Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionENGL 125 is an introduction to the works of Shakespeare, including his histories, comedies, tragedies, problem plays, and sonnets,examiningtextsandidentifyingthe conventionsofeachgenre.Studentsfocuson the plays both as literature to be analyzed and as theatrical scripts to be performed. Students consider the historical context in which they were created, and analyze Elizabethan,Jacobeanandcontemporaryproductions of the plays, as well as intertextual and post-colonial replies to Shakespeare's work. The course includes critical theory and secondary source research. 