Penn Arts & Sciences Logo
 

Shakespeare

ENGL 101.601
instructor(s):
W 5:30-8:30

An intensive study of nine of Shakespeare's plays: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Othello, The Tempest-and the screen play for Shakespeare in Love. The course will also consider as background other plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries as well as related works. Topics covered will include Elizabethan language and culture, printing history and stage history.

fulfills requirements