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ENGL 190-02, Shakespeare on Screen, Fall 2009
Newstok, Scott L.
Newstok, Scott L.
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English, Department of, Syllabus, Text, Curriculum, 2009 Fall
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Abstract
What happens when Shakespearean dramas written for a 16th and 17 th century theatre
audiences get ‘translated’ to 20 th and 21st century televisual media? What interpretative
strategies shape adaptations? This course surveys Shakespeare on screen from a range
of periods, directors, nations, and media in order to confront the full span of
adaptation, and complicate conventional notions of “fidelity” to the “original text.”
Following a close reading of each play, we will ‘triangulate’ our textual analysis by
viewing two different film adaptations of that same play: three ‘major’ tragedies
(Macbeth, Othello, King Lear) as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a comedy that will
be performed in the Memphis area this fall. Final projects require that students
explore a contemporary adaptation of one play, in dialogue with earlier versions we
viewed as a class as well as with academic scholarship. All ENG-190 courses are
designed to introduce you to some of the methods of the English major.
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This syllabus was submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.