- Code
- ELL 351
- Name
- Shakespeare's Work
- Semester
- 0
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
This course is an introduction to the poetry and drama of William Shakespeare. It will offer a close inspection of his sonnets and a basic structural explanation of his dramatic form. The drama covered in this course will focus on the history plays, namely, the York and Lancaster Tetralogies. In preparation for this study of the plays, the course will offer a brief summary of the two wars critical to a more complete understanding: The War of the Roses and the Hundred Years’ War.
- Objectives
-
Students will recognize the preeminent position of William Shakespeare’s art and contribution to literature, culture, and the English language. After a brief introduction on his impact and legacy, a closer look at his sonnets, and the rise of the Elizabethan stage, the study will turn to his dramatic works. Students are already familiar with his major works, such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and As You Like It. This course will focus on Shakespeare’s History Plays. Students will understand the historical context in which the plays are situated to fully appreciate and understand the political narratives. Finally, after close reading of the material, the students will be able to write an extended critical essay on each of the assigned plays.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Course Introduction; Shakespearean Verse
- 2
- The Sonnets
- 3
- Romeo and Juliet
- 4
- The History
- 5
- MIDTERM
- 6
- Richard II– 1
- 7
- Richard II– 2
- 8
- Henry IV - part 1-1
- 9
- Henry IV Part 1-2
- 10
- Henry IV Part 2-1
- 11
- Henry IV Part 2-1
- 12
- Henry V-1
- 13
- Henry V-2
- 14
- Richard III-1
- 15
- Richard III-2
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Identify qualities of Shakespeare’s texts and the issues of interpretation and language confronted by readers, actors, and viewers when approaching his writing;
- 2
- Examine the development of Shakespeare’s art and contribution to literature and culture;
- 3
- Analyze texts to determine Shakespeare’s purpose, historical and cultural perspective, and use of rhetorical and dramatic strategies in creating a play and /or poem;
- 4
- Analyze how the philosophical and intellectual viewpoints of the English Renaissance shaped Shakespeare’s writing, and their application today;
- 5
- Identify and analyze the social and ethical questions the plays and poems raise regarding human experience;
- 6
- Analyze in writing the complex questions Shakespeare raises.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 20% 20%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 30% 30%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 0 0% 0%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 50%
- Final exam percent
- 50%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 5 70
- Duties
- 1 0 0
- Midterms
- 1 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 2 2
- Other
- 1 5 5
- Total workLoad
- 125
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.00
- ECTS
- 5.00