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Stony Brook University
Humanities Bldg.
Stony Brook, NY
11794-5350
Phone: 631.632.7400

Bente Videbaek

Lecturer. Ph.D. Northwestern University; Renaissance drama and literature, Scandinavian drama.

2093 Humanities;  MWF 10:35-11:35
631-632-7410
bvidebaek@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Courses:

Fall 2010
  • EGL 204: Literary Analysis & Argumentation
  • EGL 243: Shakespeare: The Major Works
  • EGL 584: Revenge and Domestic Tragedy

Awards:

  • Student Choice Award as Most Influential Professor, 2004
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching as Part-Time Faculty, 2003

Selected Publications:

  • The Stage Clown in Shakespeare's Theatre. Greenwood Press (1996)
  • "Priming Questions for 'The Mousetrap'", Approaches to Teaching Shakespre's Hamlet, ed. Bernice Klilman. MLA, (2001)
  • Editor of Four Revenge Tragedies: Kyd, Shakespeare, Tourneur, Beaumont and Fletcher. College Publishing (2003)



 
Bente Videbaek was born in Denmark and holds degrees in English and Danish/Scandinavian from the University of Copenhagen. After moving to the United States in 1985, she obtained a doctoral degree from Northwestern University, Illinois. Her main area of interest is British Renaissance drama. 

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