Representative problems in critical and scholarly examination of Shakespeare's plays. In our contemporary moment, high-profile American corporations, academic institutions, and governments have written mission statements, academic policies, and laws aimed at ensuring inclusivity. By investing their efforts in making space for individuals who have been historically disenfranchised, these documents suggest an effort to address past societal agreements that subjugated certain groups while privileging others. But what happens when members of privileged groups experience marginalization? In this course, students will analyze fictions of inclusion in Shakespeare’s early modern plays, such as The Comedy of Errors and The Two Gentlemen of Verona, among others, to explore fantasies of collective equity. Among the primary texts studied in this course, students can anticipate engaging a wide range of theoretical frameworks and secondary scholarship. This online course includes three major assessments, weekly discussion posts, and a final project. This course will meet online synchronously on Mondays, 4:20 - 6:50 p.m.