ENGL 208
Shakespearean Comedy
Spring 2016
Division I
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
THEA 208
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Class Details
Among Shakespeare’s most beloved, delightful, and fascinating plays are four comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing. This seminar examines the language, theatricality, characterization, and comic elements through close scrutiny and discussion. We’ll also consider Falstaff, in Henry the Fourth, as a comic hero.
Students will present brief seminar reports, memorize a few brief passages, and write four 5-page essays, to be discussed with the instructor individually and revised. The essays and discussions will test various theories of comedy and concentrate on Shakespearean language.
This is a Gateway course for English majors and possible majors. It is writing intensive.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3943
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3943
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
four 5-page papers, brief seminar reports
Prerequisites:
a 100-level ENGL course, or a score of 5 on the AP English Literature exam, or a score of 6 or 7 on the Higher Level IB English exam
Enrollment Preferences:
lottery
Distributions:
Division I
Writing Skills
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENGL 208 Division I THEA 208 Division I
ENGL 208 Division I THEA 208 Division I
Attributes:
ENGL 200-level Gateway Courses
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ENGL 208 - 01 (S) SEM Shakespearean Comedy
ENGL 208 - 01 (S) SEM Shakespearean ComedyDivision I Writing SkillsRobert H. BellMWF 9:00 am - 9:50 am
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