Title: SHAKESPEARE

PRQ:

How did early modern playwrights fashion their works? Specifically, how did Shakespeare? The primary goal for the course is that students will learn how to answer these questions. We will read seven of the best-known works, representing different genres and periods in Shakespeare’s career, with close attention to the literary, theatrical, and linguistic conventions involved. Lecture-discussion format.

Weekly reading quizzes, three essays, final exam.

Shakespeare (Penguin-Pelican editions preferred): Henry IV, Part 1; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Measure for Measure; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest. John Marston, The Malcontent (New Mermaid).