These are excellent audio college-level courses. Each includes a PDF guidebook.
These links were found at Avaxhome and Englishtips.org
Thank you to Avaxhome and Englishtips.org for these links.
Thank you to Avaxhome and Englishtips.org for these links.
Course I
Shakespeare and the Varieties of Human Experience
Dennis Huston and Peter Saccio
Topics:
01-08 - The Taming of the Shrew: The Actor as Hero
02-08 - Measure For Measure: Sexual Desire and Civil Authority
03-08 - Richard III: The Actor as Villain
04-08 - Macbeth and Imaginative Villainy
05-08 - Romeo and Juliet: Explosive Contraries
06-08 - Troilus and Cressida: Exploded Myths
07-08 - Othello: Love and Chaos
08-08 - Julius Caesar: The Roman History
174MB
http://www.fileserve.com/file/JthTxMA
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Course IIShakespeares Tragedies
Clare Kinney
Topics:
1. Defining Tragedy
2. Shakespearean Tragedy in Context
3. Hamlet I—"Stand and unfold yourself"
4. Hamlet II—The Performance of Revenge
5. Hamlet III—Difficult Women
6. Hamlet IV—Uncontainable Hamlet
7. Othello I—Miscegenation and Mixed Messages
8. Othello II—Monstrous Births
9. Othello III—"Ocular Proof"
10. Othello IV—Tragic Knowledge
11. King Lear I—Kingship and Kinship
12. King Lear II—"Unaccommodated Man"
13. King Lear III—The Stage of Fools
14. King Lear IV—"Is this the promised end?"
15. Macbeth I—Desire and Equivocation
16. Macbeth II—"Dispute it like a man"
17. Macbeth III—Bloody Babes and Bloody Ends
18. Antony and Cleopatra I—Epic Desires
19. Antony and Cleopatra II—Identity Politics
20. Antony and Cleopatra III—The Art of Dying
21. Coriolanus I—The Loner and the Mob
22. Coriolanus II—The Theater of Politics
23. Coriolanus III—Mothers and Killers
24. Conclusion—Beyond Tragedy?
495MB
http://www.fileserve.com/file/AhABUNj
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Course IIIComedies, Histories, Tragedies
Peter Saccio
Topics:
01 Shakespeare Then and Now
02 The Nature of Shakespeare’s Plays
03 Twelfth Night: Shakespearean Comedy
04 Twelfth Night: Malvolio in Love
05 The Taming of the Shrew: Getting Married in the 1590s
06 The Taming of the Shrew: Kate Plays the Game
07 The Merchant of Venice: Courting the Heiress
08 The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
09 Measure for Measure: Sex in Society
10 Measure for Measure: Justice and Comedy
11 Richard III: Shakespearean History
12 Richard III: The Villain’s Career
13 Richard II: The Theory of Kingship
14 Richard II: The Fall of the King
15 Henry IV: All the King’s Men
16 Henry IV: The Life of Falstaff
17 Henry V: The Death of Falstaff
18 Henry V: The King Victorious
19 Romeo and Juliet: Shakespearean Tragedy
20 Romeo and Juliet: Public Violence and Private Bliss
21 Troilus and Cressida: Ancient Epic in a New Mode
22 Troilus and Cressida: Heroic Aspirations
23 Julius Caesar: The Matter of Rome
24 Julius Caesar: Heroes of History
25 Hamlet: The Abundance of the Play
26 Hamlet: The Causes of Tragedy
27 Hamlet: The Protestant Hero
28 Othello: The Design of the Tragedy
29 Othello: “0 Villainy!”
30 Othello: “The Noble Moor”
31 King Lear: “This Is the Worst
32 King Lear: Wisdom through Suffering
33 King Lear: ~Then We Go On
34 Macbeth: “Fair Is Foul
35 Macbeth: Musing on Murder
36 Macbeth: “Enter Two Murderers
282 MB
http://www.fileserve.com/file/xyPRYeA
These are excellent audio college-level courses. Each includes a PDF guidebook.
These links were found at Avaxhome and Englishtips.org
Thank you to Avaxhome and Englishtips.org for these links.
