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Shakespeares Tragedies - Einzelansicht

Veranstaltungsart Seminar Veranstaltungsnummer
SWS 2 Semester SoSe 2021
Einrichtung Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik   Sprache englisch
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Belegungsfrist 06.04.2021 - 10.05.2021

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Seminar Do 14:00 bis 16:00 wöchentlich 15.04.2021 bis 22.07.2021  Online.Veranstaltung Wilke   30
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The epitome of canonization, Shakespeare’s tragedies are constantly staged and restaged, appropriated and re-articulated, thus ensuring their continuous and vital presence in Anglophone literature. In this class, we will read Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Close readings of particular passages will be paired with analyses of early modern English culture(s). Discussion topics include the supernatural, dramatic action and inaction, love and jealousy, race, madness, social hierarchies, natural spaces, aesthetics, and ideology. We will also inquire into the notion of the tragic and its persistent resonance in today’s cultures.


Please note that this course takes place synchronously. We will meet online Thursdays 2-4 PM via Discord, an easy-to-use and free-of-charge software which, unlike Zoom, respects your privacy. We will use its voice chat function to discuss the reading questions I post before each session. Also, announcements will be communicated to you via Discord. In conjunction with Moodle, the latter will be indispensable to our seminar. So, if you are disinclined to use that software, I am afraid there is no point in joining this class.
Literatur Please purchase:
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear

Any of the countless editions available for each of the texts will do. However, I highly recommend the Arden editions of each tragedy, which, by providing a plethora of insightful annotations, can significantly mitigate the difficulty of reading these early modern texts. The Arden editions should prove helpful especially to those who havent been exposed to much early modern English literature yet.
Other texts will be made available via Moodle.
Leistungsnachweis Over the course of the seminar, students will write a learning journal consisting of reading responses and reflections on class discussions (3 credits). To gain 6 credits, students will additionally submit a term paper.

Strukturbaum
Keine Einordnung ins Vorlesungsverzeichnis vorhanden. Veranstaltung ist aus dem Semester SoSe 2021 , Aktuelles Semester: SoSe 2024