ENGL 2850 - Shakespeare Survey Credit Hours: 3.00 Prerequisites: ENGL 1220 or ENGL 1190
Study of Shakespeare’s life, sonnets, comedies, histories, and tragedies. Writing of critical papers.
Contact Hours: 3 Billable Contact Hours: 3 OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify poetic style and rhetorical devices in Shakespeare’s works.
Objectives:
- By completing a quiz or examination recognizing poetic style in Shakespeare’s works with at least 70 percent accuracy.
- By completing a quiz or examination defining rhetorical devices in Shakespeare’s works with at least 70 percent accuracy.
Outcome 2:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate theme, plot structure, characterization, and socio‐historical seting in Shakespeare’s works.
Objectives:
- By writing an essay that analyzes theme in Shakespeare’s works.
- By writing an essay that evaluates plot structure in Shakespeare’s works.
- By writing an essay that assesses characterization in Shakespeare’s works.
- By writing an essay that examines socio‐historical seting in Shakespeare’s works.
Outcome 3:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate Shakespeare’s world view and the system of values exhibited in his works.
Objectives:
- By writing an essay that analyzes Shakespeare’s world view.
- By writing an essay that evaluates Shakespeare’s system of values.
Outcome 4:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate the major genres of Shakespeare’s art (sonnet, comedy, history, tragedy) and define their characteristics.
Objectives:
- By writing an essay and/or examination that analyzes the sonnets.
- By writing an essay and/or examination that evaluates the comedies.
- By writing an essay and/or examination that assesses the histories.
- By writing an essay and/or examination that examines the tragedies.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
- Shakespeare’s Language.
- Rhythm and Rhyme.
- Poetic Devices.
- Rhetorical Devices.
- Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
- Structure and Form.
- Content and Love Theme.
- Shakespeare’s Comedies.
- Theme.
- Plot.
- Character.
- Setting.
- World View of the Comedies.
- Shakespeare’s Histories.
- Theme.
- Plot.
- Character.
- Setting.
- World View of the Histories.
- Shakespeare’s Tragedies.
- Theme.
- Plot.
- Character.
- Setting.
- World View of the Tragedies.
Primary Faculty Peller, Scott Secondary Faculty Kos, Andrew Associate Dean Ternullo, Annette Dean Pritchett, Marie
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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