Spanish Golden Age Theatre: Performance and Engagement (P01337)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-LLC

Spanish theatre of the Golden Age was the most prolific and popular form of mass entertainment. It shaped the theatrical traditions of both England and France, and had a fundamental impact on Romanticism, particularly in Germany.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Costs : Course texts

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Via the study of texts by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina and Calderón de la Barca we will consider the social and ideological factors which shaped Golden Age plays, the performance and acting traditions which dramatists and performers worked with and developed, and the themes they obsessively explored. The aim is to introduce students to a theatrical tradition which in its range, power and impact is second to none