ENGL 204 - Shakespeare: Contemporary Issues

3 HU, WR
First Semester. 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. Monday lectures with lecture/discussions on Wednesday and Friday. British, Pre-1700.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Gorfain

Credits: 3 hours