1.  Plato, The Republic  --  Dover Publications  --  ISBN-13: 978-048641121

2.  Shakespeare, Hamlet -- Washington Square Press -- ISBN-10: 074347712X / ISBN-13: 978-0743477123

3.  Edwin Rolfe,  Collected Poems  --  U. of Illinois Press  --  ISBN-13: 978-0252066405

4.  The Classic Fairy Tales, ed. Maria Tatar. -- Norton Critical Edition -- ISBN-10: 0393972771 / ISBN-13: 978-0393972771
 
5.  Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead -- Grove Press --ISBN-10: 0802132758 / ISBN-13: 978-0802132758

6.  Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes -- Farrar, Straus and Giroux -- ISBN-10: 0374531013/  ISBN-13: 978-0374531010
 
7.  Andrea Lunsford,  The St. Martin's Handbook.  6th ed. (2008)  --  Bedford/St. Martin's  --    ISBN-13: 978-0-312-44315-3

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Wk 1:  Jan 13/15    

• Tu Jan 13:  Martin Luther King
• Readings:
• MLK:  "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and "I Have a Dream"  [online]   

• Background reading:
  
  • "Martin Luther King, Jr."  --  Wikipedia
  • "Martin Luther King"  --  NobelPrize.org
  • The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute  --  Stanford U.
  • The King Center  --  Atlanta, GA 

• Th Jan 15:  No Class Thursday

    ***  [I will be attending the Sundance Film Festival from Wed. Jan 14 to Mon Jan 19 but will have email access; also if you need to contact me by phone, ask Ms. Palmer in the English office (Jackson Hall 307) to call me for you. ]  

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Wk  2:  Jan 20/22    

• Tu Jan 20:  Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes 

• Th Jan 22:   Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes 

    *** Tu Jan 20:  A. P. Tureaud Story @ Robinson Film Center  7:30 pm  

    *** Paul Muldoon reads Thursday, Jan 22

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Wk  3:  Jan 27/29  

• Tu Jan 27:   Paul Muldoon, Horse Latitudes   
    
• Th Jan 29:  Hamlet

• Background Reading:
• "William Shakespeare"  -- Wikipedia
• "Introductory Lecture on Shakespeare's Hamlet"  --  Ian Johnston,  Vancouver Island University, Canada  [formerly Malaspina-University College]
• "The Issue of Language: Introduction to Richard II and Hamlet"  - Ian Johnston,  Vancouver Island University, Canada  [formerly Malaspina-University College]
• "Poisoned Ears and Parental Advice in Hamlet" -- Reina Green, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

    *** Tu Jan 27:  Citizen King plays @ Centenary Film Society  

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Wk  4:  Feb 3/5      

• Tu Feb 3:  Hamlet

• Th Feb 5:  Hamlet

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Wk  5:  Feb 10/12  

• Tu Feb 10:  Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern    

• Th Feb 12: Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

    ***  American Shakespeare Center on Tour @ Centenary 

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Wk  6:  Feb 17/19    

• Tu:  Writing Workshop

• Th:  Writing Workshop

    ***  Essay on Hamlet or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in performance  --  due to Ms. Palmer in Jackson Hall 307   

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Wk  7:  Feb 24/26:  Mardi Gras Break/No Classes

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Wk  8:  Mar 3/5  

• Tu/Th:  Edwin Rolfe  -- Political Poetry of the 1930s  

• Required Reading:
• "Introduction  --  Lyric Politics: The Poetry of Edwin Rolfe"  --  Cary Nelson  (pp. 1-58)
• poems from "To My Contemporaries"  (pp. 59-101)
• concentrate particularly on "Credo";  "Winds of Another Sphere"; "Testament to a Flowering Race"; "Georgia Nightmare"; "Season of Death"; "Definition"; and "To My Contemporaries"  

• Background Readings on Edwin Rolfe and the 1930s:  
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  Spartacus Educational
• The Great Depression  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "Communist Party USA"  --  Wikipedia

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Wk  9:  Mar 10/12  

• Tu/Th:  Edwin Rolfe -- Poetry of the Spanish Civil War

• Required Reading:
• poems from "First Love and Other Poems"  (pp. 128-190)
• concentrate particularly on "Entry" (128);  "City of Anguish" (131);  "Epitaph" (142);  "Elegy for Our Dead" (143); "Pastoral" (148);  "Night World" (150);  "Postscript to a War" (160);  "Elegia" (186)

