LW423 Shakespeare and Identity:Race, Religion, Gender, and Sexuality On the Elizabethan Stage 3CR

This course considers the topic of identity from the standpoint of the Age of Shakespeare late 1500s to early 1600s). The syllabus focuses on eight early modern English plays by William Shakespeare and his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe that explore issues related to different types of identity (race, religion, gender, and sexuality). Shorter supplementary readings include poems, essays, and treatises from Shakespeare’s time, as well as classical writings that Shakespeare and his contemporaries would have known. Students are assigned one critical paper, one final project (create a mise en scéne of one of the plays on the syllabus), bi-weekly blogs, and oral presentations. Forty to sixty minutes of class time are set aside for Student Workshop/Critiques, in which students bring work-in-progress to present to instructor and peers for discussion, assessment, and advice towards course goals.[Formerly titled Shakespeare and the
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Prerequisites: LW200

Seminar

Fall and Spring