DRAM 342 - Studies in Shakespeare

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as ENGL 342) Advanced study of Shakespeare’s work and its cultural significance in various contexts from his time to today.

Topic for 2019/20a: After Shakespeare: The Poetics and Politics of Adaptation. While Shakespeare has long served as an icon of England and Englishness, he is also the most popular playwright in the non-Anglophone world, and his cultural currency circulates across nations, languages, and media. This course explores the theory and practice of adapting Shakespeare for worldwide audiences. We address issues of authenticity and authority, representations of difference, postcolonial appropriation, and cross-cultural translation. We also reflect critically on our own positions as contemporary readers, viewers, and consumers of Shakespeare. Each seminar member completes an original research or creative project. Leslie Dunn.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS