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Medgar Evers College
ENGL 361: Shakespeare Without BordersENGL 150
Credits: 3
Hours: 3.0 Lecture hours
The course will examine works by Shakespeare and his influences from the Renaissance to the present. Students explore a variety of adaptations of Shakespeares works from a global perspective and connect his works to the cultural and political context of his literary descendants. Students also study adaptations of multiple genres, including novels, film, and music that reinterpret or reimagine Shakespeares works, paying close attention to the ways in which those reinterpretations and adaptations reflect traditions and changes in the historical, social, cultural and political context of the respective environments. Students will examine Shakespeares works alongside respective adaptations ranging from Africa, the Americas, Asia to the Caribbean.
This course was last offered in the Spring 2024 semester.
(Regular Liberal Arts)