Shakespeare II
Tragedies & Romances
- Course Code
- ENAM 0212
- Course Type
- Tutorials
- Subject Credit
- Course Availability
The course presents a detailed study of Shakespeare’s most important tragedies and romances. Close textual analysis of the individual dramas, in terms of structure and thematic content, is allied to a survey of their wider role in the wider Shakespearian corpus, and in the history of English literature at this crucial phase of its development.
Sample Topics:
- Romeo and Juliet
- Julius Caesar
- Hamlet
- Othello
- King Lear
- Macbeth
- The Winter’s Tale
- The Tempest
Introductory Reading:
- McEachern, C., ed., The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Thorne, A., ed., Shakespeare’s Romances. Basingstoke: Palgrace Macmillan, 2002
- Zimmerman, S., ed., Shakespeare’s Tragedies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998