ESAA59 Shakespeare and the Nature of Love

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 C32
Prerequisites
Course is a very good way to develop advanced academic reading abilities in classical literature.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
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Course objectives
Shakespeare reflects many different kinds and forms of love in terms of charity, affection, sensuality, lechery, lust, voluptiousness, lust, passion, bodily experience, procreation, self-denial, sacrifice, chastity and virginity, marital and filial love, love as friendship etc. Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays against the background of the European spiritual tradition (Plato, Aristotle, Ovid, Bible, Augustine, Ficino, Renaissance)
A Midsummer Night's Dream;
All's Well that Ends Well;
Shakespeare´s Sonnets
Learning outcomes
The output of the study course lies in acquired ability to interpret crucial Renaissance concepts of arts and beauty.
Syllabus
  • Shakespeare reflects many different kinds and forms of love in terms of charity, affection, sensuality, lechery, lust, voluptiousness, lust, passion, bodily experience, procreation, self-denial, sacrifice, chastity and virginity, marital and filial love, love as friendship etc. Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays against the background of the European spiritual tradition (Plato, Aristotle, Ovid, Bible, Augustine, Ficino, Renaissance)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream;
  • All's Well that Ends Well;
  • Shakespeare´s Sonnets
Literature
  • John Vyvyan: Shakespeare and Platonic Beauty
  • Richard Simpson: Love in Shakespeare´s Sonnets;
  • Love poems, Letters, and Remedies of Ovid. Edited by Ovid - David R. Slavitt. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011, xxviii, 35. ISBN 9780674061224. info
  • Metamorphoses. Edited by Ovid - Stanley Lombardo. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. Co., 2010, xliv, 492. ISBN 9781603844581. info
Teaching methods
Interpretation of the selected plays and poems, discussion.
Assessment methods
Written examination from the selected plays.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Lectures, literature, discussions and examination in English.
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Lectures, literature, discussions and examination in English.
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