| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 20 x 1 hours |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 1 hours |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Essay (2,500 words) 2,500 word Essay | 30% |
| Semester Assessment | Class contribution | 10% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Written Essay/Exam: Failed work must be resubmitted or retaken. To resit class contribution the student will be asked to submit a 1500 word essay. | 100% |
Typically, upon completion of this module students should be able:
- To demonstrate a critical and analytical awareness of the theatricality of specific Shakespeare plays.
- To reflect analytically and critically on the assumptions which documented production choices embody.
- To show an understanding of the implications various critical approaches may generate for production choices.
This module will focus on a selection of Shakespeare plays with a particular emphasis upon the staging of those plays throughout history. The production history of the selected plays will provide insights into how performance, context and staging techniques can alter or discover new meanings from the play-texts
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | Communication skills will be developed in seminar sessions |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will receive feedback on written assignments |
| Information Technology | IT and information handling skills will be demonstrated through students individual research (library and web) and through written work (word processing). |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Students will have the opportunity to explore specific areas which reflect and strengthen their individual career needs |
| Research skills | Students will demonstrate the results of individual research in the form of essays, examinations and oral contribution. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students are encouraged to develop the use of critical and analytical vocabulary in their written and oral response to issues concerning Shakespeare's plays as text and in performance. Production history of selected Shakespeare plays will also be considered in some depth so that students will acquire an understanding of how context, directorial choices, acting styles, casting and other aspects of production alter or bring out new meanings in the plays. Upon completion students should be able : to respond analytically to a range of theatrical texts and modes of live performance, to articulate an awareness of relationships between texts, performances and cultural contexts, to demonstrate an understanding of key concepts and methodologies within Shakespeare studies. |
This module is at CQFW Level 6