Spring 2001	Mr. Pierce
English/Comparative Literature 231 MW, 7:30-8:45 pm King 227	Rice 106, (440) 775-8583, Office hours: MW, 1:30-2:20; Tu, 1:30-3:00, & by appt
	E-mail: Robert.Pierce@oberlin.edu

Don Juan: Transformations of a Legend

Texts:

Mandel, Oscar, ed. The Theatre of Don Juan: A Collection of Plays and Views, 1630-1963.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963.

Shaw, Bernard. Man and Superman. New York: Penguin, 1946.

Websites:

Byron, Don Juan. www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/donjuan.html

Moliere, Dom Juan (in French). http://eserver.org/drama/dom-juan.html

Tirso, El Burlador (in Spanish). http://listserv.ccit.arizona.edu/pub/listserv/comedia/bursev.html

Feb. 5 Introduction

Feb. 7 Tirso de Molina, The Playboy of Seville, Mandel, pp. 37-99

Feb. 12 Tirso, talk by Professor Perez de Leon

Feb. 14 Tirso discussion

Feb. 19 Moliere, Don Juan, Mandel, pp. 110-63, talk by Professor De Jesus

Feb. 21 Moliere discussion; journal due

Feb. 26 Mozart and Da Ponte, Don Giovanni, Mandel, pp. 278-315, to be read with recording or videotape, talk by Professor Suskin

Feb. 28 Don Giovanni, talk by Professor Suskin

Mar. 5 Don Giovanni

Mar. 7 Don Giovanni, paper due

Mar. 12 Hoffman, etc. Mandel, pp. 319-26, 447-54

Mar. 14 Group projects

Mar. 19 Zorrilla, Don Juan Tenorio, Mandel, pp. 464-538

Mar. 21 Zorrilla discussion; journal due

Apr. 2 Byron, Don Juan, Dedication, Cantos 1 and 2, talk by Professor Jones

Apr. 4 Byron, Don Juan, discussion

Apr. 9 Shaw, Man and Superman

Apr. 11 Shaw discussion

Apr. 16 Shaw, Epistle Dedicatory

Apr. 18 Group projects

Apr. 23 Shampoo, talk by Professor Day

Apr. 25 Shampoo discussion

Apr. 30 Group projects

May 2 Group projects; paper due

May 7 Don Juan de Marco, view film

May 9 Don Juan de Marco discussion; journal due

Attendance and participation in class, including group reports 25%

Maintenance of journal 25%

Two papers, 5-7 pages each 50%

The Journal:

Each student should keep a journal with the following components:

• For each reading or viewing assignment: A couple of paragraphs of comments and questions based on your reactions immediately after completing the text. You should always include at least one question that you would like to bring up in class.
• For each lecture: Full notes with marginal annotations in the form of your questions and comments.
• For each discussion: Your class notes and comments. It is tricky to take notes on discussion, but try to get the main topics of discussion down along with important points made.

I recommend that you use either a loose-leaf notebook or a bound one for your journal. I will ask you to turn it in three times, and I will try to return it promptly with comments. The journal may be partly or wholly handwritten, but try to make it as readable as possible, though your class notes will probably be less so than the rest. (Don't bother to recopy them.) What I am asking you to do is to stop and reflect after each course activity, that is, after reading a text, hearing a lecture, participating in discussion, etc. As quickly as possible get some of these thoughts down on paper. Don't let the journal go and then try to catch up all at once; that undermines the point of the assignment.

Class Participation:

The first requirement is attendance at both lectures and discussions. If you are ill or have another unavoidable conflict, I do not require a dean's excuse, but please let me know if you will be absent for more than one class. Do try to take part in discussion even if that is hard for you. Remember that questions are just as valuable as statements and that there is nothing wrong with revealing you are confused about something. Staying confused without asking is the real crime.

For the group report I will ask a small group of you to choose a Don Juan text (freely defined) in some medium and present it in class on the day assigned. You may make a brief assignment to the class, and you may use whatever techniques work best. Let me know a week in advance what text you have chosen.

The Papers:

For each of the papers I would like you to develop and expand on one of the ideas in your journal in relation to one of the texts we study (or you may compare something in two texts). The two papers should concentrate on different texts. The primary focus should be critical, developing an idea about the text(s), though you may bring in scholarly, historical, and other material if it is relevant. For each paper I want you to read at least one piece of criticism (an article, chapter of a book, or whatever) and to include it in a bibliography at the end of your paper, whether or not you have occasion to refer to it in your own text. At least one source should be in print, though you may also use on-line material if you wish. Each paper should be roughly five to seven typed or word-processed double-spaced pages in length. You may print front and back if you prefer. I do want a hard copy.

If you use sources beyond our text, be sure to document your use properly. You may use any standard system of documentation, but don't make up your own or try to remember one that you learned in the past. Notice that Web sources should be documented by URL. Quotations should be indicated by quotation marks or by being set off and indented. You need not footnote to our texts but for quotations should indicate page numbers in parentheses in the body of your text. You need not document information or opinions from me, class lecturers, or fellow students; and if is perfectly appropriate to have someone else read a draft and comment on it. (I am glad to look at partial or complete drafts.) Putting your name on your paper affirms that the work is your own with borrowings properly indicated. If you are in doubt about proper procedure, consult with me, which you can do even when you are handing the paper in. Academic work for this course is covered by the Honor Code.

Reserve List:

821 7B99DBR	Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan and Other Satirical Poems, ed. Louis I. Bredvold
PQ.2605 O'Brien M913.1991	Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, trans. Justin
808.8 M312T	Mandel, Oscar, ed. The Theatre of Don Juan
PN57.D7 D59 1991	Miller, Jonathan, ed. Don Giovanni: Myths of Seduction and Betrayal
BF.175 R313	Rank, Otto, The Don Juan Legend, trans. David G. Winter
PN57.D7 S48 1990	Smeed, J. W. Don Juan: Variations on a Them
PT2378.A2 E5 1985b	Taylor, Ronald, trans. Six German Romantic Tales
809 W433M	Weinstein, Leo. The Metamorphoses of Don Juan