ENL 5227-Fall 2025-Taylor

Shakespeare has been, and continues to be, studied in relation to any and every literary theory, and most books, articles, and courses on Shakespeare focus on the “right” way to interpret his work. This course will instead focus on Shakespeare as a writer–and re-writer–of phrases, sentences, paragraphs (i.e. “speeches”), stage directions, scenes, stories, titles, and genres, which continue to inspire readers and audiences around the world. People only care about what Shakespeare meant because of how he meant it: by stringing words together in new and compelling ways.