Welcome to our official course blog for English 3213, Love (and Sex) in Shakespeare! This semester, we'll be reading a series of poems and plays to determine how Shakespeare performed the idea of love for his various audiences, and how posterity has modeled its own ideas of love--love idealized, love pursued, love gained, love lost--through his example. The class will also take time to discuss what love means for us today, and how we consciously create it in our (and Shakespeare's) image. My goal is that the course challenges the way we've been taught to view Shakespeare's characters and plots, and will help you see the Shakespearean influence in every Romantic comedy and Hallmark card. And maybe, even in your own relationships!
Be sure to get the books for class as soon as possible, particularly de Sousa's little volume, Love: A Very Short Introduction, since we'll start reading from it immediately (with questions to follow on Thursday). I look forward to spending the semester with you as we explore the inexhaustible potential of Shakespeare's language.
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