MACS 117

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Shakespeare on Film
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 117. See ENGL 117.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts
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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
58611
Lecture-Discussion
S
2:00PM -3:15PM
MW
148 Armory
Stevens, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Degree Notes:
Humanities - Lit & Arts course.
Section Info:
This introductory-level survey covers at least six of Shakespeare’s plays alongside notable film versions or, indeed, wholesale reinventions of those plays. We’ll likely cover The Taming of the Shrew; Romeo and Juliet; The Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; Othello; and The Tempest. Films include Franco Zeffirelli’s The Taming of the Shrew (1976); Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet (1996); Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice; Roman Polanski’s Macbeth (1971); Billy Morrissette’s Scotland, PA (2001); Oliver Parker’s Othello (1995); and Derek Jarman’s The Tempest (1979). Expect also to see a range of short clips from a variety of filmed live performances. In our weekly lectures, I will provide an overview of the play under consideration, concentrating especially on key moments that suggest multiple possibilities for performance. I assume neither expertise in Shakespeare nor in the vocabulary of film criticism; consider the course an entryway to both disciplines.
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