Krupa Shandilya (Section 01)
Why do we still read Shakespeare? What relevance does Shakespeare have for us today? In this course we will think through explorations of gender, race, caste and sexuality in modern-day adaptations of Shakespearean texts and continued need to engage with Shakespeare in the present-day. We will draw on a wide variety of both filmic and literary texts from across the world. Texts will range from Merchant Ivory’s Shakespeare Wallah to South African activist-novelist Nadine Gordimer’s My Son’s Story and South Asian feminist poet Suniti Namjoshi’s Snapshots of Caliban. Students are required to be familiar with Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Shandilya.
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM FAYE 217A
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM FAYE 217A
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Steps | University of Minnesota Press | Alejo Carpentier | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| A Tempest | Theatre Communications Group | Aime Cesaire | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Discourse on Colonialism | Monthly Review Press | Aime Cesaire | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| My Son's Story | Penguin (non-classics) | Nadine Gordimer | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Black Skin White Masks | Grove Press | Frantz Fanon | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| uMabatha | Skotaville Publishers | Welcome Msomi | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Sycorax | Penquin, India | Suniti Namjoshi | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Season of Migration to the North | New York Review of Books Classics | Tayeb Salih | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Moor's Last Sigh | Vintage | Salman Rushdie | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.