DTS3630 - Shakespeare: Text and performance
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Arts
Leader(s): Sue Tweg
Offered
Not offered in 2009
Synopsis
In this unit we look at nine of Shakespeare's plays, both as texts on the page for study and analysis, and as blueprints for performance work. The aim is to encourage you to experience plays as both imaginative poetry and living theatre for today. We explore how plays have been understood at different historical times and in different cultures. There will be a weekly two-hour workshop for all students, plus an additional (optional) hour long performance workshop on a selected play each Wednesday afternoon.
Assessment
Workshop participation and presentation: 50%
Examination (2 hours) or short performance with written analysis (2000 word equivalent) or essay (2000 words): 50%
Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate greater sophistication in the interpretation of texts, to take the lead in practical explorations, and to make reference in written work to relevant secondary material
Contact hours
2 hours (1 x 2 hour workshop) per week
Prerequisites
A first year sequence