This upper-level course on Shakespeare and the Emergence of the Early Modern Self seeks to explore the ways in which the language of Shakespeare – in sonnet sequence, in comedy and tragedy – allows a site for the study of the struggles, conflicts and anxieties in the emergence of what may be called early modern subjection. Through close attention to the language and conventions of Elizabethan writing and staging, students are encouraged to formulate their own historical yet creative reading of self and subjectivity in Shakespeare’s art and work. A special section on Shakespeare and Film is used to open discussion on the uses and re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s works for modern and contemporary audiences (in terms of gender, race and class).
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DEN 102