POL 381 - Shakespeare’s Politics

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Assumption University

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Perhaps transcending the distinction between theorist and poet, Shakespeare has given the world dramatic portrayals of the most enduring problems of politics. This course will focus on how Shakespeare’s political works shed light on one of those problems, namely the problem of grand ambition and statesmanship. This course seeks to clarify how Shakespeare’s dramatic works reveal the sinuous relationship between the welfare of the political community, which frequently requires outstanding individuals to save and even perfect it, and the potentially dangerous and destabilizing ambitions of the community’s most talented citizens. In this course, the professor and students, through seminar discussion, will closely read those plays representative of Shakespeare’s Roman and British histories. (Not offered in 2006-2007) Dobski/ Three credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.assumption.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 767-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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