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English Department
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; M/F: 11:45-12:35; Tu 1:30-3; W 11:45-2 and by appointment and e-mail.
631-632-7410
bvidebaek@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Courses:

Spring 2008
  • Freshman Seminar (ACH 102)
  • Arts and Society (HON 201)
  • Intro to British Lit II (EGL 206)
  • Drama in English (EGL 362)
Fall 2008
  • Shakespeare's Major Works (EGL 243.01) 
  • Intro to British Lit I (EGL 205)
  • Honors 106

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. She is currently Undergraduate Director. 

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