Analyze at least one of each of the following types of Shakespeare’s plays: tragedy, comedy, history, problem, and romance to understand differences in form and content
Examine the historical context of Shakespeare’s plays and its effect on their content
Examine adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays to identify formal considerations of the genre
Identify Shakespeare’s influence on later texts.
Shakespeare’s tragedies
Shakespeare’s histories
Shakespeare’s comedies
Shakespeare’s problem plays
Shakespeare’s romance plays
Political, social, artistic environments of the Elizabethan age
Various adaptations of the plays
Shakespeare’s sonnets