English Department Faculty

Bente Videbaek

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

2093 Humanities; M/W/F 1–2, Th 1–3:30
631-632-7410
bvidebaek@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Courses:

Fall 2008

Shakespeare's Major Works (EGL 243.01) MWF 11:45–12:40, JAVITZ 103
Intro to British Lit I (EGL 205) MWF 10:40–11:35, PSY A 137
Honors 106; W 2:20–3:40

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.