SHAKESPEARE IN CONTEXT in Fall 2024 (CL3038)

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Considers a selection of Shakespeare's plays in the context of the dramatist's explorations of the possibilities of theatricality. Examines how theater is represented in his work and how his work lends itself to production in theater and film today. Students view video versions, visit Paris theaters, and travel to London and Stratford-on-Avon to see the Royal Shakespeare Company in performance.

Course Master: 
SHAKESPEARE IN CONTEXT (CL3038)
Term: 
Fall 2024
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Cross Listed: 
SHAKESPEARE IN CONTEXT in Fall 2024 (DR3038)
Exam Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 09:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will have absorbed the texts of several Shakespeare.
  2. Students will have learned the significance of the different genres of Shakespeare's plays, among which: tragedies comedies, histories and romances, as well as problem-plays.
  3. Students will have developed a comprehension of Shakespeare's world and the art of his period.
  4. Students will have learned to relate Shakespeare to contemporary concerns, such as with power, gender, geographical and cultural "otherness", colonialism, war, fanaticism, evil, forgiveness and reconciliation.
  5. Students will haveBegun to grasp something of Shakespeare's development as a dramatist, through his constant self-revision and self-criticism.
  6. Students will have Viewed as many of Shakespeare's plays as possible in performance (on screen, live productions and in recordings of productions).

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
WINTER'S TALE THE
SHAKESPEARE
CAMBRIDGE
9780521293730
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
SHAKESPEARE
CAMBRIDGE
9780521612876
HENRY IV PART. 1
SHAKESPEARE
CAMBRIDGE
9780521626897
MEASURE FOR MEASURE (NCS)
SHAKESPEARE
CAMBRIDGE
9780521670784
MACBETH, NEW 2ND EDITION
SHAKESPEARE
CAMBRIDGE
9780521680981

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, September 2, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Monday
10:35
11:55
G-L22
Thursday
10:35
11:55
G-L22