123221 SE Literature Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2017W)
Early Modern Comedies
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 11.09.2017 00:00 to Th 21.09.2017 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2017 23:59
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 10.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 17.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 24.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 31.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 07.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 14.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 21.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 28.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 05.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 12.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 09.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 16.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 23.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
- Tuesday 30.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Did you know that Shakespeare invented the classic Hollywood rom-com-plot (lovers - obstacles - happy ending)? In this course we are going to analyse two of the most famous happy comedies from the Elizabethan era A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595/6) and Twelfth Night (1602) - as well as two Jacobean plays. One of the latter is a gender-crossing comedy co-authored by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker and based on an infamous historical character Moll Frith (The Roaring Girl (1609?)). The other is a typical example of Middleton's satirical city comedies: The Chaste Maid in Cheapside (1613). Elizabethan comedy conventions (play-within-the-play; confused identities; stock figures like 'the fickle lover' or 'the abandoned maiden'; conventional spaces (green world), traditional conflicts (law vs. love), mirroring of character constellations), and how they are restaged or broken will be at the centre of attention with the Shakespeare plays. The relation between the city of London, its citizens and playhouses will be at the focus when discussing the Jacobean texts. Patriarchal power structures, the roles it makes available to women, men and fairies, how these structures and roles are questioned, undermined, bent, messed with and reasserted or reconstituted will be of interest throughout the course.
Assessment and permitted materials
Regular attendance; regular preparation of assigned reading material; active participation in class; active in specialist team for one lesson per term; active in peer-feedback; 4 plot-quizzes; final paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Attendance: 5%
Quiz 1: 3%
Quiz 2: 3%
Quiz 3: 3%
Quiz 4: 3%
Active participation: 10%
Specialist task: 33%
Term paper: 40%Grades must be collected in all four areas to pass. No more than two lessons may be missed without medical reason. If a doctor’s certificate is produced, a third lesson may be missed but is to be compensated for at the teacher’s discretion. The benchmark for passing this course is at 60%.The written work has to be accompanied by a signed anti-plagiarism statement.
Quiz 1: 3%
Quiz 2: 3%
Quiz 3: 3%
Quiz 4: 3%
Active participation: 10%
Specialist task: 33%
Term paper: 40%Grades must be collected in all four areas to pass. No more than two lessons may be missed without medical reason. If a doctor’s certificate is produced, a third lesson may be missed but is to be compensated for at the teacher’s discretion. The benchmark for passing this course is at 60%.The written work has to be accompanied by a signed anti-plagiarism statement.
Examination topics
There will be no written exam.
Reading list
-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Arden Edition [9781408133491 - 2017}
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night. Arden Edition [978-1903436998]
-William C. Carroll (ed.), Thomas Middleton: Four Plays (2012) [978-1408156582]These books are available at Facultas am Campus bookstore.Background reading:Whenever dealing with Shakespeare, this should be your first point of call, if you need to get a good general idea: Ina Schabert (ed.), Shakespeare Handbuch, Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag, 2000. So please familiarise yourselves with the respective entries on the two Shakespeare comedies we'll discuss. A good second point of call is the introduction to the individual play in question, which is provided by the every Arden edition. These intros are generally lengthy affairs, but their internal structure makes it easy to select which parts might be more relevant for the purpose at hand than others. Other critical texts on Shakespeare's plays and its cultural/political/ historical/social contexts will be made available at the beginning of term.
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night. Arden Edition [978-1903436998]
-William C. Carroll (ed.), Thomas Middleton: Four Plays (2012) [978-1408156582]These books are available at Facultas am Campus bookstore.Background reading:Whenever dealing with Shakespeare, this should be your first point of call, if you need to get a good general idea: Ina Schabert (ed.), Shakespeare Handbuch, Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag, 2000. So please familiarise yourselves with the respective entries on the two Shakespeare comedies we'll discuss. A good second point of call is the introduction to the individual play in question, which is provided by the every Arden edition. These intros are generally lengthy affairs, but their internal structure makes it easy to select which parts might be more relevant for the purpose at hand than others. Other critical texts on Shakespeare's plays and its cultural/political/ historical/social contexts will be made available at the beginning of term.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, BA 612, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4,
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-322, BA10.2, MA4,
Lehrinhalt: 12-0374
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