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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Lifelong Learning (LLC)

Undergraduate Course: Shakespeare and the Tragedy of Love (LLLG07084)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummarySome of the greatest Elizabethan and Jacobean tragedies revolve around conflicts between love and duty, accepted forms of sexuality versus transgressive ones, and between jealousy and trust. This course will examine some of the superb tragedies written during this period, focusing on the unruly passion of love.
Course description This course will examine key dramas such as Marlowe's Edward II (c.1592); Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (c.1596), Othello (1602-4), and Anthony and Cleopatra (1606-7). The course will conclude with one of the finest Jacobean tragedies on this theme, Middleton's The Changeling (1622).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  16
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 19, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 79 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) one 2000 word essay
Feedback Students are given opportunity to submit a practice essay in week 6, with feedback on it being provided in week 7
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Appreciate the special characteristics of the love tragendy sub-genre
  2. Understand the developments of the genre from 1590 to 1625
  3. Analyse the works covered in their cultural and historical contexts
Learning Resources
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: D.McMillan@ed.ac.uk
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