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Summer 2021 | ENGL 3007 Section 301: Shakespeare (81438)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
College of Continuing Education
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Summer Session 14 wk
12:00AM - 12:00AM
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (25 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- For over four hundred years, William Shakespeare has remained the most quoted poet and the most regularly produced playwright in the world. From Nelson Mandela to Toni Morrison, from South African playwright Welcome Msomi to Kuwaiti playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam, Shakespeare's works have continued to influence and inspire authors and audiences everywhere. This course examines representative works of Shakespeare from a variety of critical perspectives, as cultural artifacts of their day, but also as texts that have had a long and enduring vitality. This is a required course for English majors and minors, but it should also interest any student who wants to understand why and how Shakespeare continues to be one of the most important literary figures in the English language. English majors/minors must take this course A-F only grading basis.
- Class Notes:
- For more course details, see https://ccaps.umn.edu/credit-courses/shakespeare
- Class Description:
- How do we explain the enduring popularity of Shakespeare's plays? In this course, we will read a selection of his plays (two comedies, two tragedies, and two history plays). We will situate them in their historical context before considering their reception and adaptation across a range of temporal and geographic locations. Readings will likely include "The Taming of the Shrew," "Much Ado About Nothing," "King Lear," "Othello," "Richard II," and "Henry V."
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81438/1215
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 April 2016
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