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A scene analysis ESSAY [1,500 words, 20%] on one scene from one play [Learning outcomes: 2 and 3].

An ESSAY [3,000 words, 80%] on one play which must be different to the first play written about, [Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5].

Dutton, R and Howard, J.E. (eds.) (2005), A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Tragedies. Blackwell.

Potter, L. (2002) "Othello": Shakespeare in Performance. Manchester University Press.

Bartels, E.C. (2008) Speaking of the Moor: From "Alcazar" to "Othello". Pennsylvania University Press.

Kahan, J. (ed.) (2008) King Lear: New Critical Essays. Routledge.

Leggatt, A. (2004) "King Lear": Shakespeare in Performance. Manchester University Press.

Wallace, J (ed.) (2007) The Cambridge Introduction to Tragedy. Cambridge University Press.

Eagleton, T. (2002) Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic. Wiley Blackwell.

Contact hours will consist predominantly of online learning activities, discussion forums and email/phone contact with tutors. Some face-to-face workshops and tutorials will be scheduled as required.

This module will develop students' ability to respond imaginatively and intellectually to Shakespeare's tragedies, through the close reading of plays and related productions accessed on DVD and online. 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 texts and related productions, in order to found the student's learning in the core skill of close dramatic analysis. The assessment portfolio for the module will give students opportunities staged through the year to develop their skills of close reading and their critical awareness of performance and critical/theoretical contexts, using written, oral, and visual formats.

Level 4 English Core Modules

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 A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL CONTEXTS
Analysis

3. ARTICULATE A COHERENT ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION IN WRITTEN FORM
Application

4. AN ABILITY TO SITUATE SHAKESPEARIAN TRAGIC PRACTICE IN RELATION TO KEY THEMES AND ISSUES IN THE THEORY OF TRAGEDY
Reflection

5. DEVELOP AN ANALYSIS OF TEXT WHICH COMPRISES RESEARCH INTO CRITICAL/THEORETICAL MATERIALS APPROPRIATE TO THE MODULE
Application
Communication