Description
The University of Dallas invites high school students interested in literature and history to participate in its annual summer program, Shakespeare in Italy. Each summer, University of Dallas professors lead students through the most compelling works of Shakespeare's corpus in the midst of his most enchanting and breathtaking Italian settings. Like all of our summer programs, Shakespeare in Italy is based upon classical and classic texts from the University's Core Curriculum.
Shakespeare was a great English playwright and poet who chose to set many of his plays in Italy. In addition to his four Roman plays and two Venetian plays, Shakespeare wrote plays set in Verona, Padua, and Sicily. Moreover, although Shakespeare's Italian plays depict different periods of time from the early moments of the Roman Republic through the decline of the Empire, to the height of the Italian Renaissance they all address issues that have timeless significance: faith, love, hatred, justice, revenge, deception, and self-knowledge. The purpose of our travels in Italy is both to stimulate a genuine interest in literature, art, and theology, and to raise certain main issues that are prominent in these fields. History and drama intersect at every site, resulting in a greater awareness of our Western heritage and a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's art.
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