OPTIONAL Blog - Romeo & Juliet Sources due by 11 November

Please choose ONE essay and discuss the author's argument:

Lehmann, Courtney. “Strictly Shakespeare? Dead Letters, Ghostly Fathers, and the Cultural Pathology of Authorship in Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet.” Shakespeare Quarterly 52.2 (2001): 189-221.


Levenson, Jill L. "Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeare." Studies in Philology 81.3
(1984): 325-347.


Negron-Muntaner, Frances. “Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and Puerto Rican Identity Discourses.” Social Text 18.2 (2000): 83-107.

OPTIONAL Blog - The Chalk Circle - due 04 November

The Chalk Circle (Huilan ji), a Chinese zaju play by Li Qianfu, was written in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)

Special Blog - due 22 November by 11:59pm

http://www.travelwritercontest.com./index.html

The Second Shepherds' Play - due 10/28 by 11:59pm

The King, the Greatest Alcade - due 10/21 by 5:00

The Cit Turned Gentleman -due 10/14 by 5:00pm

Performance Response - due 09/30 by 5:00pm

"The brilliant classicism of imperial Vienna meets the mythic-poetic splendor of ancient Angkor in Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute. In this powerful work by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, performed by the acclaimed Khmer Arts Ensemble from Phnom Penh, Mozart's fantastical opera is transformed into the refined and elaborate movement language of Cambodian classical dance and music. Cultures meld as 32 dancers, musicians, and singers depict Pamina's arduous efforts to transcend the rivalries and betrayals from which she is born and seek out a middle path of justice, tolerance, and love. The piece was commissioned by Peter Sellars for his New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna" (Rachel's Cambodian Blog).

Need some reminders? Just check the link!

http://britishdrama.pbwiki.com/Pamina-Devi%3A-A-Cambodian-Magic-Flute

Phormio - due 09/23 by 5:00pm

"Terence's Comedies influenced Hrotswitha's Comedies, influenced the Fleury Liturgical Dramas, influenced Dante 's Commedia, influenced Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, influenced the delightful comic elements in the Wakefield Master's Cycle Plays. It was Terence who gave to Latin a human face, the voice of the slave, the voice of the woman, Christ preaching to publicans and prostitutes, Christianity being the 'religion of women and slaves', and it was Terence's Comedies which were used in medieval monasteries and in Renaissance grammar schools for teaching Latin to men and women both"
Latin with Laughter: Terence through Time

The Clouds - due 09/16 by 5:00pm

Prometheus Bound- due 09/09 by 5:00pm

Prometheus Fountain (1934)- Paul Manship, Rockefeller Center, New York City
Prometheus bringing fire to humanity.

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