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 106-007 Traditions of Shakespeare

Note

Formerly available as 106-109. Students who have completed 106-109 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Marion Campbell

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject aims to provide 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 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.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • A Carter, Wise Children. Faber.
  • Shakespeare, Othello. World's Classics.
  • Shakespeare, King Lear. World's Classics.
  • Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing. World's Classics.
  • Shakespeare, The Tempest. World's Classics.
  • Shakespeare, Twelfth Night. World's Classics.
  • J Smiley, A Thousand Acres. Flamingo.
  • M Warner, Indigo.
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