Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SHAKESPERE AND THEORY ***** We will read Shakespeare's plays as part of the historically specific cultural context in which they were produced and should be read. The particular aspects of culture selected for study were chosen not only because they are important in themselves but also because compelling modern critical studies have been written about them. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1599) will provide a common text for the class, but in addition each member of the seminar will be responsible for choosing three or four other Shakespearean plays to report on for the semester, each week considering these same plays, along with Twelfth Night in light of that's week's cultural focus.