Shakespearean Speech in Film
                                 Independent Study

                                       
                                             Dr. Diane Howard
                                
Course: _____COMM              4390____

Title (Long): ____Shakespearean Speech Performance in Film

Title 13 Characters: _Shakespear Sp
(As it will appear on the student transcript)

This course is a substitution for Course Name & #: ENGL___ 4321, Shakespeare
(toward the Performance Studies Major).

Method of Study:

• Participation in Shakespearean Production
• Mentoring by Shakespearean Director
• Studying, Discussing Readings- Texts- Acting Shakespeare by Bertram Joseph
  The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film / edited by Russell Jackson
• Studying, Discussing-Films in Shakespearean Speech
   

Course Objectives:

• Student will be able discuss and perform Shakespearean Speech effectively

Requirements:

• Student will read and discuss with professor-texts & films
• Student will watch, discuss- Films on Shakespearean Speech
• Student will participate in a Shakespearean Production

 

Brief Course Outline:

Week One-  Five- Studying Shakespearean Speech Performance

Week Six- Analyzing the text of a Shakespearean Play and Film Adaptation

Weeks Seven- Ten- Rehearsing: Shaping, Staging, Polishing

Weeks Eleven- Twelve- Performing

Weeks Thirteen - Evaluating

Evaluation:

One third of the student's grade is to be based on quizzes, tests, and the final exam.
One  third of each student's grade is to be based on class presentations and discussions of reading.
One third of the final grade is to be based on the final performances.

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