Fall 2009

E 321 • Shakespeare: Selected Plays

Course Description

Please refer to the course schedule for course days, time, room location, prerequisites and possible cross-listings: http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/

We will read twelve major plays of Shakespeare representative of comedies, tragedies, histories, problem plays, and late romances. We will read them in chronological order, to see the Bard's development as poet-dramatist. My approach will involve a combination of lecture and discussion.

Grading Policy

One term paper, 7-10 pages; two short papers 6-7 pages. Papers- 90%, Class participation- 10%. No final exam.

Texts

The Necessary Shakespeare, ed. David Bevington

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