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Shakespeare's Tragedies

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Languages

English
Duration & workload

13 hours 48 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

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Get a close examination of the great Shakespearean tragedies in this insightful and interesting course taught by an expert Shakespeare scholar.

Syllabus

01: Defining Tragedy
02: Shakespearean Tragedy in Context
03: Hamlet I - “Stand and unfold yourself”
04: HamletI II-The Performance of Revenge
05: Hamlet III - Difficult Women
06: Hamlet IV - Uncontainable Hamlet
07: Othello I - Miscegenation and Mixed Messages
08: Othello II - Monstrous Births
09: Othello III - “Ocular Proof”
10: Othello IV - Tragic Knowledge
11: King Lear I - Kingship and Kinship
12: King Lear II - “Unaccommodated Man”
13: King Lear III - The Stage of Fools
14: King Lear IV - Is this the promised end?
15: Macbeth I - Desire and Equivocation
16: Macbeth II - Dispute it like a man
17: Macbeth III - Bloody Babes and Bloody Ends
18: Antony and Cleopatra I - Epic Desires
19: Antony and Cleopatra II- Identity Politics
20: Antony and Cleopatra III - The Art of Dying
21: Coriolanus I - The Loner and the Mob
22: Coriolanus II - The Theater of Politics
23: Coriolanus III - Mothers and Killers
24: Conclusion - Beyond Tragedy?
By This Professor

Taught by

Clare R. Kinney

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