Module: Shakespeare and the English Renaissance

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Shakespeare and the English Renaissance
Module Code	EL201
School	67
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Kit Fryatt Semester 2: Kit Fryatt Autumn: Kit Fryatt
Module Teachers	Paula Murphy Gearoid O'Flaherty Kit Fryatt
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Repeat examination

Description

This module will introduce students to one of the great periods in the history of English literature (c. 1580s-1600s) through a selection of works by William Shakespeare. The course will explore some of the comedies, tragedies, and history plays of Shakespeare. Contemporary stage and filmic adaptations of some of the plays will also be studied, and issues in relation to genre, language and critical approaches will be explored and problematised.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe how Shakespeare innovated conventions of language and genre.
2. Articulate an awareness of selected critical approaches to Shakespeare’s writing.
3. Recognise links between text and performance.
4. Communicate a critical response to stage and/or film production of some of the prescribed plays.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the conventions and preoccupations of Shakespearean drama.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	21	Lectures (and seminars)
Independent Study	104	Independent Learning
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Shakespeare, Hamlet

Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Shakespeare Henry IV Part One

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Shakespeare, King Lear

Critical Approaches to Shakespeare

Shakespeare, Language and Genre

Shakespeare in Performance on Stage/Screen

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	40%	Examination Weight	60%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	Essay	25%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Pascale Aebischer: 2010, Jacobean Drama: A Reader’s Guide to Essential Criticism, Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York,
Harold Bloom: 1998, The Invention Of The Human, Riverhead Books, New York,
A.C. Bradley: 1991, Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Penguin Classics edition, Penguin, London,
A.R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway (eds.): 2003, The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
Lisa Hopkins and Matthew Steggle: 2006, Renaissance Literature and Culture, Introductions to British Literature and Culture series, Continuum, London,
Russell Jackson (ed.): 2007, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

AFU	Age Friendly University Programme
BAJH	Bachelor of Arts (BAJH)
BAJM	Bachelor of Arts (BAJM)

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