In this course, we will explore the roots of racism, look at the changes brought about by the civil rights movement, and examine ongoing work aimed at bridging the gaps caused by racism. Students will study a variety of topics through discussion, readings, films, debate, guest panels, and field excursions. William Shakespeare is one of the great names in literatures, a major dramatic experience in life. This course makes Shakespearean drama accessible, open to direct audience reading and appreciation. Class participation in imaginative critical interpretation is stressed so that the reader and potential playgoer without previous experience can both be comfortable with the Bard.
Emphasis is on literary immediacy, class reading, and interpretation rather than on research.
Representative plays will be chosen for study. Video taping will be used as we read Shakespeare aloud. Expressing human emotion, observation and thought in concrete, vivid language is one of the supreme challenges of human endeavor. The course will be taught as a workshop, with emphasis on creative writing exercises, writing and re-writing drafts, and different forms of poetry. This course meets at Kennedy- King College.