| Course Title: Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Revenge on Stage and Screen' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: Revenge plots display an enduring popularity. We will examine plays and films that show the range of possibilities, exploring: narratives focused on gender, race, and class; the place of family in revenge plots; the "underdog" tale; the importance of religion to ideas of justice; and the way in which genre influences notions of vengeance. Films and plays include the following: Euripides' Medea, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ji Junxiang's The Orphan of Zhao, Suzan-Lori Parks's Fucking A, Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, Damián Szifron's Wild Tales, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, and Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman. Students will design their own final research projects. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Heidi Holder | hholder@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Seminar | Monday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | THEA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Film, Media, Theater or English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FMT0004 | FMT-CR: Critical Studies | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Critical Studies area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FMT-330RE-01 Revenge on Stage and Screen |
| ENGL-367RE-01 Revenge on Stage and Screen |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Hamlet Author: Shakespeare, William Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780451526922 Publisher: Signet Classics |
Required | 5.95 |
| Title: The Ferryman Author: Butterworth, Jez Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1559365668 Publisher: TCG Theatre Communications Group |
Required | 14.95 |
| Title: Fucking A Author: Parks, Suzan-Lori Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0573709211 Publisher: Samuel French |
Required | 14.00 |
| Title: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Author: Sondheim, Stephen Copyright: 2000 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1557830665 Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |
Required | 16.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: We no longer have a local bookstore for orders. Please acquire the books yourselves, taking care to buy the ASSIGNED EDITIONS--that's very important! Amazon is an option, and often has used copies. Kindle editions are accepted. A good site for used books is abebooks.com. |