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Shakespeare

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
Tu 4p.m. – 6:45p.m.		 Wheatley-Peters W06-0094 3 $2722 (guest students)
Date
9/8/26 - 12/11/26
Time
Tu 4p.m. – 6:45p.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W06-0094
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2722 (guest students)

Description

This course considers Shakespeare's dramatic art as an art of coaching an audience (and readers) in how to respond to and understand his make-believes. Multiple plotting, recurring situation, contrasts and parallels in character and character relations (especially the use of theatricalizing characters who stage plays within the play), patterns of figurative language, repetition of visual effects these and other such "structures" will be considered as means whereby Shakespeare coaxes and coaches the perception of his audience, shapes the participation of mind and feeling, and especially, prepares audiences for comic or tragic outcomes. The plays are studied in the light of ongoing critical and/or theoretical debates.

Prerequisites

Graduate students in ENGL only

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/8/2026 - 12/11/2026

Location

Wheatley-Peters W06-0094

Enrolled / Capacity

15 / 15

Status

Closed

Instructor

Scott Maisano

Tuition*

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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