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2022-2023 Westminster College Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Westminster College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 116 - It’s Monstrous

Semester Hours: 4

An introductory course, designed primarily for non-English majors, in the drama and stagecraft of the undisputed Titan of English Literature, William Shakespeare. Students will analyze and discuss Shakespeare’s achievement in poetic and theatrical presentations of popular stories for the Elizabethan stage. The syllabus will draw from five to six plays, ranging from comedy to history play to tragedy to romance, and lessons will incorporate screenings of notable film, stage, and TV productions, in their entirety or choice selections.

Cross-Listed: FS 116 
Intellectual Perspective: HC