ESA055 William Shakespeare: Justice, Forgiveness & Miracles

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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 15:50–17:25 zruseno D22
Prerequisites
Course imparts basic information and teaches how to approach sonnets and plays of the Elizabethan playwright. No extraordinary command of English is required.
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 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
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Course objectives
On succesful completion of the course student will be able to analyze a set of typical themes and ways of expression in Shakespeare's dramaturgy, with the regard to a given dramatic moment and personal characteristic. Course improves student's ability of reading and interpreting.
Syllabus
  • The themes of forgiveness and miracle lie in the very core of Shakespeare's dramaturgy. The course will analyze a set of its typical uses with a regard to a given dramatic moment and personal characteristic. In Histories (R2 - I,1, IV,1; H4 - IV,3; V,5; H5- II,2, H6 part II. III,3; part 3 II,6, R3- III,7; V,5) In Comedies (Two Gentlemen V,4; As You Like It V,4; All's Well V,3; Measure II,2; II,4; III,1, III,2) In Tragedies (Hamlet III,3; Lear IV,6; V,3; Julius Caesar III,1; Othello II,3; IV,2; V,2; Macbeth V,1; Antony IV,10; Coriolanus V,3; V,6. In Romances (Cymbeline V,5; Winter's Tale; Tempest V,1).
Literature
  • DRÁBEK, Pavel. České pokusy o Shakespeara : habilitační spis podaný na Filozofické fakultě Masarykovy univerzity. Brno: Soukromý tisk v nakladatelství Tribun, 2010, 333 s. info
  • CHUDOBA, František. Kniha o Shakespearovi. D. 2, Dílo. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1943, 854 s. : i. info
  • CHUDOBA, František. Kniha o Shakespearovi. D. 1, Prostředí a život. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1941, 815 s. : i. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Kurs bude ukončen kolokviem.
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny posluchače MU !.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bakalářského oboru estetika, kteří začali své studium před více než čtyřmi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si nesmí předmět zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010.
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