ELL 312 Shakespeare I

This course focuses on the  concept of the comic and Shakespeare’s handling of comedy through a study of plays chosen from different phases of his career. Text anaysis is essential to this course and secondary material will be discussed after a close reading of the plays.

Plays to be studied during the term are:

A Midsummer Nigth’s Dream

Twelfth Night

Taming of the Shrew

As You Like It

Comedy of Errors