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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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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

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Diana Henderson and Michael Lutz

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