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Syllabus 2015-16 - 76313013 - Shakespearean Drama and Performance (Shakespearean Drama and performance)

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  • Level 1: Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in this language
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  • Level 3: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams, seminars and regular lectures in this language
DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Online en English Studies (OMIES) / Estudios ingleses
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
COURSE: Shakespearean Drama and Performance
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Shakespearean Drama and Performance
CODE: 76313013 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: LÓPEZ-PELAEZ CASELLAS, JESÚS
DEPARTMENT: U115 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
FIELD OF STUDY: 345 - FILOLOGÍA INGLESA
OFFICE NO.: D2 - 245 E-MAIL: jlopez@ujaen.es P: 953212136
WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/filing/3407
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-7253
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 3
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

 

  • The semiotics of theatre and drama: a. The dramatic sign.
    b. Dramatic and theatrical discourse.
  • The origins of drama: a. Ancient Greece. b. English medieval drama. c. Elizabethan and Jacobean dram
  • A historical survey of Shakespearean drama: Tragedies, Comedies, Histories, Romances.
  • Textual and theatrical analysis: Othello and The Merchant of Venice.
  • Performance: translation, production, staging. Othello and The Merchant of Venice.

 

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Specific online methodology will be applied. Activities will deal with the study of online material (videos, glosaries etc...), plus the close reading of plays, written asignments and online discusion with lecturers and peers.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Students will be required to provide meaningful contributions to the threads of discussion with peers and lecturers. They will also have to produce an esay, supervised by the lecturers, and based on the plays examined, the bibliograpgy recommended, and the material provided by the lecturers in the virtual platform.

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Key Concepts in Theatre. Edition: -. Author: Schonmann, Shifra. Publisher: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2011  (Library)
  • The theory and analysis of drama. Edition: 1st published, repr. Author: Pfister, Manfred. Publisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991  (Library)
  • Othello, the moor of Venice. Edition: -. Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006  (Library)
  • The merchant of Venice. Edition: -. Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2014  (Library)
  • The merchant of Venice. Edition: -. Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.. Publisher: Oxford [etc.] : Oxford University Press, 2008  (Library)
  • Political Shakespeare: essays in cultural materialism. Edition: 2nd ed., repr. Author: -. Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • Scenic art for the theatre [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 3rd ed. Author: Crabtree, Susan, 1959-. Publisher: Waltham, MA : Focal Press, 2012  (Library)
  • From Page to Performance: Essays in Early English Drama. Edition: -. Author: Alford, John. Publisher: Michigan State University  (Library)
  • Emulation on the Shakespearean Stage. Edition: -. Author: Dickson, Vernon. Publisher: Ashgate  (Library)
  • Short history of English Renaisance Drama. Edition: -. Author: Hackett, Helen. Publisher: IB Tauris  (Library)
  • Studying Shakespeare's Contemporaries . Edition: -. Author: Engle, Lars & Eric Rasmussen. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons  (Library)