ENGL& 220 Introduction to Shakespeare (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly ENGL 234 - CCN
Course Description
ENGL&220 familiarizes students with Shakespeare’s work and reception.
Course Content
A. Terms and conventions of drama and poetry salient to Shakespeare
B. Shakespearean dramatic structure and character development
C. Characteristics of Shakespearean comedy, tragedy, history, and romance
D. Literary analysis of Shakespeare’s plays (e.g. plot, character, theme, setting, historical, cultural, biographical, etc.)
E. Critical approaches to Shakespeare
F. Shakespeare’s influences and legacies
G. Major events of William Shakespeare’s life, his roles in the theatre, and authorship issues
Student Outcomes
1. Describe the conventions of English Renaissance theatre and Shakespeare’s contributions to understand context.
2. Analyze the characteristics of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, romances, and histories, to investigate genre and mode in literature.
3. Describe Shakespearean dramatic structure and poetic structure in order to analyze forms of human expression.
4. Analyze literary elements (e.g. plot, character, theme, setting, sonnets etc.) in Shakespeare’s work to develop meaning from creative expression.
5. Paraphrase Shakespearean language into contemporary language in order to practice translating meaning across contexts and disciplines.
6. Identify and evaluate various interpretations and readings of Shakespeare’s work.
7. Examine how Shakespeare’s cultural legacies impact interdisciplinary expression.
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 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
A. Formal writings: essays, essay exams, research reports, reading responses
B. Projects: group presentations, individual presentations, multimedia productions
C. Informal writings: journals, in-class responses, brainstorming, freewriting, paraphrase and summary
D. Group discussions and classroom activities
E. Exams and quizzes: short answer, matching, multiple choice
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