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ENGL120
Shakespeare on Film
ENGL120 SP
Not Currently Offered
This course will introduce students to Shakespeare's
dramatic works via film. Through close analysis of filmed
versions of Shakespeare's plays, we will examine a variety
of critical and interpretaive issues, such as reception,
staging, textual editing, historical and political contexts,
and the representation of sexuality, gender and race.
MAJOR READINGS
William Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW, RICHARD III. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND
JULIET, HENRY IV parts 1 and 2, HENRY V, HAMLET, OTHELLO,
KING LEAR, THE TEMPEST.
Major Films: Sam Taylor's (1929) and Franco Zeffirelli's
(1967) THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Laurence Olivier's (1955) and Richard Loncraine's (1995)
RICHARD III
Al Pacino's (1996) LOOKING FOR RICHARD
Max Reinhardt's (1935) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Woody Allen's (1982) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY
Franco Zeffirelli's (1968) and Baz Luhrman's (1996) ROMEO
AND JULIET
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbin's (1961) WEST SIDE STORY
Orson Welles' (1967) CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
Gus Van Sant's (1991) MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
Laurence Olivier's (1944) and Kenneth Branagh's (1989) HENRY
V
Olivier's (1948), Zeffirelli's (1990) and Branagh's (1997)
HAMLET
Branagh's (1995) A MIDWINTER'S TALE
Welles' (1952) and Oliver Parker's (1995) OTHELLO
Peter Brook's (1971) and Jean-Luc Godard's (1987) KING LEAR
Akira Kurasawa's (1985) RAN
Peter Greenaway's (1991) PROSPERO'S BOOKS
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be required to
keep a weekly film journal and write a final paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
In addition to
reading the plays and attending class, students will be
required to attend weekly film screenings.
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: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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