Enterprise I: How do we define enterprise?
Tue, Sep 27
Learning goals - By the end of this session you will:
- Understand multiple definitions of enterprise and which ones interest us for this course
- Review Elizabeth Anderson's argument about the early goal of market societies (aka to free people from oppressive feudal structures) and understand how colonization fit into the puzzle
- Understand who the audience for Shakespeare's plays were
- Based on a close reading of Act II.Scene 2, decide whether you think Shakespeare critiques or reinforces European colonizers' views of indigenous people as objects to exchange or means to a profit
Read This:
Access the readings on the course's Perusall page.
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Acts I, II, and III (1611)
- Ryan Rishi, "Capitalism in The Tempest" (a student essay, edited by Chris Hedlin)
Watch This:
Watch the following video, in which Hervé Goffings performs Caliban's famous monologue from Act I, Scene II of The Tempest.
Once you've finished, watch just a few seconds of each of the following videos to see how two different directors chose to portray Caliban on the stage/screen. How do the visual choices shape your interpretation of the words?
From the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's 2010 production, directed by Des McAnuff:
And from Touchstone Pictures' 2010 movie: