Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Studies
- Code
- BBI-ANG17-312E.25
- Title
- Elective seminar in English literature - "Infinite riches in a little (class)room" - Early Modern Plays in Context
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- Learning outcomes
- The primary aim of the course is to widen the participants’ literary horizon through complex, multi-contextual analyses of early modern plays.
- Course content
- Throughout the course, theatrical pieces will be discussed with a strong focus on the interrelatedness of cultural history and literature. The course also highlights certain parallels and interactions between the dramatic pieces and the various sister arts such as music, architecture, and fine arts.
- Assessment method
- Reading of set texts is essential. Assessment will be based upon the performance of thorough readings, as well as interactive participation in seminar work, individual contributions, minor presentations, and an end-term essay.
- Bibliography
- The exact schedule and list of readings will be handed out in the first class. Plays to be discussed: William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, Hamlet Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy Christopher Marlowe: Tamburlaine the Great I & II, Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta Arden of Faversham