Shakespeare's Tragedies
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Get a close examination of the great Shakespearean tragedies in this insightful and interesting course taught by an expert Shakespeare scholar.
Syllabus
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- 01: Defining Tragedy
- 02: Shakespearean Tragedy in Context
- 03: Hamlet I -"Stand and unfold yourself"
- 04: HamletI II-The Performance of Revenge
- 05: Hamlet III - Difficult Women
- 06: Hamlet IV - Uncontainable Hamlet
- 07: Othello I - Miscegenation and Mixed Messages
- 08: Othello II - Monstrous Births
- 09: Othello III - "Ocular Proof"
- 10: Othello IV - Tragic Knowledge
- 11: King Lear I - Kingship and Kinship
- 12: King Lear II - "Unaccommodated Man"
- 13: King Lear III - The Stage of Fools
- 14: King Lear IV - Is this the promised end?
- 15: Macbeth I - Desire and Equivocation
- 16: Macbeth II - Dispute it like a man
- 17: Macbeth III - Bloody Babes and Bloody Ends
- 18: Antony and Cleopatra I - Epic Desires
- 19: Antony and Cleopatra II- Identity Politics
- 20: Antony and Cleopatra III - The Art of Dying
- 21: Coriolanus I - The Loner and the Mob
- 22: Coriolanus II - The Theater of Politics
- 23: Coriolanus III - Mothers and Killers
- 24: Conclusion - Beyond Tragedy?
Taught by
Clare R. Kinney
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