Reading Lists

Required Textbook(s) and Reading(s)

I request that you either buy a copy of each of the plays listed below or The Norton Shakespeare, 2^nd edition, edited by Stephen Greenblatt et al. For single plays, I recommend the Arden Shakespeare or Oxford University Press editions.

Titus Andronicus                         A Winter’s Tale

Antony and Cleopatra                        Othello

King Henry VIII                                    Macbeth

King Henry IV, pt I                         Richard III

King Henry IV, pt 2                        Henry V

King Lear

Screenings

The following films will be viewed throughout the semester, with screenings taking place in the Film Lab:

Looking for Richard            Ran

Titus                                Korol Lir

Throne of Blood                Omkara

Othello                             Silent Shakespeare

My Own Private Idaho       Chimes at Midnight

 

Recommended Reading(s)

I will provide students with more specific recommended readings for each text as it is addressed. These will appear on the course blog. General reading can be supplemented by the Cambridge Companion series:

 

Braunmuller, A. R. and Michael Hattaway, eds. The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Print.

 

Jackson, Russell, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Print.

 

Wells, Stanley, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Print.