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Prof. D. S. Kastan [email protected] (212) 854-6257 Office hours: Wed: 10-12, Thursday:11-1 Office location: 618 Philosophy Hall |
Discussion Sections: Tiffany Werth [email protected] Discussion section: 302 Fayerweather, Tr 11-12 Brenna Mead [email protected] Discussion section: 509 Hamilton, F11:30-12:30
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Joanna Cheetham [email protected] Discussion section: 509 Hamilton, F12:30-1:30 Mike Bell |
| Class Meetings: Tuesday/Thursday: 9:10-10:25 |
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Shakespeare is not only the most successful script writer working in Hollywood today but the most successful dramatist of all time. This course attempts to discover the reasons for his unparalleled success not in some fantasy of timelessness but by locating the remarkable dramatic achievement of the first half of his working life in the context of the theatrical, literary, social, and political world in which he worked. |
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| N.B. This is a large lecture course, for better or for worse (I will try my best to make it 'better'). If this is not what you want drop it now (it will then be a smaller lecture course), but don't complain later about the lack of opportunity to talk in class. I will arrange for some optional discussion groups to be run by TAs (all of whom are cleverer than I am — and who will be doing the great bulk of the grading -- so if that also is something you don't want . . . well, you get the point). | |