120077 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / /BA-Arbeit / MA British/Irish/New English (2010W)
British Witchcraft Plays in Context: 1600-2009
Continuous assessment of course work
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Students prepared to take over one of the first topics (8 Nov. and 15 Nov) are requested to contact the course-teacher by e-mail as soon as possible (deadline 8 Sept.)
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 13.09.2010 00:00 to Su 26.09.2010 23:59
- Registration is open from We 29.09.2010 00:00 to Tu 05.10.2010 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.10.2010 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
11.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
18.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
25.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
08.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
15.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
22.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
29.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
06.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
13.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
10.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
17.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
24.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Monday
31.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Contents: The seminar, aimed at students of both English literary studies and cultural studies, will provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of British "witchcraft plays" written between 1604 and 2009. It will offer an epistemological and historical framework to the study of witchcraft and outline current theories and critical approaches. The five English and Scottish witchcraft plays selected for discussion are: Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (1604) (which will also be compared to Roman Polanski's film version of 1971), Middleton's tragi-comedy "The Witch" (c. 1615); Rowley, Dekker and Ford's tragedy "The Witch of Edmonton" (1621), which is based on the historical witch-trial and execution of Elizabeth Sawyer (1621); Joanna Baillie's sentimental tragedy "Witchcraft" (1836), and the recent historical witchcraft play "The Last Witch" (2009) by the Scottish dramatist Rona Munro, which deals with the execution of Janet Horne, the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland in 1727.
Assessment and permitted materials
Requirements: regular attendance throughout the semester, active participation in class; submission of one seminar paper (10.000 words) in English, which must be an authentic work written by the participant individually (no group work!); PPT-presentation (individually or as a member of a small group) of about 20 minutes per speaker; a final essay to be written in class; Deadline for submitting the SE-paper: one week after the presentation (unless otherwise agreed). - A feedback will be offered within two weeks after handing in the paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Aims: to perfect students' skills in writing research papers, to advance theoretical and practical skills in analysing and contextualizing dramatic texts from different periods; to provide students with interdisciplinary approaches to, and recent research on the perennial and cross-cultural phenomenon of witchcraft; to provide some knowledge and insights into the history of the English and Scottish witch-hunts of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries; to perfect students' linguistic proficiency.
Examination topics
Methods: Interactive computer and multi-media supported teaching; three introductory lecture units and cooperative teaching units will provide the necessary input and guidelines for students' presentations and forum-discussions.
Reading list
Texts: "Macbeth" (preferably the latest Arden edition or the Oxford Shakespeare); Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays. Ed. Peter Corbin and Douglas Sedge. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1986 (recommended edition for "The Witch" and "The Witch of Edmonton"); Joanna Baillie's "Witchcraft" (1836) is available from both the FAA and LION; a mastercopy of Baillie's play and of Rona Munro's "The Last Witch" will be provided (Sekretariat 1st floor). - A bibliography will be offered in the first seminar meeting.
Association in the course directory
Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: 322, 326/328, 336/338, 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, 821, BA12, BA14, MA4, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0265
Code/Modul: 322, 326/328, 336/338, 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, 821, BA12, BA14, MA4, MA6, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0265
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