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3.00 Credits
This course explores the phenomenon of Shakespeare and film, concentrating on the ranges of meaning provoked by the conjunction. We shall be looking at examples of films of Shakespeare plays both early and recent, both in English and in other languages, and both ones that stick close to conventionalized and historicized conceptualizations of Shakespeare and adaptations at varying degrees of distance towards the erasure of Shakespeare from the text. The transposition of different forms of Shakespearean textualities (printed, theatrical, filmic) and the confrontation with the specificities of film produce a cultural phenomenon whose cultural meanings--meaning as Shakespeare and meaning as film--will be the subject of our investigations. There will be regular (though not necessarily weekly) screenings of the films to be studied.
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3.00 Credits
Close readings of British dramatic literature created between the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 and the production of Sheridan's The Rivals in 1775.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, this course will cover a range of genres (romance, fabliau, saint's life, mock-epic, legend, dream vision and allegory). We will read Chaucer's texts in the original language, and examine the historical, literary, and cultural contexts of his poetry, exploring themes like popular piety, anticlerical satire, women's issues, courtly love, magic, and social unrest.
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A unique team-taught course, to which students are admitted by permission of Instructor only. Enrolled students will receive a financial stipend and a summer housing allowance. Every student in this course will receive training leading to active roles in all aspects of the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. The course is unlike most English or Theater courses in that it is taught from both "theatrical" and "literary" perspectives. In practice we do not wish to separate "Shakespeare in the Study" from "Shakespeare in the Theater." By "Shakespeare in the Study" we mean close attention to the historical, literary, and social contexts of the texts utilized for the Young Company and Mainstage productions, along with analysis of text, themes, conventions. We include the stage history of these playtexts, noting how productions of each century reflect current critical and scholarly thinking. By "Shakespeare in the Theater" we refer to instruction in the crafts of directors, designers, theater technicians, and actors as related to the season productions. Topics include speaking Shakespeare's verse, movement on stage, voice, and stage combat. After the initial segment of the course, the "classroom" will be the theater. Instruction is shared by Artistic Director, Director, and selected Professional Actors.
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3.00 Credits
This is a course on the history of the English language from its elusive but largely reconstructible roots in Indo-European to more or less the present, with a heavy bias towards the earlier pre-modern periods. The goals of the course are to acquaint students with the development of English morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, graphics, and vocabulary, and to explore the cultural and historical contexts of the language's transformation from the Anglo-Saxon period onward. In working toward these goals, we'll spend time rooting around in the dustbins of English etymology, lexicography, onomastics, and dialectology, and we will explore some current problems in usage and idiom. The course is by nature heavily linguistic, which is to say we'll be spending a lot of time talking about language, grammar, and the forces that act upon spoken and written English. Students can expect to achieve a basic understanding of the cultural and linguistic phenomena that have shaped the language we now speak and write; they will become versed in the fundamental methodology and terminology of historical and descriptive linguistics; they will learn to effect a reasonably credible pronunciation of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English (including something very close to Shakespeare's probable pronunciation); they will discover the true meanings of their own given name and surname; and they will gain experience researching a couple of aspects of the language that interest them. In addition to regular reading and workbook assignments, the course's requirements include two exams, three essays, and responsible attendance.
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3.00 Credits
Training in reading the Old English language and study of the literature written in Old English.
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3.00 Credits
Close readings of selected Medieval literary texts written by men and women written between 500 and 1500 ACE.
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3.00 Credits
This course attempts to explore the variety of medieval representations of love, and to show how they are intimately bound up with questions of free will and destiny, gender relations, the secularization of learning, time, and eternity.
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3.00 Credits
This course includes close readings of Milton's work, from all stages of his career, and discussions of his highly self-conscious attempt to make himself into England's greatest poet.
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3.00 Credits
A close reading of medium-length story-making poems (shorter than epics, longer than lyrics) with an eye to their handling of matters related to maternity, covering texts from the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and Claudian's The Rape of Proserpina to excerpts from Virgil's Georgics to poetic works of the Renaissance.
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