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ENGL220
Shakespeare and Critical Theory
ENGL220 SP
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 20 15 5
This course has two aims: 1) to introduce students to the
various critical methodologies, including Marxism, feminism,
psychoanalysis, New Historicism, gay theory and
post-colonial criticism, that have transformed the study of
literature since the 1960s, and 2) to explore how these
different methodologies have been employed within
Shakespeare studies to interpret the linguistic, theatrical,
political and historical dimensions of the plays, their
relations to ideology and society, and the history of their
critical reception. Although substantial attention will be
devoted to reading the plays themselves, the course will
focus equally on reading others' readings of Shakespeare.
Class discussions will focus initially on the ideologies
that have shaped Shakespeare criticism, and then consider
the ways in which different critical paradigms relate to,
address or occlude one another.
MAJOR READINGS
Shakespeare. HAMLET, OTHELLO, AS YOU LIKE
IT, HENRY V, THE TEMPEST
E.M.W. Tillyard. THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE
Jean Howard & Marion O'Connor. SHAKESPEARE REPRODUCED
Jonathan Dollimore & Alan Sinfield. POLITICAL SHAKESPEARE.
Catherine Belsey. CRITICAL PRACTICE
Drekakis, ALTERNATIVE SHAKESPEARES
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
A mid-term, final paper, and
class presentation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course counts
toward the department's Pre-1800 and Theory requirements.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
ENGL201
- Section 01
- Korda, N
- Times: .T.T... 2:40PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 0, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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