2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGL 331 Shakespeare

Study of selected comedies, histories, and tragedies. 

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

THEA 331

Prerequisite

ENGL 102 or permission of instructor

Offered

Spring, odd years

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of Shakespeare's work and its place in Renaissance literature
  2. Demonstrate familiarity with the plots of some of Shakespeare's most important plays
  3. Demonstrate familiarity with the features of the major genres of Shakespearian drama
  4. Demonstrate familiarity with the historical, social, and religious context of Shakespeare's work
  5. Analyze Shakespeare's writing through a number of types of writing assignments