Undergraduate Course: Shakespeare and Marlowe (LLLG07072)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (LLC) |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
Shakespeare was hugely indebted to the transgressive genius of Christopher Marlowe. This course will study great plays by Marlowe and the responses and imitations produced by Shakespeare: Edward II and Richard II; The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice; Tamburlaine and Henry V; and finally Dr Faustus and Macbeth. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2014/15 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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Additional Notes |
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Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
* demonstrate an understanding of Shakespeare in the context of his times
* discuss the way he reacted to contemporary politics
* show an awareness of the influences on Shakespeare and the uses he made of them
* share opinions of plays studied and develop academic argument in writing and orally.
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Assessment Information
One 2000 word essay submitted after the course finishes, worth 100% of the total course marks. |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
Academic description |
Not entered |
Syllabus |
Week 1: Introduction to some of Shakespeare's sources; medieval origins of comedy and tragedy; where he found his plots and the influence of Montaigne and Machiavelli.
Weeks 2 & 3: Richard II (1596), Shakespeare's most controversial political play and its debt to Marlowe's Edward II (1593): an investigation of the origins of the history play as a means of commenting on contemporary politics.
Weeks 4,5 & 6: In The Merchant of Venice (1596-7) Shakespeare re-writes Marlowe's The Jew of Malta (1592) in the light of the persecution and trial of Elizabeth's Jewish doctor, Lopez.
Weeks 7 & 8: Themes of imperial conquest in Shakespeare's Henry V (1599) and Marlowe's Tamburlaine (1587).
Weeks 9 & 10: In Macbeth (1605-6) Shakespeare takes a new approach to Dr Faustus (1593) in a sophisticated exploration of the dangers of meddling with the forces of darkness. |
Transferable skills |
* Discursive essay writing
* Discussion skills
* Analytical and logical skills.
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Reading list |
Essential
Shakespeare, William. 2011. The Complete Works, London: Arden.
Marlowe Christopher. 2003. Complete Plays, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
Recommended
Sanders, Wilbur. 1968. The Dramatist and the Received Idea: Studies in the plays of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Greenblatt, Stephen. 1980. Renaissance Self-Fashioning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
Study Abroad |
Not entered |
Study Pattern |
Not entered |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Anya Clayworth
Tel:
Email: aclaywor@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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