Professor of English
Shakespeare Authorship Roundtable Posts Week Two O Gorboduc, Gorboduc. Why do you insist on dividing your kingdom? Equity is fatal (and we despise Diversity and Inclusion too). Why don’t you listen to those advisors who point to historical instances of the disastrous bloodshed that result from the division of kingdoms? You should follow an example…
Read MoreThe 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”…
Read MoreEnglish/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…
Read MoreHumanities 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…
Read MoreEnglish 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…
Read MoreHumanities 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…
Read MoreHumanities 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 —…
Read MoreSummer 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…
Read MoreHumanities 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…
Read MoreEnglish 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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Michael Delahoyde, Professor of English