406. Conducting II: Band ( 1/2) - ENGLISH 111. Topic: After

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Cornell College

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Hamlet Hamlet, the second most written-about text in Western literature after the Bible, is an elusive entity. Based on an older Scandinavian myth and perhaps a lost play, it has come down to us in no less than three seventeenth-century texts that present today's editors, readers, and theatre professionals with a host of interpretive questions. This introductory writing class begins by investigating some of the major interpretive puzzles and possibilities through a reading of Shakespeare's \basic" texts. We then study several _lm and theatre adaptations of Shakespeare's play and the interpretive choices of their creative teams. Finally, we will discuss other writers' creative adaptations, which re-interpret the characters and conicts in Hamlet in daring and imaginative ways. Through discussion and daily writing assignments, you will develop your analytical and research skills and acquire some of the fundamental vocabulary for literary analysis. A research assignment will introduce you to the library resources and to research techniques in the _eld of literary studies. To perfect your writing skills and master the art of revision, you will keep a writer's journal, use it to draft and revise three formal papers, and generate a _nal project based on two of these papers. Not open to students who have previously completed ENG 111. (Humanities, Writing Requirement) STAVREVA

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1.00

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www.cornellcollege.edu

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(319) 895-4000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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