SPECIJALNI KURS EKSPIR

PROGRAM ZA 2013. GODINU

1. Introduction: Shakespeare's historical sense
T. S. Eliot, "Tradition and Individual Talent"
T. S. Eliot, "Metaphysical Poets"
Donna Read: "Goddess Remembered" (documentary)
Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade (excerpts)
2. Patriarchal hero estranged from his soul
W. Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis"
T. Hughes, Chapter One from Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being
3. "Conscience, a spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom"
W. Shakespeare, Richard III
H. Pinter, The Dumb Waiter
additional material: Arena (documentary about Harold Pinter)
4. Shakespeare's green world: forest as a place of healing
W. Shakespeare, As You Like It http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/asyoulikeit/
N. Frye, "The Mythos of Spring: Comedy" from Anatomy of Criticism
5. "My soul hath her content so absolute": feelings vs. feelies
W. Shakespeare, Othello
V. Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
A. Huxley, Brave New World
6. Shakespeare and colonialism
W. Shakespeare, The Tempest
A. Cesaire, A Tempest
A. Cesaire, Discourse on Colonialism (excerpts)
Homework:
W. Shakespeare, "King Lear"
E. Bond, "Lear"
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1. Othello
2. Brave new world
3. Tempest