Shakespeare for Writers

(4 Credits)

This text analysis course is designed to impart to the modern dramatist an understanding of Shakespeare's technique and craft, providing specific examples of how it is used today by the best writers across the dramatic media of stage and screen. The class will focus on an intensive analysis of Shakespeare's plays. Various dramas from the 20-year span of Shakespeare's career will be sampled to investigate how he used structure, patterns, story, plot, character, language, meter, etc. to create works for a contemporary theater. Through discussions and written assignments, the class will expand a student's own dramatic skill set.