"The green-eyed monster, Jealousy" is one that Shakespeare wrestled with in five of his plays, each time choosing a different genre and thus a different 'treatment': Much Ado About Nothing (c. 1597) is a comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1598) is a farce, Othello (c. 1603) is a tragedy, and Cymbeline and The Winter's Tale (c. 1612) are tragicomedies/romances. We are going to look at all five plays selectively and seek to understand how each one activates a variety of early modern concepts about love, marriage, passion, identity and society.
You should have completed at one of the two courses Analysing and Interpreting Literary Texts (Brit Lit or Am Lit).
You need to read the plays in modern-spelling, annotated critical editions, preferably the New Cambridge Shakespeare, or the Oxford Shakespeare, New Arden Shakespeare or Penguin.
NO school editions, internet print-outs or similar, please!
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Do | 14-16 | U2-113 | 02.04.-13.07.2012
not on: 5/17/12 / 6/7/12 |
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| one-time | Do | 14-16 | H6 | 05.04.2012 |
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 23-ANG-AngBM2 Basic Module 2: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies Basismodul 2: Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies | 2.3 Basisseminar: Genres, Authors, Periods | Study requirement
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Student information |
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The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.
| Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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| Anglistik: British and American Studies / Bachelor | (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) | Kern- und Nebenfach | BaAngPM4 | Wahlpflicht | 3. 4. 5. | 2/3 | benotet HS |
| Anglistik: British and American Studies / Master of Education | (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM4 | Wahlpflicht | 3. 4. 5. | 2/3 | benotet HS | |
| Anglistik: British and American Studies (GHR) / Master of Education | (Enrollment until SoSe 2014) | BaAngPM4 | Wahlpflicht | 2. 3. | 2 | aktive Teilnahme HS | |
| Literaturwissenschaft / Bachelor | (Enrollment until SoSe 2011) | Nebenfach | BaLitP8 | Wahlpflicht | 3. 4. 5. | HS | |
| Studieren ab 50 |
Active participation requires students to upload, in advance of any eight sessions, their reflections and comments on that week's play and theme.
As "Studienleistungen" students are required to upload, in advance of any ten sessions, their reflections and comments on that week's play and theme.