• Focuses on the close reading of six to eight of Shakespeare plays, as well as their adaptation for stage and/or film. Selected texts cover the range of genres in which Shakespeare wrote (i.e., history, comedy, tragedy, and romance). Special emphasis in some terms on performances and adaptions of Shakespearean drama around the world. Plays studied vary across sections and from term to term, and have recently includedHenry IV Part 1,Hamlet,A Midsummer Night's Dream,King Lear,Othello, andThe Tempest. Enrollment limited.

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