ENGL 313 Shakespeare:Tragedies & Historical Plays
As students study the texts of Shakespeare's major tragedies and experience these plays on the page, on the screen, and, hopefully, in the theatre, they will see if his tragedies are in some ways subversive of classical definitions. Appropriate attention will also be paid to Shakespeare the poet and his uses of language, the dynamic plots, the different ways moral and spiritual concerns are rooted in everyday reality, and the vivid characters created in such psychological depth. The course will also study Shakespeare's uses of history in some of his 'sad stories of the death of Kings'.
PRQ: RHET 102 or the equivalent.