122048 PS Proseminar Linguistics 2 / Linguistics (2014W)

The Language of Shakespeare

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

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 08.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 12.09.2014 18:00
Registration is open from Tu 23.09.2014 00:00 to Th 25.09.2014 23:59
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.10.2014 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Stefan Thim

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 13.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 20.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 27.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 03.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 10.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 17.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 24.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 01.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 15.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 12.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 19.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09
Monday 26.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Raum 2 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-09

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this class the language of Shakespeare will be studied as a specific instance of Early Modern English (1500-1700), a period that plays a fundamental role in the emergence of Modern Standard English and its varieties. We will encounter a language that is often familiar but sometimes also mildly exotic from a present-day point of view, with considerable internal variation and ongoing linguistic change within the period. Thus, besides studying a goodly amount of literary language we will also look at a number of non-literary Early Modern English texts and assess the major characteristics of Shakespeare's language on all levels of linguistic description, from phonology to text linguistics and stylistics.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be assessed on the basis of in-class participation, written assignments, oral presentations, and a term paper.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participants will be familiar with the major issues in the linguistic discussion of the language of Shakespeare and their relation to literary and cultural backgrounds in the Early Modern English period. This includes a knowledge of how the development in EModE relates to present-day English and to comparable developments in other European languages. Participants will be able provide linguistic analyses of texts by Shakespeare and discuss them in a wider context and they will make competent and independent use of linguistic research tools and literature.

Examination topics

Critical reading, class discussions, independent corpus-based research projects, solving in-class tasks, oral presentations, short (2500-3000 word) paper.

Reading list

1.
Participants will be expected to acquire the following textbook:
Nevalainen, Terttu. 2006. An Introduction to Early Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
2.
Participants will also be expected to acquire a copy of at least one play by Shakespeare (details tba in class)
3.
Various other texts will be made available in the course of the semester, both through moodle and in the department's library.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA06.1, BA09.1; BEd 09.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-2043

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