Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice

Learn how performance of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice provides occasions for creative, thoughtful communication across personal, historical, and cultural boundaries on topics including language and theatricality, gender relations, and religious prejudice.

Syllabus

Acquire clearer understanding of your own creativity and self-analysis
Read challenging material and express your thoughts in oral and written communication
Increase your consciousness of ethical, historical, political and artistic issues in what you read, hear and see
Encourage your understanding of Shakespeare, especially as an occasion for communication across personal, historical, and cultural boundaries