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Shakespeare: Text and Performance
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Program
London, England
Dates: 8/29/18 - 12/15/18
Shakespeare: Text and Performance
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: English Language & Literature
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Introduction to Literature, or reasonable equivalent
DESCRIPTION
This unit offers students the chance to engage with a selection of Shakespeare?s drama, on the page, on stage and on film. Shakespeare?s range as a dramatist will be conveyed by moving from the early to the late plays, and exploring examples of comedy, history and tragedy. We will be applying feminist theory to a number of the texts as well as exploring responses to interpreting the texts by actors and directors. The module will explore Shakespeare?s dramatic texts and changing approaches to their production since their original performances in the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. In the opening lecture and in our work on individual plays, we will explore the work of Shakespeare in the context of the politics, religion, social conditions of his own time and ours. We will explore the impact of performers, directors, legislators and critics on the reception and production of Shakespeare?s work at different key points.