ENGL 204 - Shakespeare and Contemporary Criticism

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3 HU, WR

New course added 10.04.2007.

Focused study of five plays representing history, comedy, tragedy, and romance: Henry IV, Part 1, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Contemporary critical methods and theories will be studied in connection with each play, including feminist, folkloristic/anthropological, new historicist, performance, and race criticism. Performance issues and student scenes (assuming no training) also included. Nature of Interpretation. British, Pre-1700. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Instructor: P. Gorfain
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites for this Introductory Gateway course, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.