ALL275 - Shakespeare Today
Unit details
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| Year | 2018 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Commencing 2019 Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | Geoff Boucher |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed one level 2 unit |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALL316, ALL375 |
| Contact hours: | Burwood: 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week plus access to an Echo recording of the Waurn Ponds lecture Waurn Ponds: 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin |
Content
This unit explores a selection of playscripts by Shakespeare. The eight plays selected for close study embody radically different visions of life (or "worlds").
Four strands are interwoven in this study:
- The time and mentality of the period of the performances of the plays themselves in London of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century;
- Some major responses to Shakespeare himself which remain culturally influential frameworks (or ideologies), particularly those associated with key intellectual movements since the early nineteenth century onwards up to our own times;
- Ways of reading and performing the plays themselves, taking account of the physical characteristics of the stage for which Shakespeare wrote (especially The Theatre, The Globe, and Blackfriars); and
- Adaptations of the plays, ranging from cinematic renditions to modern stage versions.
Assessment
To be advised