{"id":95,"date":"2013-09-11T21:44:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T04:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/lmaunu\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2022-02-09T07:39:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:39:49","slug":"english-250","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.palomar.edu\/lmaunu\/my-classes\/english-250\/","title":{"rendered":"English 250"},"content":{"rendered":"

English 250\/Introduction to Shakespeare<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Spring 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This class will be held in person\/on campus in Spring 2022!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:35 to 11:00 A.M. <\/strong><\/p>\n

in room H-308<\/strong><\/p>\n

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William Shakespeare is one of the greatest authors in the English language, and this class serves as an introductory course to his life, times, plays, and sonnets. During our semester together, we will study six of Shakespeare\u2019s plays (including at least one play from each of the four genres of comedy, history, tragedy, and romance) and many of his sonnets as we attempt to unravel some of the themes and elements that have made his works so timeless and compelling.<\/p>\n

We will also mostly be reading the plays chronologically so we can trace the development of recurring themes, images, and ideas. Since Shakespeare\u2019s plays were meant to be heard and seen onstage \u2013 in much the same way that film scripts are meant to be seen as movies and not just read aloud \u2013 we will also be watching clips from various film versions of the plays in class.<\/p>\n

The two books for our class will be:<\/p>\n