Lecturer in charge: Professor John Lennard [Room 29 – New Arts Block]

This will be a study of selected comedies and late plays (or ‘romances'), with particular attention to Shakespearean dramaturgy, the evolution and innovations of Shakespearean comedy, and the relations of text and performance from the 1590's to the present. Screen adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado will also be considered.

Pre-requisites: For Majors : At least one level II drama or poetry course
For Non-Majors : LITS 2207 (E22G)

Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: In-class tests and 1 term paper of at least 2000 words 40%

Final 2-hour exam (2 answers) 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream (ed. Peter Holland, Oxford World's Classics pb)
Shakespeare. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (ed. William C. Carroll, The Arden Shakespeare)
Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing (ed. Sheldon P. Zitner, Oxford World's Classics)
Shakespeare. Cymbeline (ed. Roger Warren, Oxford World's Classics)
Shakespeare. The Winter's Tale (ed. Stephen Orgel, The Arden Shakespeare)

Recommended Texts:

Hyland, Peter. An Introduction to Shakespeare: The Dramatist in his Context ( St Martin 's Press) McDonald, Russ. The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents
(2 nd ed., Bedford/St Martin's, 2001)