DESCRIPTIFS DES COURS 2009-2010

DESCRIPTIFS DES COURS 2009-2010
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Tragedy : before and after Shakespeare (Théorie des genres) (2AN2020)
Filières concernées
Nombre d'heures
Validation
Crédits
ECTS
Pilier principal M A - littératures
Séminaire: 2 ph
cont. continu 5
Pilier secondaire M A - littératures
Séminaire: 2 ph
cont. continu 5
ph=période hebdomadaire, pg=période globale, j=jour, dj=demi-jour, h=heure, min=minute
Période d'enseignement:
• Semestre Automne
Equipe enseignante:
TUDEAU-CLAYTON Margaret
Objectifs:
This seminar aims to highlight the impact of Shakesperean practice on the form as well as the content of tragedy and to explore the relation of
this development of the genre to the context of ideological, political and cultural conflict in early modern England. We will look, first, at how
Shakespeare's Hamlet reshapes - and problematises - the tragedy of revenge, especially in relation to Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and
Christopher Marlowe's The Tragedy of Dido; then, at how John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore reshapes - and problematises - the tragedy of
love, especially in relation to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which, for Ford, a generation after it was first produced, was already 'out of date'.
Contenu:
This seminar aims to highlight the impact of Shakesperean practice on the form as well as the content of tragedy and to explore the relation of
this development of the genre to the context of ideological, political and cultural conflict in early modern England. We will look, first, at how
Shakespeare's Hamlet reshapes - and problematises - the tragedy of revenge, especially in relation to Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and
Christopher Marlowe's The Tragedy of Dido; then, at how John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore reshapes - and problematises - the tragedy of
love, especially in relation to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which, for Ford, a generation after it was first produced, was already 'out of date'.
Forme de l'évaluation:
Internal Evaluation: one oral presentation of a critical essay; one long essay (16-20 pages) or two shorter essays (8-10 pages).
Documentation:
Students may choose any edition of the Shakespeare plays, though the Cambridge and Arden should be consulted; copies of the Mermaid
editions of The Spanish Tragedy and Tis Pity She's a Whore will be available from the university bookshop.