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].

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.

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.

Box of Broadcasts
Library
Internet
Blackboard

This module will develop students' ability to respond imaginatively and intellectually to Shakespeare's comedies and late plays, 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.

1. SHOW A KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF DRAMATIC AND THEMATIC STRUCTURE IN SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES AND ROMANCE PLAYS
Knowledge & Understanding

2. ANALYSE TEXT THROUGH CLOSE READING INFORMED BY A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL CONTEXTS
Analysis
Knowledge & Understanding

3. ARTICULATE A COHERENT ANALYTICAL DISCUSSION IN WRITTEN FORM.
Application

4. SITUATE SHAKESPEARIAN PLAYS IN RELATION TO KEY THEMES AND ISSUES IN THE THEORY AND CRITICISM OF COMEDY AND RELATED FORMS
Reflection

5. DEVELOP TEXTUAL ANALYSIS WHICH COMPRISES RESEARCH INTO CRITICAL/THEORETICAL MATERIAL RELEVANT TO THE MODULE
Application
Communication