ENGL 2080

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ENGL 2080
Shakespeare and the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

What can we learn about Shakespeare's plays from their reception by late modernity? What can we learn about modern cultures from the way they appropriate these texts and the Shakespeare mystique? We will study five plays and their adaptations in film and theater and explore the uses made of Shakespeare in education, advertising, and public culture and by the Shakespeare industry itself. For spring 2016: Titus Andronicus, King Lear, Midsummer's Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice and Tempest, with films or filmed performances directed by Julie Taymor, Peter Brook, Akira Kurosawa, Adrian Noble, Trevor Nunn, and Fred Wilcox. For updates, see http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/sad4449/2080/.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (LA-AS)

Comments May be used as one of the three pre-1800 courses required of English majors.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PMA 2681

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7256 ENGL 2080   LEC 001

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