SHAKESPEARE AND THE MOVING IMAGE
CRA2SMI
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, students will be introduced to five Shakespeare plays and a number of screen versions of them. The plays will be set in the context of their textual production and the theatre of Shakespeare's time, but they will be analysed through their realisation in a series of film and television productions. The subject is taught in conjunction with The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, which will be involved in the screening of the films and provide a number of the lectures. Plays and screen versions covered will be: Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and Richard III.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Rob Conkie
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: Yes
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Students must have completed 15 credit points of Level one subjects
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: CRA3SMI
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Much Ado About Nothing
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: William Shakespeare
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Publisher: Penguin
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Romeo and Juliet
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: William Shakespeare
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Publisher: Penguin
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Macbeth
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: William Shakespeare
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Publisher: Penguin
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Richard III
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: William Shakespeare
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Publisher: Penguin
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The Taming of the Shrew
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: William Shakespeare
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Publisher: Penguin
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A