ENGL 3016 Shakespeare for Social Justice
This course fosters community-engaged learning and bridges the study of literature with the restorative practices of performing arts. Students will work with various community partners–performing arts organizations that focus upon the fight for equity and justice for marginalized communities. Students analyze select works by Shakespeare as well as contemporary performance art works that extend Shakespeare’s legacy of social critique. Specifically, students explore issues of social justice, especially at the intersection of race, class, disability, sexuality, and gender, in plays, works of choreography, and relevant literary texts. This course only satisfies the CORE requirement when offered as a service learning course.