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Study Questions/Responses |
| Week 1 | Intro to Comedy; Classical Comedy; Renaissance Comedy | |
| 10 Jul | Introductions; syllabus; theories; definitions; handouts; "Sullivan's Travels" | Questions/Responses |
| 11 Jul | Introduction to Classical Comedy
Visit theories website; read over notes on Classical Comedy (before class) Read Lysistrata (in class) |
Questions |
| 12 Jul | Complete "Lysistrata" (in class) | |
| 13 Jul | Intro to Renaissance
comedy/Shakespeare/Elizabethan stage
Read Midsummer Night's Dream, Acts I & II |
Questions |
| 14 Jul | Read MND, Acts III & IV | Questions |
| Week 2 | Renaissance | |
| 17 Jul | Read MND, Act V | Questions |
| 18 Jul | Read Freedman (coursepack)
Read Taming of the Shrew, Acts I & II |
Questions |
| 19 Jul | Read ToS, Acts III & IV | Questions |
| 20 Jul | Read ToS, Act V | Questions/Responses: What would/wouldn't work in a modern production? |
| 21 Jul | Read Twelfth Night, Acts I & II | Questions |
| Week 3 | Renaissance/18th Century | |
| 24 Jul | Read Twelfth Night, Acts III & IV | |
| 25 Jul | Read Twelfth Night, Act V | Midterm quotes/Essay question |
| 26 Jul | Midterm(Bring a blue book) | |
| 27 Jul | Intro to 18th Century comedy/Moliere/18th
century stage; Excerpt: Cyrano de Bergerac;
Read Tartuffe, Acts I & II |
Terms, Questions |
| 28 Jul | Read Tartuffe, Acts III & IV | |
| Week 4 | 18th & 19th Centuries | |
| 31 Jul | Read Tartuffe, Act V | |
| 1 Aug | Read Charney (coursepack) (before class)
Read Tragedy of Tragedies (in class) |
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| 2 Aug | Introduction to 19th/20th century
comedy/
Read Importance of Being Earnest, Acts I & II |
Questions / Links |
| 3 Aug | Read IBE, Act III | |
| 4 Aug | It's a Gift | |
| Week 5 | 20th Centuries | |
| 7 Aug | Monty Python's Meaning of Life | RD--Final Essay |
| 8 Aug | Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial | 2 quotes each play |
| 9 Aug | Being John Malkovich | |
| 10 Aug | Review for test | |
| 11 Aug | Final Exam (Bring a blue book) | Essay Question / Short Answers / Quotes |
*Any of the above is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.