Undergraduate Course: Shakespeare's Comedies (LLLG07090)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | An introduction to some of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies with extensive video and DVD material of different interpretations from early Hollywood to the present date. |
| Course description |
This course will introduce some of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies and explore a wealth of different interpretations, both on stage and screen, from early Hollywood to the present date. Plays will include The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Twelfth Night. Through this course students will develop an understanding of both the plays as pieces of both written and performed art.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 16 |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 19,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
79 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
one 2000 word essay |
| Feedback |
students are given the opportunity to submit a practice essay in week 6, feedback for which will be returned in week 7 |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- evaluate the evolving treatment of women in the comedies
- examine the comic use of disguise and role play in these plays
- analyse Shakespeare¿s complex imagery and comic language
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Learning Resources
Essential
Greenblatt Stephen. 1997. The Norton Shakespeare. New York: W. W. Norton. (or any edition(s) with notes, i.e. RSC, Arden, Oxford, or New Cambridge).
Recommended
Salingar, Leo 1976. Shakespeare and the Traditions of Comedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Smith, Emma (ed.). 2004. Shakespeare¿s Comedies. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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