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Women on the Shakespearean Stage - ENGL2101
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 6 Level 1 units of credit in English and 36 units of credit overall
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Studies the social and sexual roles of leading female characters in English drama from the late 1590s to the early 1630s, beginning with an analysis of female characters' experience of the 'love-death nexus' in four of Shakespeare's plays and concludes with a consideration of the 'lost' status and state ascribed to 'loose' women in plays by some of Shakespeare's major contemporaries.


Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to identify key issues connected with the presentation of female characters on the Shakespearean stage. They should be able to engage critically with these issues in relation to specific texts, and in a range of oral and written modes. They should have acquired a working knowledge of performance and theatrical issues, and of relevant theoretical approaches.

Assessment

  • Minor assignment (1500 words, week 5) - 30%
  • Tutorial presentation (15 minutes, oral) - 20%
  • Tutorial participation - 10%
  • Examination - 40%
Note: Satisfactory completion of each form of assessment is a course requirement.

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