This class was fine – it definitely covered all the basics of Shakespeare in a mostly engaging way. I would say that McEachern shut down conversations that were beyond the mainstream scholarship but I suppose that is normal for teaching of early Shakespeare. The reading and work level was also consistently manageable. I'd recommend this class if you need to take your 150 series historical distribution class, but not if you want to fall in love with Shakespearean literature.

Nice professor, very knowledgable and made learning about Shakespeare fun. I really appreciated her many options for paper topic prompts and thoughtful comments on essays. Grading seemed appropriate, if you put in the required amount of effort and pay attention to what the prompt is asking for she will definitely acknowledge that. The midterm was pretty difficult in that you had to respond to 5 short answer essay questions (responses were supposed to be a page each) in under two hours. I think three questions would have been a more appropriate ask with the amount of time that we were given. She prefers students to write notes by hand but talks pretty fast so I recommend typing your notes if you want to stay on top of everything. Overall a great class, if you're looking to fulfill your historical requirements I recommend taking Professor McEachern!