LIT 43 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE

    Recent Professors
    D. Vernazza, D. Caputo, K. Meyer
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Summer 2025, Fall 2023
    Class Size
    40–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course provides a close study of William Shakespeare's dramatic work, including early and late plays selected from the histories, comedies, tragedies, satires, and romances. The course emphasizes Shakespeare's variety and development as a dramatic artist. Consideration is given to the social, cultural, and political milieu from which the plays emerged, as well as to the role, function, and performance of dramatic literature within Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 2:00pm–3:15pm, Tue Thu 9:00am–12:20pm