ENG 2250 - SHAKESPEARE

credits: 3.0
This course introduces the student to the study of Shakespeare’s plays. Will examine these from a structural point of view. (Plot, characterization, themes, ideas, language devices, etc.) We will read five plays from the comedies and tragedies. Objectives: A) Explore, explain and understand Shakespearean dramatic texts: the student will demonstrate that he or she can read the plays with sensitivity and understanding; B) Be aware of how different readings of the plays modify our understandings of the text; C) Understand Elizabethan-Jacobean theatrical literary and linguistic conventions; D) Understand some important aspects of the society in which Elizabethans lived and wrote and how they affected Shakespeare’s dramaturgy; E) Discuss the dramatists’ exploration of the great themes of human experience, (i.e., power, love, death, justice, etc.). Method of Instruction: Lectures and discussion. Method of Evaluation: An essay on each play (75%) and quizzes (25%). Meets *WEP Distribution Requirement.