ENGL 250 Shakespeare Festival (1 to 10 credits)
Course Description
Familiarizes students with Shakespearean drama, elements of drama and elements of the theater. Students must attend the Ashland, Oregon Festival.
Course Content
A .Attendance at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
B. Staging techniques for drama
C. Literary elements of drama
D. Historical and cultural context of plays
E. Themes and topics of plays
Student Outcomes
1. Identify and analyze major themes and topics presented by the plays
2. Identify, analyze and evaluate staging techniques presented in the productions
3. Identify and analyze literary elements presented in plays
4. Identify and analyze issues topical to the year’s productions
5. Identify and analyze historical and cultural contexts and meanings of the pays
6. Evaluate plays as drama and as theater
7. Describe the appeal of live theater
8. Analyze a particular aspect of the play in a written or oral project
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Humanities: Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 100
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 150
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