Module Details

The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title SHAKESPEARE: WAYS OF THINKING
Code ENGL112
Coordinator Dr EK Knowles
English
K.Knowles@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 4 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

To examine closely a range of Shakespeare's plays and the cultural and historical contexts in which they were originally produced, read, and performed. To develop an understanding of the ways of thinking presented within Shakespeare's plays, through language, poetry, rhetoric, drama, and the manipulation of sources and genres. To introduce students to the diversity of current critical and theoretical perspectives and ways of thinking about the plays.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Upon completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of a substantial number of Shakespeare’s works, from various genres, and of their relations to each other.

(LO2) The ability to relate the plays to their literary, cultural, and historical contexts.

(LO3) An informed awareness of established critical traditions, and of the various ways in which one might make critical and theoretical approach to Shakespearean drama, using appropriate critical methodologies, vocabulary and secondary sources.

(LO4) The capacity to structure a coherent and critically informed analysis of selected texts and specific passages and scenes.

(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills – oral

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing, including referencing skills

(S4) Information skills - Critical reading

(S5) Improving own learning/performance - Reflective practice


Syllabus

 

Primary Texts studied on this module usually include: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I & II, Hamlet, Othello, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare's Sonnets, Macbeth and The Tempest.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description:
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Notes: One lecture per week. Lectures are delivered by a variety of members of academic staff to all the students registered for the module.

Teaching Method 2 - Tutorial
Description:
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: Tutorials take place once a week. Students will be split into tutorial groups of ideally no more than nine and will have their tutorials with the same member of staff each week.

Teaching Method 3 - Other
Description:
Attendance Recorded: No
Notes: Consultation time. Tutors are available for at least one hour a week when students may come and consult them about the module on a one-to-one basis if they wish. This might be to ask for guidance on further reading or to request extra feedback on a piece of written work.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

  12

    12

36
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 114
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2 hours    70       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Assessment 1 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester 2  2500 words    30       

Recommended Texts

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