| Module Title |
The Tragedy-Comedy Complex |
| Module Code |
LIT1030 (ITS: EL210) |
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Faculty |
English |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
This module will begin by exploring the creative tension between comedy and tragedy that has permeated culture. It will then move into a further exploration of genre, including fantasy and popular forms, moving across literary history and national literatures. Students will study works of drama, fiction and film across traditions and cultures – starting with Aristotle’s Poetics and the literature of ancient Greece, through literary examples of Renaissance drama from the Elizabethan and Jacobean era and on to more recent narratives and film adaptations from the 19th-21st century.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Discriminate between comedy and tragedy, applying a knowledge of Aristotleian theory.
2. Indicate when the tragic and the comic converge or get confused.
3. Reflect upon the social responsiveness of genre.
4. Understand the flexibility potential within genres.
5. Comprehend the way in which presuppositions about genre shape reading.
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Lecture | 21 | Covering a range of texts, films, contexts and concepts associated with the Tragedy-Comedy genre. | | Tutorial | 3 | Guided class discussion in smaller groups | | Independent Study | 101 | Reading a selection of plays and prose texts; viewing and reviewing a selection of stage productions and film screenings related to the module; analysis and revision. |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 10942 | Part of Term | Semester 1 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Gearoid O'Flaherty | Module Teacher | Michael Hinds |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Essay | Mid-Semester Assignment | 25% | Week 8 | | Reflective journal | 'Final Assignment' | 75% | Sem 1 End |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Introduction to The Tragedy-Comedy Complex
Concepts of Comedy? Comic Archetypes
Aristotle, 'Poetics'
Sophocles, 'Oedipus Rex'
Sophocles, 'Antigone'
Aristophanes, 'Lysistrata'
Christopher Marlowe, 'Dr Faustus'
John Webster, 'The Duchess of Malfi'
Thomas Middleton & William Rowley, 'The Changeling'
Franz Kafka, 'Metamorphosis'
Herman Melville, 'Bartleby the Scrivener'
P.G Wodehouse, 'The Code of the Woosters'
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- Barker, Simon and Hinds, Hilary (eds.): 2003, 'The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama', eBook, Routledge, London & New York,
- Belsey, Catherine: 1985, 'The Subject of Tragedy', Routledge, UK,
- Bloom, Harold: 1990, 'Sophocles', Chelsea House Publishers, New York,
- Brown, John Russell (ed.): 1976, Webster, John, 'The Duchess of Malfi', Manchester University Press, Manchester,
- Butcher, S.H. (ed.): 2001, Aristotle, 'Poetics: 350 BC', eBook, South Bend, IN: Infomotions, Inc., Blacksburg, VA. Virginia Tech,
- Eagleton, Terry,: 2002, 'Sweet Violence: The Idea of the Tragic', Blackwell, Oxford,
- Rutter, Tom (ed.): 2012, 'The Cambridge Introduction to Christopher Marlowe', eBook, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
- Slavitt, David R. (ed.): 2007, Sophocles, 'The Theban plays of Sophocles', eBook, Yale University Press, New Haven,
- Steiner, George,: 1963, 'The Death of Tragedy', Faber and Faber, London,
Articles:
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Other Resources
- Film Screenings: Indicative,
- Film: Leo McCarey (Dir.), 1933, Duck Soup,
- Film: Stanley Kubrick (Dir.), 1964, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,
- Film: David O. Russell (Dir.), 1994, Spanking the Monkey,
- Film: Park Chan-Wook (Dir.), 2003, Oldboy,
- Film: Werner Herzog (Dir.), 2005, Grizzley Man,
- Film: Asif Kapadia (Dir.), 2007, Far North,
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