Shakespeare

Paper Code: 
ENG 222
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Objective: 
The course will enable the students to:
• Understand and interpret Shakespearean plays by introducing the students to the dramatic conventions of the Elizabethan Age
• Comprehend the key terms, concepts and dramatic genres in Shakespeare's plays
• Undertake a close textual analysis of Shakespeare’s sonnets
• Interpret and critique the sonnets within an academic argument
 
Learning Outcomes-
The students will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of Shakespeare’s use of literary and linguistic conventions in his plays and sonnets
• Make critical appraisals that reflect the ability to assess ideas and themes in the original texts, using  secondary sources
 
11.00
Sonnets (To a Friend) 
29 – When in disgrace…
 30 – When to the sessions…
73 – That time of year…
 94 – They that have power…
106 – When in the chronicle of…
123 – No, Time, thou shalt not…
11.00
Sonnets (To the Dark Lady)
127 – In the old age black…
129 – Th’ expanse of spirit…
130 – My mistress’ eyes are…
132 – Thine eyes I love…
137 – Thou blind fool, Love…
141 – In faith, I do not love…
13.00

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

12.00

William Shakespeare

As You Like it

13.00

William Shakespeare

The Tempest

SUGGESTED READINGS: 
Bate, Jonathan.The Genius of Shakespeare. OUP, 2008
Bradley. A.C. The Shakespearean Tragedy.  Macmillan, 1904.
Grazia, Margreta De and Stanley Wells, Eds.The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. CUP, 2010.
Hudson, Henry. Introduction to Shakespearean Tragedy. Atlantic Publishers & DistributorsPvt Ltd, 1987. 
Maguire, Laurie, ed. Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays. Blackwell Pubications, 2003. 
Peterson, Don.Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets: A New Commentary. Faber & Faber, 2012.
Schiffer, James, ed. Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Critical Essays.  Routledge, 2000. 
 
Academic Year: 
2020-2021