Sonoma State University
Department of English
New Shakespeares Sixteenth Annual April 26, 2008 Free and Open to the Public |
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Welcome to the symposium 10:30-11:40, Schulz 1121 Historicizing Shakespeare Chair: Brantley Bryant, Sonoma State University William, Babula, Sonoma State University, “Secret Codes in Shakespeare: An Essay on Baconians, Oxfordians, Catholics, and Filthy Minds.” Thomas Sowders, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, “Little and Cunning: The Microcosmic Motion of King Hamlet's Ghost." Sara D. Schotland, Georgetown University, “Bullcalf’s Reluctance to Go to War— Historicizing the Life of the Elizabethan Soldier.” 11:50-1:00, Schulz 1121 Shakespearean Modalities of Desire: Affect, Mimesis, and Poetic Erotics Chair: Chingling Wo, Sonoma State University Brad Buchanan, California State University, Sacramento, “‘What Infectiously Itself Affects’: Affection and Affectation in Shakespearean Texts.” Chris Cullen, California State University, Chico, “Mimetic Desire’s Influence on Bianca’s Love Triangle in The Taming of the Shrew.” Kay Stanton, California State University, Fullerton, “‘Passion lends them power’: The Sonnet Form and the Dramatized Poetic Erotics of Romeo and Juliet.” 1:40-2:50, Schulz 1121 Re-Reading Othello Chair: Judith Friscia and Michelle Denham, Sonoma State University Avram Mendelson, San Francisco State University, “Savage Madness: Out of Control Bodies in Othello and The Tempest.” Ryan Ferland, “The Clown in Othello: Deliberately Unfunny?” Roxanne Rashedi, University of California, Berkeley, “Psychosomatic Explosion of the Zealous Lover.” 3:00-4:30, Schulz 1121 ‘Murder most foul’: Re-examining Violence, Guilt and Speech in Hamlet Chairs: Adrienne Kolb and Cheryl LaRondelle, Sonoma Sate University Kim Cullen Rawley, California State University, Bakersfield, “‘Foul Strange and Unnatural’: The Role of Poison in Hamlet.” Heather Donovan, California State University, Sacramento, “‘Look With Thine Ears’: Narration as ‘Ocular Proof’ in Hamlet.” Lisa C. Geren, California State University, Sacramento, “Claudius’s Guilt Revealed.” Sarah Roby, California State University, Sacramento, “Ophelia and her Words: Signifiers of a Signifier. |