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English 52 - Summer Sessions I, 2021
Pop Culture Shakespeare
Class Information
Instructor:
Cahalan, Courtney
CRN:
51363
Time:
TR 2:10-4:40
GE Areas:
Domestic Diversity
Visual
Description
William Shakespeare is a figure that continues to proliferate in American culture 400 years after his death. Why does Shakespeare's life and works continue to capture our attention and fuel our own creativity? In this course, we will explore Shakespeare as popular figure and examine how his works are reimagined in popular culture. While Shakespeare's plays were originally written for the stage, adaptations and extensions of his plays have emerged in a wide variety of media that change how we interact with his work. As we engage with different media, we'll think critically about why the Bard remains such a popular figure and consider how popular reimaginings of his plays both draw from Shakespeare's original work as well as create a new text for our current moment. Throughout the course we will use media and adaptation theory to examine a variety of texts - the original plays, graphic novels, video games, virtual reality performances, movies, news articles, and podcasts.
Texts
Prince of Cats
, Ron Wimberly