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Shakespeare - Love and gender
In this course we investigate and discuss the terms 'love' and 'gender roles', and how these have been portrayed in English literature from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in the Renaissance to literature and non-fiction in the 21st century.
What is love and why is it a recurring theme in literature?
What norms and ideals exist, during these same periods, when speaking of gender roles?
KERNETEKSTER:
Gender Issues Today:
Short story: Atwood, Margaret, "Happy Endings", 1983
Short story: London, Kate, "We do not deal in guilt or blame", 2019 (written ass.)
Ole Juul Lund, Shakespeare Lives and Works, chapter 7: Shakespeare's Verse and Poetry
Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet,
- Act 1: Prologue
- Act 1, Scenes 1, 2, 3
- Act 2, scene 2 (excerpt from the Balcony scene)
Theory: "Gender Roles in Elizabethan England", https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/life-and-times/social-context/women-in-shakespeares-england/
Gender Roles in the 19th Century:
Kate Chopin: The Storm, short story, 1898
SUPPLERENDE:
Film: Baz Luhrman: 'Romeo and Juliet'
Video clips:
Grease (+ lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODOj2jBUKW0
"Boys and Girls on Stereotypes, New York Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvGSstKd5Y&ab_channel=NewYorkMagazine
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