F62Th Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Zoom)
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[NEW COURSE] Julius Caesar, along with Henry V, is a prelude to Hamlet as Shakespeare finds increasing nuance in what constitutes legitimate political power, how politicians use language to manipulate the common people, the qualities good and bad of the mob itself, and the tragedy of men’s mixed motives trying to preserve justice in a complex political landscape. Who is the hero? Who is the villain? Should honorable men use violence when they see a demagogue rising to power? Do their actions produce a better society—and does violence corrupt the doers? Contemporary relevance? You bet.
Required Text: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Signet Classic edition, ISBN 9781440628443 Course Website: sites.google.com/view/caesarosher Enrollment Limit: 25 Audio/Visual, Discussion, Lecture, Reading
Donna Richardson
Donna Richardson is professor emerita at St. Mary's College of Maryland where she taught literature for 33 years. Her specialties include poetry (especially Romantics), mythology in Greek literature, and Tolstoy.