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HUM-3240B: Shakespeare Deconstructed: Gender and Power Play

This course will introduce students to six plays of William Shakespeare, exploring issues of gender and power.and their relationship to the psychology of identity construction. Stringent gender roles in Elizabethan time will be challenged and satirized through the comedies Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew. A house divided will exact its consequences upon the classic young lovers Romeo & Juliet. Madness seeks its revenge in Hamlet. And the gaining and loss of power will loom large in the tragedies MacBeth and King Lear. Students will analyze Elizabethan issues of gender and power through these five plays along with secondary source material and relate them to contemporary experiences of identity construction. An interactive class format will be utilized, including scene study, film presentation and analysis, guest artist participation, and engaged critical inquiry. introduce students to six plays of William Shakespeare, exploring issues of gender and power.and their relationship to the psychology of identity construction. Stringent gender roles in Elizabethan time will be challenged and satirized through the comedies Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew. A house divided will exact its consequences upon the classic young lovers Romeo & Juliet. Madness seeks its revenge in Hamlet. And the gaining and loss of power will loom large in the tragedies MacBeth and King Lear. Students will analyze Elizabethan issues of gender and power through these five plays along with secondary source material and relate them to contemporary experiences of identity construction. An interactive class format will be utilized, including scene study, film presentation and analysis, guest artist participation, and engaged critical inquiry.
Min. Credits: 3.0 Max Credits: 4.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles,Antioch Univ Santa Barbara
Method(s): Classroom
Course Type Liberal & Disciplinary Studies


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