Fall 2011

Transnational Shakespeares

Listed in: English, as ENGL-431

Formerly listed as: ENGL-95

Faculty

Anston L. Bosman (Section 01)

Description

[before 1800]  By studying selected Shakespeare plays and their afterlives in literature and performance, we will explore the fate of culture over centuries of global mobility.  What qualities of Shakespeare’s works render them peculiarly adaptable to a world of intercultural conflict, borrowing and fusion?  And what light does the translation and adaptation of Shakespeare shed on the dialectic of cultural persistence and change?  Our examples may include European literature and theater; American silent film and musicals; post-colonial appropriations in India, Africa and Latin America; and versions in the drama, opera and cinema of China and Japan.  The course includes an independent research project on a chosen case study.

Requisite:  ENGL 338 (Shakespeare).  Limited to 15 students.  Fall semester.  Professor Bosman.

ENGL 431 - L/D

Section 01
M 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CHAP 205
W 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM CHAP 205

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2018