This course is designed to give students an opportunity to explore a range of Shakespeare’s plays through which they can learn to appreciate the thematic and linguistic richness of the playwright’s works. Selected plays will be studied in connection with the theatrical and cultural backgrounds of Elizabethan England. Students will also be familiarized with schools of Shakespearean criticism in the 20th- and 21st-centuries. In addition, the class will read selected sonnets and narrative poems.

CILO-1: Paraphrase early modern English verse lines. CILO-2: Demonstrate an interpretative understanding of the relationship between Shakespeare’s works and their socio-historical, ideological and theatrical contexts. CILO-3: Formulate analytical reading of how language, genre and performance contribute to the meanings of a play. CILO-4: Stage ensemble performances of selected scenes.