Module Descriptors
SHAKESPEARE: THE TRAGEDIES
ENGL50382
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Melanie Ebdon
Email: M.D.Ebdon@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 2
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Coursework - Essay (1000 words) on one scene from one play weighted at 20%
- Coursework - Essay (2000 words) on one play which must be different to the first play weighted at 80%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
This module will develop students' ability to respond imaginatively and intellectually to Shakespeare's tragedies, through the close reading of two plays. The emphasis throughout is on developing an awareness of the plays as texts for performance, and the skills of dramatic and performance analysis, of historical and critical contextualisation, which are needed to convey the multi-dimensionality of the play as theatrical event. Teaching and learning activities will be organised around workshops on key individual scenes from the two texts, in order to found the student's learning in the core skill of close dramatic analysis. Assessment for the module will give students the opportunity to continue this emphasis on close reading informed by a critical awareness of performance and critical/theoretical contexts.
Module Learning Strategies
Contact hours will consist of weekly 3-hour workshops, to include screenings as appropriate.
Module Texts
Bartels, Emily C. (2008) Speaking of the Moor: From Alcazar to Othello
Pennsylvania U. P.
Dutton, Richard and Jean E. Howard (eds.), (2005) A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Tragedies, Blackwell: London.
Eagleton, Terry (2002) Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic. Blackwell: London.
Kahan, Jeffrey (ed.) (2008), King Lear: New Critical Essays Routledge: London.
Leggatt, Alexander, (2004) King Lear: Shakespeare in Performance Manchester U.P.: Manchester.
Potter, Lois (2002) Othello: Shakespeare in Performance Manchester U.P.: Manchester.
Wallace, Jennifer (ed.) (2007) The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy Cambridge U.P.: Cambridge.
Pennsylvania U. P.
Dutton, Richard and Jean E. Howard (eds.), (2005) A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Tragedies, Blackwell: London.
Eagleton, Terry (2002) Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic. Blackwell: London.
Kahan, Jeffrey (ed.) (2008), King Lear: New Critical Essays Routledge: London.
Leggatt, Alexander, (2004) King Lear: Shakespeare in Performance Manchester U.P.: Manchester.
Potter, Lois (2002) Othello: Shakespeare in Performance Manchester U.P.: Manchester.
Wallace, Jennifer (ed.) (2007) The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy Cambridge U.P.: Cambridge.
Module Assessment Details
A scene analysis ESSAY [1,000 words, 20%] on one scene from one play [Learning outcomes: 2 and 3].
An ESSAY [2,000 words, 80%] on one play which must be different to the first play written about, [Learning Outcomes: 1, 2 and 3].
An ESSAY [2,000 words, 80%] on one play which must be different to the first play written about, [Learning Outcomes: 1, 2 and 3].
Module Resources
DVD and Box of Broadcasts in workshop rooms
Library
Internet
Blackboard
Library
Internet
Blackboard
Module Learning OUtcomes
1. A KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF DRAMATIC AND THEMATIC STRUCTURE IN SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES
Knowledge & Understanding
2. AN ABILITY TO ANALYSE TEXT THROUGH CLOSE READING INFORMED BY KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL CONTEXTS
Analysis
Reflection
3. AN ABILITY TO ARTICULATE A COHERENT ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION IN WRITTEN FORM
Application
Knowledge & Understanding
2. AN ABILITY TO ANALYSE TEXT THROUGH CLOSE READING INFORMED BY KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL CONTEXTS
Analysis
Reflection
3. AN ABILITY TO ARTICULATE A COHERENT ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION IN WRITTEN FORM
Application