E 333 - Shakespeare

Institution:

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Subject:

Description:

3 credits This course focuses on a representative group of Shakespeare's sonnets, comedies, histories, and tragedies. Emphasis will be placed on close reading of the plays, with the intention of exploring some of Shakespeare's most pressing issues, including love, nature, death, dreams, relationships between parents and children, gender roles, freedom of the will, and reality itself. The course will also address the cultural milieu out of which the texts were generated; the meaning of the terms "comedy", "history?nd "tragedy"; and the relationship of the written plays to modern film adaptations.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.smumn.edu

Phone Number:

(507) 457-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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