Shakespeare

Catalog description

Students in the course will read, watch, study, and discuss a variety of Shakespeare’s representative works, including selections from among his comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. Over the course of the semester students will consider why Shakespeare’s works have been, and continue to be, valued by so many different people and cultures all around the world (over the past four centuries his works have been translated into at least 80 languages, and have been staged by actors in at least 150 countries). In addition to experiencing how Shakespeare’s works can actually be fun and thrilling to encounter, students will consider what value and power Shakespeare’s works might continue to have for helping us to better understand ourselves, each other, and the world around.