Shakespeare Today

Three credits · Undergraduate

Who was Othello’s first wife? What would happen if Shakespeare’s characters teamed up to murder their creator? In this course, students read Shakespeare’s plays paired with adaptations, which could include films, graphic novels, plays, poems, and prose texts. Students will interrogate ideas of high- and low-brow culture and literary canon and learn to think critically about literature, adaptation, popularity. What does Shakespeare mean to us today? Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111 or equivalent. Three credits.