eng3fsp five shakespeare plays
FIVE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS
ENG3FSP
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject will examine in depth the following plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Othello and The Tempest. It will consider the plays in relation to a number of issues and approaches, starting with questions of close analysis and interpretation, moving out to historicism versus anti-historicism, new approaches to early modern literature (and literature in general), especially new historicist, feminist, and materialist, and some issues of editing, transmission, transformation, and performance.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorPaul Salzman
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 45 credit points of 2nd year English subjects, or coordinators approval.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Prescribed | William Shakespeare | ANY EDITION |
| Readings | King Lear | Prescribed | William Shakespeare | ANY EDITION |
| Readings | Othello | Prescribed | William Shakespeare | ANY EDITION |
| Readings | The Tempest | Prescribed | William Shakespeare | ANY EDITION |
| Readings | Twelfth Night | Prescribed | William Shakespeare | ANY EDITION |
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