DVH024 Shakespearean Drama

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Marie Sochorová
Prerequisites
The students are supposed to have read Shakespeare's _Hamlet_ in sufficient detail.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
A selection of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. An outline of the cultural, historical and social background of the era; physical specifics of the Elizabethan stage and of the dramatic techniques and principles. The development of the play and the generic range. An introduction to the semiotics of theatre.
Syllabus
  • The selection of the plays and the schedule will be specified in due time. The bibliography to this course will be based on recent translations of Shakespeare's plays and those of his contemporaries (to be found mostly in the three-volume Czech anthology _Alzbetinske divadlo_). The rest will be either specified or given to the students in the form of handouts by the teacher. Willingness to read materials in English will be welcomed. The seminars require an active work of students on a weekly basis.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
přednáška, každý týden, kolokvium 2kr, zkouška (+1kr)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every week.
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