106-109 Traditions of Shakespeare

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This subject provides two main contexts for a study of Shakespeare: first, the dramatic traditions and theatrical practices that produced Shakespeare as an Elizabethan dramatist; and second, the literary and cultural traditions that his work inaugurated in subsequent centuries and in different national and political formations. Students who successfully complete this subject will have a close understanding of selected plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries and of some literary rewritings of them. They will also have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.

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Prescribed Texts:

• A Carter, Wise Children, Faber.
• K Grenville, Lilian's Story, Allen & Unwin.
• C Marlowe, Dr Faustus, World's Classics.
• Shakespeare, Hamlet, World's Classics.
• Shakespeare, King Lear, World's Classics.
• Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, World's Classics.
• Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, World's Classics.
• Shakespeare, The Tempest, World's Classics.
• J Smiley, A Thousand Acres, Flamingo.
• C Tourneur, The Revenger's Tragedy, Penguin.