Seats Still Open in ETS 115, Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes

Welcome back to Spring semester 2012!

Image of William Shakespeare There are still open spaces in ETS 115, Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes (#60778 section M002). It meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am – 12:20pm.

Below is the course description.

In this course we will be reading six of Shakespeare’s tragedies, with particular emphasis on the playwright’s characterization of each play’s tragic heroes and heroines. We will first seek out a definition of what constitutes the tragic form (e.g. Aristotle’s Poetics, Sidney’s The Defense of Poesy) with readings from early examples of this genre (e.g. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex), before questioning why this genre became so popular in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. There are several sub-genres within the tragic form (love tragedy, political tragedy, domestic tragedy, revenge tragedy), often with unclear generic boundaries dividing them, and we will observe how Shakespeare is responding to other contemporary tragic modes. During the course we will be discussing moral intent and the tragic form, dramatic resolution, censorship, and contemporary playing conditions and players. We will discuss six of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes and heroines, from the fierce but pitiful Titus to the ambitious but conscience-stricken Macbeth, and identify recurring trends, concerns and motifs in Shakespeare’s tragic writing. The six plays we will be reading are Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.

Other Honors Courses are filling up fast!  Check out our Honors Courses for Spring 2012 for more listings.

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship Winner Announced

Jamie GerstHonors student Jamie Gerst has won the Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship! She will receive $2500 to help her study in London in this spring with SU Abroad. Jamie is a fourth year Industrial Design student in VPA; she has an Entrepreneurship minor. The SU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi provided this competitive scholarship, which will be offered annually through SU Abroad. Jamie is the first recipient of the scholarship. Congratulations Jamie!

Student Civic Engagement Opportunity: Ronald Taylor

Honors Student Ronald Taylor

Honors freshman and Coronat Scholar Ronald Taylor founded Cultural Project for Rejuvenation (CPR) in his hometown of Hempstead, New York in 2009, and now he’s bringing it to Wilson Park Community Center in Syracuse. Focussed on developing the whole person, the program uniquely develops young people from the inside out, as opposed to handing them the “leadership guidebook.” As the program begins in Syracuse, Ronald looks forward to creating a strong and encouraging environment for youth at Wilson Park. With a new semester ahead and a supportive team in both Wilson Park and the Policy Studies Department in Maxwell, Ronald is ambitiously seeking to ‘do good” in the Syracuse Community.

Want to join him? He can be reached at rtaylors@syr.edu

Civic Engagement Opportunity!

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Attention Honors students!

ONEHEARTSOURCE is a student-initiated volunteer opportunity in Tanzania, East Africa.

With little sustainable health care infrastructure or equal distribution of resources in most developing countries, the need for change is urgent; yet the implementation of constructive change needs to be done with passionate consideration and motivated self-initiative. You can help!

Volunteer with One Heart Source as a teacher and mentor in Tanzania or South Africa. Gain international experience, live amongst the diverse groups community, learn a new language, and involve yourself in development & aid, global health, education, and much more!

JOIN OUR SRING and SUMMER 2012 PROGRAMS!

Spring: April 2 – May 18, 2012
Summer: Beginning in May, see http://oneheartsource.org/volunteer/summer.html for details

* In Tanzania: Live with a Maasai family and become an active member in their household
* In South Africa: Combine in-classroom teaching with after school mentoring to help provide a quality education to underprivileged youth
* Improve the quality of education through teaching English to local students
* Converse about HIV/AIDS prevention, family planning, and community health to adults and children in neighboring home-stays
* Work with a dynamic team of international university students

Be a part of our movement for sustainable social change. Together, we can make a lasting impact;
in our own lives and in the lives of others.

Apply now for our Spring and Summer Programs!
The first round of applications will be considered beginning Friday December 2, 2011. These programs can be very competitive so apply early!
Email completed applications to: applications@oneheartsource.org

For more information and to download the program application, please visit:www.oneheartsource.org/volunteer