Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2021-2022
FREN 337 - SHAKESPEARE IN THE CARIBBEAN
Long Title: SHAKESPEARE IN THE CARIBBEAN: POST/COLONIAL READINGS
Department: Modrn & Classicl Lit & Culture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This course examines English translations of Caribbean and Latin American writers' retellings of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Students will explore the construction of identity (including race and gender) and otherness since the beginning of the colonial project (1492). We will question the relationship between colonized and colonizer, and tropes such as the Master/Slave relationship. Taught in English.