Course Name	Shakespeare
Credits	3
Professor(s)	Name	Seungjin Baek
	Affiliation	English Language and Literature

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

The course provides a comprehensive study of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Especially Hamlet's character will be focused on. Also Hamlets on films will be studied and compared to Hamlet on page.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Andres, Richard, and Rex Gibson, eds. Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005.

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: two journals on films(Mel Gibson's Hamlet & Kenneth Branagh‘s Hamlet)

Grading Scheme: Attendance(10%), Mid-term Exam(30%), Final Exam(40%), journal(10%),

short presentation on topics(10%)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: watching film(Mel Gibson's Hamlet)
Week 2: Act 1 Scene 1
Week 3: Act 1 Scene 2
Week 4: Act 1 Scene 3, 4
Week 5: Act 1 Scene 5/ Act 2 Scene 1
Week 6: Act 2 Scene 2

Week 7: Act 3 Scene 1, 2
Week 8: Mid-term Exam
Week 9: watching film(Kenneth Branagh‘s Hamlet)
Week 10: Act 3 Scene 3, 4
Week 11: Act 4 Scene 1, 2, 3, 4
Week 12: Act 4 Scene 5, 6, 7
Week 13: Act 5 Scene 1
Week 14: Act 5 Scene 2

Week 15: Final Exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:   82-55-751-5887                         e-mail: sjbaek@gnu.ac.kr