Spring 2010 English MA Course Guide - Schaumburg Campus
Department of Literature and Languages

408  Shakespeare and Film

Regina Buccola                                                           

(W 2:00 – 04:29 pm)

English 408, Shakespeare and Film, analyzes the filmed versions of Shakespeare’s plays as texts in their own right. We will be viewing films based on specific plays in pairs, moving from a film “faithful” in various ways to the text as written, to one that exhibits a greater degree of adaptation.  We will consider Franco Zeffirelli's and Baz Luhrmann's versions of Romeo and Juliet; Roman Polanski's Macbeth and Billy Morrissette’s Scotland, PA; Laurence Olivier and Richard Loncraine’s takes on Richard III; Zeffirelli's Taming of the Shrew and Gil Junger’s Ten Things I Hate About You; Branagh's Hamlet and Michael Aylmereda's Hamlet 2000; Oliver Parker’s Othello and Tim Blake Nelson’s O.

440  Reading and Writing Ecoliterature

Kimberly Ruffin                                 

(Th 6:00 – 8:30 pm)

What is America’s history and present of ecological writing?  This multicultural study of U.S. eco-literary traditions and trends includes both canonical and emerging authors.  The range of topics includes various perspectives on:  “going green,” global climate change, nature-writing, and environmental justice.  Students read and apply ecocritical theory and author their own ecoliterature.  Works from most, if not all, of the following authors will be required reading: Henry David Thoreau, Alice Walker, Enrique Salmon, Rachel Carson, Joseph Bruchac, Patti Ann Rogers, Leslie Marmon Silko, David Mas Masamoto, Mary Oliver, Aldo Leopold, César Chávez, and Janisse Ray.  NOTE:  this course involves experiential learning that requires off-campus activities, including participation in Roosevelt University’s New Deal Service Day.

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