Assessment
Attendance and participation: 15 %
Course Assignments (online): 15 %
Presentation (pair work): 25 %
Exam 1 (commentary): 20 %
Exam 2 (essay): 25 %

Students taking the final exam:

${1}iPart 1:${1}i Exam
· 10 short questions about the topic of the course (Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, The Elizabethan Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, courtly love and Petrarchism, literary criticism, screen versions)
· The discussion and analysis of a short extract. (There will be 3 extracts to be chosen from.)
· An essay on one of the three plays. (There will be 3 essay questions to be chosen from. Nevertheless, the play chosen for the essay has to be different from the one chosen for the discussion of the extract.)

${1}iPart 2:${1}i Written assignment
A monographic study on a Shakespeare play, different from the ones discussed in class, or on another topic related to the course, e.g. the role of women in Shakespeare's plays, Shakespeare's sources, etc.
Once you've decided on your topic, come and talk to me about the plan of work.