Course Info: HACU-0232
| Course | HACU-0232 Intimacy in Shakespeare |
| Long Title | Forms of Intimacy in Shakespeare's Plays |
| Term | 2017F |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 107 on T,TH from 10:30-11:50 |
| Faculty | Jane Degenhardt |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 4 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Culture, Humanities, and Languages |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | In this course, students are expected to spend approximately 6 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | What forms did intimacy take on the Shakespearean stage, and how was it shaped by new understandings of global distance, as well as by the material and social conditions of the live theater? This course offers in-depth explorations of a wide range of Shakespeare's plays with special consideration of new forms of intimacy between lovers, spouses, friends, family members, adversaries, and strangers. In particular, we will consider how new scales and experiences of space and time transformed interpersonal relationships. For example, how did global travel, trade, and colonialism affect understandings of difference, sameness, and intimacy? How did Shakespeare's plays imagine new possibilities for intimate forms of violence, empathy, and understanding? We will address these questions through close readings of the plays, supplemented by considerations of social, economic, and scientific history. Readings include Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Two Noble Kinsmen, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, and The Tempest. Assignments invite both creative and critical responses. |