Queer Shakespeare

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Men desiring men, women desiring women, women presenting themselves as men, and men presenting themselves as women abound in Shakespeare's plays. This course examines the moments in these texts when gender and sexual expression are not directed by male/female, hetero-/homosexual, or cis-/transgender binaries. We will also consider literary criticism and film adaptations of these plays, both for the light they shed on the primary texts and as objects of analysis in their own rights. Counts toward the pre-1800 requirement. (Cross-listed with WS-310.)