ENGL 17 - Introduction to Shakespeare and Popular Culture

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Eligibility for ENGL C1000
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    Presents Shakespeare’s plays as works of popular culture that have been and continue to be reinvented in a range of artistic forms. This course will involve reading, viewing, discussing, and writing about selected plays of Shakespeare in correlation with contemporary texts. Includes discussion and analysis of the original historical context, contemporary critical views and interpretations, and adaptations of Shakespeare’s original texts. (CSU, UC)