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21L.009

Shakespeare

3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H · Undergraduate

Focuses on the close reading of six to eight of Shakespeare plays, as well as their adaptation for stage and/or film. Selected texts cover the range of genres in which Shakespeare wrote (i.e., history, comedy, tragedy, and romance). Special emphasis in some terms on performances and adaptions of Shakespearean drama around the world. Plays studied vary across sections and from term to term, and have recently included Henry IV Part 1 , Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , King Lear , Othello , and The Tempest . Enrollment limited.

Spring 2004

Topics

  • Introduction and Overview
  • Film Screening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (cont.)
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Film Screening of Much Ado About Nothing
  • Much Ado About Nothing (cont.)
  • Othello
  • Othello (cont.)
  • Hamlet
  • Hamlet : Performance Groups Assigned
  • Hamlet (cont.)
  • Performance Group Meetings
  • Henry IV, Part I . Section Reports
  • Film Screening of Laurence Olivier’s Henry V (1944)
  • Group Rehearsals
  • Film Screening of Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V (1989)
  • Henry IV and Henry V. Section Reports. And/Or Guest Designer
  • Henry V. Section Reports, if not completed.
  • King Lear
  • Film Screening of Ran
  • King Lear (cont.)
  • The Tempest
  • The Tempest (cont.)
  • Film Screening of Prospero’s Books
  • The Tempest and Conclusions

Readings

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: None U (Fall, Spring) 3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H

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