Reqs:	
1) 10 sets of discussion questions		40%		(due throughout semester)
2) 1 comparison/contrast paper/midterm	20% 	(due October  13)
3) 1 collaborative paper				25%		(topic due Oct 25; draft Nov 3; final Nov 17)
4) Final exam and learning analysis		15%		(due Dec 16. 1:30-3:30)	

1) I have organized the class around plays, which I link to films that are either adaptations or thematically related. Your discussion questions are due the day we begin discussing a play. Create four questions (worth one point each) which address the readings for the days on which we begin to discuss new plays. Type them up to be turned in. We will begin discussion every day with your questions. You must turn in 10 sets of questions over the course of the semester. In your questions, you can use one questions to link the plays to films that are either adaptations or which treat related topics. Focus on different treatments of similar themes, such as women’s roles in the family and community, definitions of femininity and masculinity, how film and drama represent cultural difference, etc. Compare and link to earlier readings. If you are absent on a day that questions are due, you get zero points. No late questions accepted. There are fourteen plays on the syllabus. You don't have to write on Medea, and you can choose two other plays not to turn in questions for. Worth 40% of grade.

2) The comparison/contrast paper will count as your midterm. In a five-seven page paper, compare and contrast related themes or techniques in two plays or a play and a film. 12-point font, double spaced, typed, stapled, no fancy covers please. Due September 29. Worth 20% of grade. No Crying Game/M. Butterfly.

3) For the collaborative paper/project, you will work in pairs as peer editors for one another. I will group you based on similar topics. You will exchange drafts two weeks prior to the due date of the paper. You will be required to turn in your paper, your draft, and an assessment of your reader (including a letter grade and a few sentences explaining it). The paper should be on two plays, two films, or a combination and must closely analyze the two works in support of a clear thesis. 8-10 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, one inch margins. Thesis statements are to be turned in and approved by me on October 25. Draft is due to reader on November 3. Final paper due to me on November 17. If you do not have your draft in class on November 3, you will receive no higher than an "E" for the paper (50 points). You will only get these points if you produce a final draft. No final draft equals 0 points. Worth 25% of grade.

4) The final exam will be a cumulative exam with two parts. The first part will be combined short answer and essay question. More details later. The second part will be a learning analysis that you write at home and bring to the exam with you; the learning analysis should tell me what you learned most from the course, which texts were most meaningful to you, what assignments worked best for you. See attached sheet, "What is a Learning Analysis?" Worth 15% of grade. 5-10 pages.

NOTE ON PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism is unacceptable. This should go without saying, but experience proves that it is worth reminding you all. I am very familiar with such resources as Reel.com and the Internet Movie Database. I also have kept records of previous students' paper topics, and have an excellent memory for discussion questions. Finally, I am familiar with the discussion questions included in many editions of Cliff's Notes, etc. You will not receive a warning about plagiarism. If I find anyone using or turning in work that is not their own, they will be reported to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, who will assign a committee to decide how to act upon the particular case of academic dishonesty. Don't risk it.

30		Euripides, Medea (431 BCE). Also read 136 - 140.
				Screening: Zhang Yimou, Raise the Red Lantern (1991).
1  Sept	Discuss Yimou.

6  		No class; Labor Day.
8  		Susan Glaspell, Trifles (1916).

13 		Aphra Behn, The Rover (1677). Also read 575 - 76.
				Screening: Gorris, Antonia's Line (1995)
15 		Discuss Gorris and Behn.

20 		William Shakespeare, Hamlet (circa 1600). Read Acts I, II, and III.
				Screening: Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet (1994): first half
22 		Discuss adaptation.

27		Shakespeare, Hamlet. Read Acts IV and V.    
				Screening: Branagh, Hamlet: second half.
29		Discuss conclusion of film. 

4 Oct	Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children (1939). Also read 889 - 94.
			Screening: Trinh Minh-ha, Shoot for the Contents (1991).
6		Discuss Trinh.

11		Caryl Churchill, Cloud Nine (1979).
			Screening: Allison Anders, Mi Vida Loca (1994) or Gas Food Lodging (1992). 
13		Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino, Los Vendidos (mid-1960's). 1st paper due.

18		Griselda Gambaro, Information for Foreigners (1973).
				Screening: Lourdes Portillo, The Devil Never Sleeps (1995).
20		Discuss Gambaro and Portillo.

Final Exam:
Thursday, December 16,    1999: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.