ATH 257 - Shakespeare After 1600

Course Units: 1

Shakespeare in the Age of Trump and Game of Thrones . Crude, grasping villains. Ruthless, conniving women. Countries laid waste by greed and ambition. The best lacking all conviction or all too easily duped. Do Shakespeare’s great tragedies prepare us for the worst realities of modern politics and the worst fantasies of modern popular culture? Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 , EGL 101 , EGL 102 , ATH 104 or a score of 4 on AP English Language and Literature test. CQ: HUM, HUL, JCHF, JLIT, WAC