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Shakespeare
Goldsmiths - Full Curriculum Program
London, England
Dates: 9/22/21 - 12/18/21
Shakespeare
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Goldsmiths, University of London
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
DESCRIPTION
A study of the majority of Shakespeare’s plays, undertaken roughly in the order in which they were written or performed, is augmented by close analysis of the poetic means and theatrical conditions through which the playwright emerges.
Looking at the plays alongside the theatres of Elizabethan London and the social politics of the period, we will examine how language and drama evolve in Shakespeare’s craft and the enduringness of his art. The module will take in a range of early modern concerns, political, social, domestic, geographical and aesthetic to explore the evolution of media – the written text and the theatrical production.
Specified passages from ‘set plays’ (annually varied) are set for close reading exercises in the module. Shakespeare’s other texts are placed within Shakespeare’s whole work and the culture of the age.
Looking at the plays alongside the theatres of Elizabethan London and the social politics of the period, we will examine how language and drama evolve in Shakespeare’s craft and the enduringness of his art. The module will take in a range of early modern concerns, political, social, domestic, geographical and aesthetic to explore the evolution of media – the written text and the theatrical production.
Specified passages from ‘set plays’ (annually varied) are set for close reading exercises in the module. Shakespeare’s other texts are placed within Shakespeare’s whole work and the culture of the age.