• Background Readings on Edwin Rolfe and the Spanish Civil War:  
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "About the Spanish Civil War"  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "The Spanish Civil War"  --  Wikipedia
• "International Brigades"  --  Wikipedia

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Wk 10: Mar 17/19   

• Tu Mar 17:  Edwin Rolfe -- Poetry of the Spanish Civil War

• Required Reading:
• poems from "First Love and Other Poems"  (pp. 128-190)
• concentrate particularly on "Entry" (128);  "City of Anguish" (131);  "Epitaph" (142);  "Elegy for Our Dead" (143); "Pastoral" (148);  "Night World" (150);  "Postscript to a War" (160);  "Elegia" (186)

• Background Readings on Edwin Rolfe and the Spanish Civil War:  
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "About the Spanish Civil War"  --  Cary Nelson,  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "The Spanish Civil War"  --  Wikipedia
• "International Brigades"  --  Wikipedia

• Th Mar 19:  Edwin Rolfe  --  Political Poetry of the 1950s

• Required Reading:
• poems from "Permit Me Refuge" (pp. 207-248) and "Uncollected and Unpublished Poems, 1947-1954" (pp. 251-260)
• concentrate particularly on "First Love" (190);  "A Dedication"  (209); "Catalogue of I" (212);  "Now the Fog" (216);  "Night World" (217);  "Battle of the Noble Intentions" (224);  "Blues" (252);  "The Poisoned Air Befouled the Whole Decade" (253);  "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (254);  "Little Ballad for Americans -- 1954" (260)

• Background Readings on Edwin Rolfe and Cold War Political Poetry:  
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "Cold War"  --  Wikipedia
  
• "Red Scare"  --  Wikipedia
• "McCarthyism"  --  Wikipedia
  
• "Hollywood Blacklist"  --  Wikipedia

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Wk 11: Mar 24/26       

• Tu Mar 24:   Edwin Rolfe  --  Political Poetry of the 1950s

• Required Reading:
• poems from "Permit Me Refuge" (pp. 207-248) and "Uncollected and Unpublished Poems, 1947-1954" (pp. 251-260)
• concentrate particularly on "First Love" (190);  "A Dedication"  (209); "Catalogue of I" (212);  "Now the Fog" (216);  "Night World" (217);  "Battle of the Noble Intentions" (224);  "Blues" (252);  "The Poisoned Air Befouled the Whole Decade" (253);  "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (254);  "Little Ballad for Americans -- 1954" (260)

• Background Readings on Edwin Rolfe and Cold War Political Poetry:  
• "Edwin Rolfe"  --  MAPS:  Modern American Poetry, U. of Illinois
• "Cold War"  --  Wikipedia
  
• "Red Scare"  --  Wikipedia
• "McCarthyism"  --  Wikipedia
  
• "Hollywood Blacklist"  --  Wikipedia

• Th Mar 26:   ***   In-Class Essay on Rolfe's poetry

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Wk 12: Mar 31/Apr 2  

• Tu Mar 31:  The Classic Fairy Tales

• Background reading:
• interview with Jack Zipes (audio file and text excerpt from the interview;  on the usefulness of fairy tales for children) --  The Art of Storytelling With Children
• interview with Jack Zipes  --   Kenn Bannerman
• "Little Red Riding Hood Goes to College:  An Interview with Jack Zipes"  --  Rob Craig and Doyle Greene, Kiddiematinee.com
• "The Tales We Tell:  An Interview with Jack Zipes"  --  Lincoln Center Theater Review
  
• The Journal of Mythic Arts  -- Endicott Studio
• SurLaLuna fairytales.com
  
• an examination of the fairy tale "Bearskin" from the Brothers Grimm  --  Justin Christianson, Mike Remington, and Charles Schmidt, Carleton College
• a bibliography of criticism on FairyTales

• Th Apr 2:  The Classic Fairy Tales

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Wk 13: Apr 7 /           *** Easter Break begins Wed night Apr 8  -- No Thursday Class

• Tu Apr 7:  The Classic Fairy Tales

• Th:  NO CLASS -- Easter Break

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Wk 14: Apr 14/16  

• Tu Apr 14:  The Classic Fairy Tales

• Th Apr 16:  The Classic Fairy Tales

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Wk 15: Apr 21/23  

• Tu:  

• Th:  
  

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Wk 16: Apr 28/30  

• Tu:  Tutorials

• Th:  Tutorials

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Wk 17: May 4-8 --  Final Exams