Courses: Session II

ENG 223 - Shakespeare Part I: The Elizabethan Period

YuJin Ko, Associate Professor of English
The formative period of Shakespeare's genius: comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, histories such as Richard II and Henry IV (Part I); and tragedies such as Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Macbeth. We will undertake detailed study of Shakespeare's poetic language and will examine the dramatic form of the plays and the performances practices of Shakespeare's time. We will also explore important themes, ranging from gender relations and identities to national self-consciousness. The viewing and analysis of contemporary performances and films will be integrated into the work of the course.
Credit: 1.0 unit (4 sem. hrs.)
Course Fee: $2000

Lectures: M,W,TH 1:20 - 4:00

Location: Clapp Library 3

Yu Jin Ko is an Associate Professor in the English Department. Since his arrival at the College in 1995, he has taught a variety of courses, ranging from a writing course for first-years and a literature course studying race, class and gender. However, his specialty remains Shakespeare, with a particular focus on performance.

Professor Ko received a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. from Cambridge University (Clare College), and a Ph.D. from Yale University. Prior to coming to Wellesley, he taught for two years in the English Department at SUNY New Paltz.

Professor Ko’s publications have been centered on Shakespeare. His first book, Mutability and Division on Shakespeare’s Stage, appeared in 2004. His articles and reviews since then have focused even more on Shakespeare in performance, both in the theatre and on film. They include: “’The Mousetrap’ and Remembrance in Almereyda’s Hamlet” (Shakespeare Bulletin, 2005), “Observing Shakespeare’s Lighting Effects” (The Upstart Crow, forthcoming 2006), and reviews of performances by the RSC, The African-American Shakespeare Company, The Utah Shakespearean Company, The Atlanta Shakespeare Company, The Chicago Shakespeare Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and Honolulu Theatre for Youth. This last review will appear (in 2006) in multimedia form in an online journal called Borrowers and Lenders. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled Shakespeare in America.

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