Drama of the age of Shakespeare
Philip Ayres
8 or 12 Points
* 2 hours per week
* Second semester
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Clayton
Objectives On completing the subject successfully, students should have a good understanding of a representative range of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and of their theatrical, political and philosophic contexts.
Synopsis This subject covers Shakespeare's plays in their various categories, as well as plays by the most outstanding of his contemporaries. Each work is studied in its theatrical, political and philosophical contexts, and in many seminars individual scenes in historically important productions will be watched on video (a typical example: for Macbeth, the lead-up to the murder of Duncan as directed by Polanski, by Kurosawa, and by the RSC). Shakespeare's varying reception across the centuries will be considered, and some attention will also be given to transformations of Shakespeare into other media (eg, into grand opera: Verdi, Otello, on film).
Assessment (8 points) Assignment/s (2500 words): 40%
* Essay (3500
words): 60%
Assessment (12 points) Two seminar papers (1300 words): 15% each
*
Essay (2500 words): 30%
* Essay (3500 words): 40%
Prescribed texts
Jonson B Volpone Benn
Marlowe C Doctor Faustus Benn
Middleton T and Rowley The Changeling Benn
Shakespeare W Othello Signet
Shakespeare W Macbeth Signet
Shakespeare W King Lear Signet
Shakespeare W Julius Caesar Signet
Shakespeare W Antony and Cleopatra Signet
Shakespeare W Richard III Signet
Shakespeare W Henry V Signet
Shakespeare W The Winter's Tale Signet
Tourner C The Revenger's Tragedy Benn
Webster J The Duchess of Malfi Benn
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