ENG 1131 Writing Through Media
Section 7489: "Shakespeare Through Media / Media Through Shakespeare"

Introduction

Hello and welcome to ENG 1131, "Shakespeare Through Media / Media Through Shakespeare". This class uses seven of Shakespeare's plays in conjunction with their adaptations to explore writing about, with and through different media.

A quick overview of the major assignments in this class can be found on the "Assignments and Deadlines" page. A detailed description of the course, course expectations, assignments and deadlines can be found in the course "Syllabus."

Required Texts

• Fischlin, Daniel and Mark Fortier, eds. Adaptations of Shakespeare : A Critical Anthology. New York: Routledge, 2000. Print. ISBN: 0415198941
• Gaiman, Neil and Charles Vess, illus. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country. Author: ISBN: 1401229352 Publisher: Vertigo
• McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Collins, 1994. ISBN: 006097625X
• Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Constance Jordan. New York: Longman, 2005. Print. ISBN: 0321317297
• —Macbeth (Norton Critical Edition). New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. Print. ISBN: 0393977862
• —A Midsummer Night's Dream. Illus. Arthur Rackham. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2003. Print. ISBN: 0486428338
• —Much Ado About Nothing. New York: Bantam,1980. Print. ISBN: 0553213016
• —The Taming of the Shrew. New York: Washington Square Press, 1992. Print. ISBN: 0671722891
• —The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy. Eds. Gerald Graff and James Phelan. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. Print. ISBN: 0312197667
• Shakespeare, William and Elizabeth Cary. Othello and The Tragedy of Mariam. Ed. Clare Carroll. New York: Longman, 2003. Print.ISBN: 0321096991
• Vieceli, Emma, illus. and Richard Appignanesi. Much Ado About Nothing. Amulet Books, 2009. ISBN: 0810943239

Recommended Texts

• Batschelet, Margaret W. XHTML/CSS Basics For Web Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2007. Print. ISBN: 0131720147

Office Hours and Contact Info

Meetings

Officially, my office hours are held every Monday at period 8 in Turlington 4367. In practice, I am generally available to discuss course-related issues after most ENG1131 classes. (In the past, many of my students have chosen hallway-lingering or outdoor meetings over trekking to my office space proper. I usually have no problem with this approach.) If you would like to meet with me after class (whether or not I am holding official office hours on that day), I ask that you tell me so before leaving the classroom. If you are not in class on a particular day, I will most likely not be willing to meet with you on that day. Exceptions to this policy may be made on a case-by-case basis.

I am also happy to meet with students by appointment. In order to successfully make an appointment with me, you must follow the following steps:

1. Send me an email that includes your request to make an appointment along with a short list of the times you have available for that appointment.
2. Wait for my response.
3. If you have not received my response in a reasonable amount of time, repeat step #1. If you have received my response, it will most likely include either an acceptance of one of your proposed appointment times or a counter-proposal that includes appointment times that will better coordinate with my own schedule. Read this email and respond appropriately. I will not show up to said appointment unless I receive a confirmation email from you.
4. Once I have received this confirmation email, I will send you a short acknowledgment of your confirmation along the "See you then!" lines. At this point, you may assume that I have seen your confirmation email and that I do indeed plan to meet with you at the appointed time.
5. Show up on time for your appointment in Turlington 4367.

If you need to cancel an appointment, you must send me a cancellation email well in advance of the appointment. This rule applies even if you are absent that day in class.

Email

Email address: penchanter@ufl.edu

Please only email me from your UF email account; if you email me from a non-UF account, chances are good that I will not recognize the sender, think your message is spam and delete your email unread.