ENGL 418

Spring 2018 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 16-May 2

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 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	54465	Lecture-Discussion	1G	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	English Building	Gray, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This course aims to give you a strong grounding in analyzing Shakespeare’s drama, including some of his lesser-known works, by reading at least seven of his plays, from Taming of the Shrew to Coriolanus, alongside background essays, source texts, and scholarly articles. We will explore Shakespeare’s growing versatility in a range of dramatic genres: history, comedy, tragedy, romance, and the “problem play.” Across these genres, we will investigate the development of his poetic skill, focusing on language alongside plot and character, while also considering how he reworks some of his key sources. We will think about his plays not only as historical artifacts, produced within a specific context and responding to prior works, but also as living texts that continue to be performed today. We will therefore intertwine multiple methods in our analysis. We’ll engage in close reading of his dramatic verse (which is, after all, often poetry); analyze historical background and contemporary critical articles (to situate Shakespeare both within his historical time period and within present day scholarly debates); and watch and perform key scenes (to consider drama as performance and performance as an interpretive act). Students who took my Fall 218 course cannot sign up for this class. Restriction(s): Restricted to English or Rhetoric or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	54464	Lecture-Discussion	1U	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	English Building	Gray, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course aims to give you a strong grounding in analyzing Shakespeare’s drama, including some of his lesser-known works, by reading at least seven of his plays, from Taming of the Shrew to Coriolanus, alongside background essays, source texts, and scholarly articles. We will explore Shakespeare’s growing versatility in a range of dramatic genres: history, comedy, tragedy, romance, and the “problem play.” Across these genres, we will investigate the development of his poetic skill, focusing on language alongside plot and character, while also considering how he reworks some of his key sources. We will think about his plays not only as historical artifacts, produced within a specific context and responding to prior works, but also as living texts that continue to be performed today. We will therefore intertwine multiple methods in our analysis. We’ll engage in close reading of his dramatic verse (which is, after all, often poetry); analyze historical background and contemporary critical articles (to situate Shakespeare both within his historical time period and within present day scholarly debates); and watch and perform key scenes (to consider drama as performance and performance as an interpretive act). Students who took my Fall 218 course cannot sign up for this class. Restriction(s): Restricted to English or Rhetoric or Creative Writing major(s) or minor(s). Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.