ENGL 418

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Shakespeare

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Survey of the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Reading assignments will reflect the generic diversity and historical breadth of Shakespeare's work.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 418 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	54465	Lecture-Discussion	1G	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Newcomb, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This course explores seven Shakespearean plays from a range of dramatic genres. We’ll look especially at the features that made these plays popular in their day: their open staging, their playful language, their laying bare of the period’s familial, national, gender, and racial tensions. We'll also consider how the meanings of ‘Shakespeare’ proliferate through the constant, sometimes subversive, reinvention of the plays by literary critics, performers, and adapters world-wide. That diversity compels us to use multiple interpretive frames to look at the plays: close reading; informal staging; film analysis; feminist, historicist, postcolonial, and queer studies critical approaches. Be ready for proactive discussion, performance experiments, a library visit, and attending at least on Shakespeare play on campus, as well as special events marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death this April. Written assignments include informal writings, two focused short papers, a longer paper based on guided research (7-9 pp.), and a final exam. TEXTS: (these print editions are required): Greenblatt et al, eds., Shakespeare: Essential Plays (3rd edition, 2015, ISBN 978-0-393-93863-0); McDonald, ed., Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (2nd edition, ISBN 978-0312248802); at least one individual play edition. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	54464	Lecture-Discussion	1U	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	149 Henry Administration Bldg	Newcomb, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Restricted to Engl/Rhet majors through the advanced enrollment period. Open to all majors on 11/23/15. This course explores seven Shakespearean plays from a range of dramatic genres. We’ll look especially at the features that made these plays popular in their day: their open staging, their playful language, their laying bare of the period’s familial, national, gender, and racial tensions. We'll also consider how the meanings of ‘Shakespeare’ proliferate through the constant, sometimes subversive, reinvention of the plays by literary critics, performers, and adapters world-wide. That diversity compels us to use multiple interpretive frames to look at the plays: close reading; informal staging; film analysis; feminist, historicist, postcolonial, and queer studies critical approaches. Be ready for proactive discussion, performance experiments, a library visit, and attending at least on Shakespeare play on campus, as well as special events marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death this April. Written assignments include informal writings, two focused short papers, a longer paper based on guided research (7-9 pp.), and a final exam. TEXTS: (these print editions are required): Greenblatt et al, eds., Shakespeare: Essential Plays (3rd edition, 2015, ISBN 978-0-393-93863-0); McDonald, ed., Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (2nd edition, ISBN 978-0312248802); at least one individual play edition. Restriction(s): Restricted to English or Rhetoric or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.