ENGL 3660

Students demonstrate critical understanding of a chosen topic of focus in Shakespeare studies through close investigation, written composition, and argumentation. Through exploration and evaluation of the chosen topic, students show an advanced ability to critically and creatively analyze and articulate the complexities of various perspectives, techniques, rhetorical strategies, and assumptions employed by Shakespeare, and a mastery of independent research and application of existing knowledge. Students illustrate proficiency in scholarly writing with clear, persuasive, grammatically-correct style and appropriate documentation skills