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Shakespeare's Plays
Postgraduate | GRF-HUM701 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
View information for 2019 course intakeTread the boards alongside the greatest playwright to have ever lived.Dig beneath the surface of Othello, Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar. Touch on the meaning Shakespeare's works hold for modern audiences. Address the infamous authorship question.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Shakespeare's Plays
About this subject
At the completion of this subject you will be able to:
- write clear and cogent literary criticism
- understand and think through complex ethical questions
- engage in intellectual reasoning at an improved level
- successfully undertake literary-historical research
- speak with some authority about Shakespeare's major plays
- write and orally communicate effectively.
- Shakespeare's reputation
- Julius Caesar
- Richard II
- Othello
- Twelfth Night
- Measure for Measure
- The Winter's Tale
- The 'Authorship Question'
The purpose of the subject is to provide an overview of Shakespeare's dramatic achievement, and to engage with it at first hand, by reading and studying a representative selection of half a dozen of his best known plays. The main emphasis will be on reading and responding to each of the plays in terms of their meaning and relevance for the world of the 21st century; but some work will also be done on their relation to the culture and politics of the English Renaissance (when they were first written and performed), and on their 'appropriation' by audiences and readers in later periods. It will attempt to 'demystify' Shakespeare's work while at the same time acknowledging and beginning to appreciate the unique power which gave rise to its mystique.
- Essay 1 (30%)
- Essay 2 (30%)
- Non-Invigilated Exam (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
GRF-HUM7401 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
- Additional materials
- Broadband access
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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