ENGL 305 - Authority and Subversion in Shakespearean Drama

4 HU, WR
Second Semester. Authority and challenges to it create tensions on many levels in Shakespeare’s plays. Whether authority derives from institutions such as the Church or monarchy, from patriarchal family structures or social norms, from gender expectations or sexual roles, or from literary genres and conventions – disobedience, subversion, or critique motivate character, action, language, form, and stage interpretations in Shakespearean drama. We will study six to seven plays within histories of order and disorder in early modern England. British, Pre-1700.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: See headnote above. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. Gorfain

Credits: 4 hours