to the midterm. Exam questions and answers will concern only the works covered from after the midterm exam through the end of the…

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Mythology Syllabus
Summer 2020

Humanities 103 [HUM] [H] Summer 2015 (June 22 – July 31) SLN 01706 MTWThF 12:00 – 1:15 pm. Todd 420 Dr. Michael Delahoyde Avery Hall 355 — Washington State University Hours: MTWTh 11:00-12:00, and by appointment. Phone: 509-335-4832 E-mail: delahoyd@wsu.edu Mythology Syllabus June 22 — The Power of Names; Jane Seymour in Le Jardin de…

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English 205 Fall 2019 Midterm Exam

English 205 — Fall 2019 Washington State University SHAKESPEARE: MIDTERM EXAM “THE READINESS IS ALL”   I. IDENTIFICATIONS. [Total 26 points]. You know, maybe match Column A with Column B; or identify who says “I am Christopher Sly”; or fill in the blank: “Kiss me, _____” — that kind of question, only a bit harder,…

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Mythology End-of-Semester Exam

Spring 2019 — Delahoyde Washington State University MYTHOLOGY END-OF-SEMESTER EXAM   Your last significant obligation to this course will be an exam, questions and answers for which will concern only the works covered from after the midterm exam through the end of the semester: that’s the Greek plays and Metamorphoses, through Lucrece and the other…

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