Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 4-28-1998 |
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ENH256
1998 Fall – 1999 Summer II |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
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Shakespeare
on Film |
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Presents cinematic versions of Shakespeare's plays and
explains and analyzes how the dramatist's major tragedies, comedies,
histories and romances have been presented on film. Prerequisites: None |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ENH256 1998
Fall – 1999 Summer II |
Shakespeare on Film |
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Compare and contrast the relative strengths and weaknesses
of drama and film. (I) |
2.
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Review the art of adapting drama to film. (I) |
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Explain the use of narrative in film and describe how the
narrative format translates basic human values and assumptions. (I) |
4.
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Describe the
culture of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and explain its
influences on Shakespeare and on his works. (II) |
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Identify and
describe major Shakespearean tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances and
analyze selected cinematic versions of each. (III) |
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Analyze Shakespeare's characters as they are depicted in
selected films. (III-VII) |
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Analyze the structure, content, figures of speech and
themes of selected films. (III-VIII) |
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Identify and
explain the use of cinematic symbols to exemplify basic values, assumptions,
and interpretations of human experience found in Shakespeare's dramas.
(III-VIII) |
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Identify,
describe and evaluate how the cinematic versions of Shakespeare's dramas
address moral, aesthetic, and other values found in his works. (III-VIII) |
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Explain how the
cinematic medium and film versions address and examine questions of
existence, questions of meaning and knowledge and ways of thinking and
knowing found in Shakespeare's dramas. (III-VIII) |
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MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
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ENH256 1998
Fall – 1999 Summer II |
Shakespeare on Film |
I. Drama vs. Film A. Strengths and weaknesses
of each medium B. Adapting drama to film C. Narrative in film 1. Translating human values
2. Translating basic
assumptions II. The Writer and the Time
A. Biography B. London(late
sixteenth/early seventeenth centuries) C. Drama in the
Elizabethan/Jacobean Ages III. Analysis of
Shakespeare A. Tragedy 1. In general 2. Cinematic versions B. Comedy 1. In general 2. Cinematic versions C. History 1. In general 2. Cinematic versions D. Romance 1. In general 2. Cinematic versions IV. Tragedies on Film A. Aides and soliloquies B. Tragic flaws C. Filial obligations D. Discrimination E. Jealousy V. Comedies on Film A. Levels of diction B. Comic relief C. The romantic hero and
heroine D. poetic justice E. Marriage as resolution VI. Histories on Film A. Sources B. Character development C. Comic relief D. Shakespearean history
vs. recorded history VII. Romances on Film A. the concept of romance B. Romantic themes C. Magic and the
supernatural D. Plot devices VIII. Essential Questions
of Shakespearean Films A. Questions of existence B. Questions of meaning and
knowledge C. Ways of thinking and
knowing |