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Newburgh, New York
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THR 4523
COMEDY: SHAKESPEARE'S GREAT COMEDIES
This course examines diverse theories of comedy as set forth in such work as George Meredith's Essay on Comedy (1897) and Henri Bergson's on Laughter (1900). Students will read and study representative comedies by Shakespeare, see live productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford, Greation Theatre at Oxford, and at the restored Globe Theatre in London and apply comic theory to these representations of the genre.
Units: 3.0
Prerequisites:
ENG 1040 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
or
ENG 1020 - FORMS OF LITERATURE
and
ENG 1010 - COLLEGE WRITING