Shakespeare in the Mediterranean Information Session
Join us for an information session on this exciting GW English Summer Study Abroad course! Read more about the course here.
Join us for an information session on this exciting GW English Summer Study Abroad course! Read more about the course here.
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The English department announces the launch of an exciting new course in Spring 2017! This new course is in film studies: in Spring 2017, students and alumni can learn more about the world’s most widely consumed popular cinema: Bollywood Cinema. From Coldplay and Beyonce’s music video “Hymn For the Weekend” to the Oscar-winning Danny Boyle film Slumdog…
English 6450 Modernism, At Home and Abroad: Transnational Ties Spring 2016 Professor Chris Sten (csten@gwu.edu) W 4:10-6:00 pm Rome 771 This graduate seminar on Modernist writing, which is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students alike, will feature the work of several U.S. authors, including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cather, Dos Passos, Djuna…
Shakespeare on Film (ENGL3445) Mon/Wed 12:45-2:00 pm taught by Professor Alexa Alice Joubin, offered this fall semester of 2017 Shakespeare’s plays have been adapted for the cinema since 1899 in multiple film genres, including silent film, film noire, Western, theatrical film, and Hollywood films. This course examines Shakespeare’s lesser-known romance play, histories, tragedies, and comedies…
The 1992 film Basic Instinct and many other cultural texts and issues will be discussed Professor Robert McRuer taught two courses in the interdisciplinary field lgbt studies this fall, and students in both classes will be coming together on Saturday, December 10, to present their work-in-progress. Students from both “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures” (English…
Dean’s Seminar, Spring 2013 ENG1000: Global Shakespeare || Prof. Alexa Alice Joubin(Taught on Foggy Bottom) Course Description The 2012 London Olympics and the multilingual World Shakespeare Festival brought global Shakespeares home to Britain. Beyond the English-speaking world, his plays and motifs are present in the performance cultures of Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Asia/Pacific,…