Seminar: William Shakespeare: The Late Tragedies [Vertiefungsmodul] - Details

Seminar: William Shakespeare: The Late Tragedies [Vertiefungsmodul] - Details

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Course name Seminar: William Shakespeare: The Late Tragedies [Vertiefungsmodul]
Subtitle Vertiefungsmodul Anglistik/Literatur I
Course number ANG.05292.02; 06147.01
Semester WiSe 2024/25
Current number of participants 18
expected number of participants 30
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Next date Thursday, 09.01.2025 16:15 - 17:45, Room: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Studiengänge (für) LA Gym, Sek Englisch (2012+2015)
LA Förder (Sekundar) Englisch (2012+2015)
MA Engl. Spr. u Lit 45/75 LP (2015)
MA Angloam. Lit., Spr u Kult. 120 LP (2015)
SWS 2
Miscellanea ANG.05292.02 Vertiefungsmodul: Anglistik Literatur I
ANG.06147.01 - Interdisziplinäre Ringvorlesung
ECTS points 5

Module assignments

Comment/Description

William Shakespeare’s mature tragedies King Lear (1605) and Macbeth (1606) have been valued for their portrayal of good and evil, suffering, and the question of reconciliation. These philosophical themes transcend topical political issues to pursue the human journey as a conversion, and which portray the soul of man – and especially the soul of a ruler – as a structural force that threatens to destabilize a society whose monarch becomes unstable or turns evil. Starting with a historical overview of Jacobean England and a consideration of the key concerns of tragedy, the course will discuss the selected Shakespearean plays with regard to this genre, and with attention to the ways in which the plays engage with the legitimacy of authority, ambition, and power, desire and justice, love and betrayal, and madness and ageing.

Studienleistungen:
• Regular attendance and oral participation
• In-depth knowledge of the reading material
• Short tasks in class and an oral presentation

Prüfungsleistung:
• Final written examination (90 min)
Please note that prior registration (deadline: 10 October 2024) for the course via StudIP is mandatory.

This course can be attended as preparation for the Staatsexamenklausur “Arbeit unter Aufsicht” in Spring 2025. Further preparation can be obtained in the Forschungskolloquium.

Primary texts:
Students are required to purchase EXACTLY the editions given below, so that we can all work with the same text, paratextual apparatus, and pagination. Please note that it is NOT possible to attend the course without these editions.

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Ed. R.A. Foakes. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Methuen Drama, 1997. ISBN: 978 1 9034 3659 2. Print.

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Ed. Sandra Clark and Pamela Mason. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN: 978 1 9042 7141 3. Print.

Recommended Further Reading:
Additional secondary sources will be made available on our shelf (“Semesterapparat”) in the university library, Steintor Campus.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Zeitgesteuerte Anmeldung: William Shakespeare: The Late Tragedies [Vertiefungsmodul]".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 18.09.2024, 00:01 to 11.10.2024, 23:59.

Registration mode

The enrolment is binding, participants cannot unsubscribe themselves.