FRS 001 — Sec. 006 — (1 unit) — CRN 73030 — W 9:00-9:50am — 248 Voorhies
Shakespeare and Love

Instructor: Kathleen Kalpin, University Writing Program, College of Letters & Science

Description: This course examines Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost with attention to research strategies appropriate for college courses. Love’s Labor’s Lost provides an opportunity to examine Shakespeare’s theater while also discussing early modern views on love, family, education, and gender. Students will be encouraged, through discussion and independent research, to consider elements of the play that interest them. Discussion for the first half of the quarter will focus on the play itself. The second half of the term the class will work on an annotated bibliography project, composed of group and individual work. We will discuss how to evaluate, summarize, and incorporate sources into a research project while avoiding plagiarism. In our discussion of research techniques, students will translate across disciplines, such as how to review and evaluate sources.

Format: Students will be required to come to class prepared to discuss the day’s reading. For the annotated bibliography project, students will prepare a presentation as a group on a single article and will compile written bibliographies individually. Grading: 30% participation; 30% presentation; 40% annotated bibliography.

About the Instructor: Kathleen Kalpin is a Postdoctoral Lecturer. This year she is teaching UWP 101 for the University Writing Program along with ENL 115, The English Renaissance, and 117B, Shakespeare’s Middle Works, for the English Department. Her interests include early modern drama, women writers, and early modern cultural studies. Her current project investigates representations of women’s speech in early modern texts.