LIT4019 Sp Top: Shakespeare Politics of Perform

For the past four hundred or so years, Shakespeare has remained the preeminent English playwright. His work has never been out of print - and more importantly, never off stage. What has contributed to this endurance? Students in this class will explore eight of Shakespeare’s plays with that question in mind. They will look closely at Shakespeare’s handling of his own political milieu, and explore how the plays are used to comment upon more contemporary political realities. To that end, film screenings and attendance at at least one performance will be mandatory. Methodologies include close reading with metric verse technique, and the theoretical approaches of New Historicism and Cultural Criticism. Credits: 3.000

WRT 3011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 And (ART 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or COM 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or EDU 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 OrLIT 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or HUM 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 OrNSC 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or SOC 3001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00)