New Summer Course: Shakespeare on Film
Take a course this summer, learn to analyze films, and fulfill the Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID) requirements!
Professor Alexa Alice Joubin is offering ENGLISH 3440W Shakespeare on Film in the first summer session (May 17 – June 23, 2021). See the course catalogue.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Films by people of color, women, and disability / LGTBTQ-identified actors
- Relevance to our contemporary cultural life
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Through the lenses of social justice, critical race and gender theories, this course examines cinematic representations of Shakespeare’s Roman plays, histories, tragedies, and comedies, with a focus on the themes of race, gender, sexuality, class, and colonialism.
In particular, we will focus on racialized bodies, performance of gender and sexuality, disability narratives, feminist interventions, religious fault lines, class struggle, and intersectional identities. Collectively we will reflect on our embodied vulnerability.
Themes —
Race, gender, sexuality, colonialism
Key components of Shakespeare’s plays
Essential tools for enjoying the plays as films
