Major - Shakespeare Before 1600

ENGL 2536  Shakespeare Before 1600

Prerequisites:

Three credits of 1000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 1501, ENGL 1502) or any 18 credits completed (excluding ENGL 1501, ENGL 1502, ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011).

Antirequisites:

ENGL 2535

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course introduces students to the field of Shakespeare studies which includes the plays, their culture, and contemporary research sources. Close formal analysis of the printed texts is supplemented by a treatment of the theatrical aspects of the plays and by the application of current theoretical approaches. The main focus in this course will be on selected plays of different genres written before 1600.