{"id":11473,"date":"2026-07-22T07:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/?page_id=11473"},"modified":"2026-07-30T08:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:15:22","slug":"olli-fall-2026-syllabus-tues-at-mab2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare\/olli-fall-2026-syllabus-tues-at-mab2\/","title":{"rendered":"OLLI Fall 2026 Syllabus – Tues. at MAB2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Plays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time:<\/strong> Fall 2026. Tuesdays 12:45 p.m. \u2013 2:15 p.m. (Sept. 08 \u2013 Nov. 10).
Location: Maryland Pkwy campus, 4350 S. Maryland Pkwy. MAB2. Room 158.
Instructor: <\/strong>Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> ajdrake@ajdrake.com<\/a> | Web:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/shakespeare<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommended Texts <\/strong>(*These editions can often be bought used at lower cost.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakespeare. Sonnets and Poems. <\/em>Folger\/Simon & Schuster, 2006. ISBN-13: \u200e978-0743273282<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakespeare. Henry VI, Pt. 3. <\/em>Folger\/Simon & Schuster, 2009. ISBN-13: \u200e978-0671722685.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing. <\/em>Updated ed. Folger\/Simon & Schuster, 2018. ISBN-13: \u200e978-1501146305.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakespeare. Coriolanus. <\/em>Folger\/Simon & Schuster, 2020. ISBN-13: \u200e978-1982157371.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakespeare. Cymbeline. <\/em>Folger\/Simon & Schuster, 2020. ISBN-13: \u200e978-1982156916.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Description:<\/strong> We will examine sonnets and plays by Shakespeare that tend towards the experimental and exploratory. The highly wrought, \u201csugared\u201d style of the sonnets and their treatment of romantic and sexual love will be our starting point, and we will move on to the third historical study in Shakespeare\u2019s minor tetralogy, Henry VI, Pt. 3, <\/em>along with the delightfully witty and feisty mid-career comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. <\/em>We will end with a pair of Shakespeare\u2019s later plays: the structurally superb but temperamentally difficult tragedy Coriolanus <\/em>and, finally, the temporally eccentric romance Cymbeline, <\/em>with its bizarre sliding from ancient Britain and Rome to a suspiciously \u201cRenaissancey\u201d Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links of Interest:<\/strong> Intro to Shakespeare\u2019s Life & Times<\/a> | Shakespeare\u2019s Language & Art Pt. 1<\/a> | Shakespeare\u2019s Language & Art Pt. 2<\/a> | Selected Sonnets<\/a> | 3 Henry VI<\/a><\/em> | Much Ado About Nothing<\/a><\/em> | Coriolanus<\/a><\/em> | Cymbeline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule (Subject to change)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 01<\/strong>    09\/08<\/strong>         Introduction to Shakespeare and the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 02   09\/15<\/strong>         Selected Sonnets, <\/em>to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 03   09\/22<\/strong>         Henry VI Pt. 3, <\/em>Acts 1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 04   09\/29         <\/strong>Henry VI Pt. 3, <\/em>Acts 3-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 05  10\/06         <\/strong>Much Ado About Nothing,<\/em> Acts 1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 06   10\/13         <\/strong>Much Ado About Nothing,<\/em> Acts 3-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 07   10\/20         <\/strong>Coriolanus, <\/em>Acts 1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 08   10\/27         <\/strong>Coriolanus, <\/em>Acts 3-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 09   11\/03         <\/strong>Cymbeline, <\/em>Acts 1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 10   11\/10         <\/strong>Cymbeline, <\/em>Acts 3-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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