Spring 2018 Upcoming Courses: Essential Shakespeare and Shakespeare, Race, and Gender

Spring 2018 Upcoming Courses: Essential Shakespeare and Shakespeare, Race, and Gender

Two Shakespeare Courses in Spring on Film and Race           Come sharpen your skills of analyzing canonical stories the society tells about itself. The world is made up of stories. Stories full of sound and fury. Great stories are often strangers at home. One of the greatest storytellers is Shakespeare. His plays…

Fall 2017 Course: Shakespeare on Film with Professor Alexa Alice Joubin

Fall 2017 Course: Shakespeare on Film with Professor Alexa Alice Joubin

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…