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Shakespeare typically created his art
by adapting the work of other writers (poets, playwrights, novelists,
historians, biblical writers, writers of essays, treatises, and reports). In essence, he re-imagined characters,
situations, passages, or entire stories that already existed. And as he (re)imagined others so we will
(re)imagine Shakespeare. But what does
that really mean? Shakespeare
understood that the imaginatively engaged audience was critical to the creative
possibilities of his plays. He thus
sanctions our role as co-creators of his works, a role he took for himself in
his re-telling of stories or his revising of other material already available
to his readers.
Our course will be concerned with
three different manifestations of this creative process: 1) how Shakespeare reworked material
provided by his sources; 2) how modern writers (playwrights, poets,
film-makers, theatrical performers, etc.) have reworked and continue to rework
Shakespeare's plays; and 3) how we ourselves might use all that material as
sources for our own creative endeavors.
Texts for consideration will include Shakespeare's Hamlet, Romeo
and Juliet, and Henry IV (along with both Shakespeare’s original
sources and recent film adaptations of these plays) and modern
Shakespeare-inspired adaptations such as Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead and Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho. The Shenandoah Shakespeare Express will be
performing Henry IV in early November and will also present a workshop
on performance possibilities.
Imagining Shakespeare
Required Course Information |
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Fall Semester |
ENG 005A
(90380), 3 credits, Prof. Andrew Barnaby |
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Spring
Semester |
Spring semester
activities will be announced during the fall semester. |
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