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38008-01 - Proseminar: Shakespeare's Leading Ladies (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2014 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | An extended critical journey into the staged lives of four female protagonists, their relations and dramatic functions in four comedies, will lead us to a current assessment of William Shakespeare's women's engendered roles in their respective comic settings. "The Taming of the Shrew", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", and "Twelfth Night" feature particularly resourceful heroines in their pursuit of happiness and subsequent marriage. Thus, the multifarious role playing of Kate, the shrew, Beatrice, the wit, Rosalind, the educator, and Viola, the androgynous go-between, will be the focus of our scholarly attention. |
| Bibliography | "The Taming of the Shrew", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", and "Twelfth Night" should be read by the beginning of the term. We will be using the Arden edition (ordered at the 'Labyrinth' bookstore) and the "Englisch-deutsche Studienausgabe der Dramen Shakespeares", also available on the Reserved Shelves. |
| Comments | Please make sure you are not registered for more than one of the parallel courses by September 8. After this date, you will be allocated to one of the courses by the instructors to make room for those on the waiting list. |
| Weblink | ISIS |
| Admission requirements | Old BA curriculum (2005): This course may only be taken after successful completion of the first-year module "Learning about Literature". New BA curriculum (2013): It is strongly recommended that this course is taken only after the successful completion of the "Introduction I + II: Literary Studies" proseminars. |
| Course application | Students are required to register on ISIS. Please note that places are limited and that once this particular course is fully booked you will have to sign up for one of the alternative options. Cf. "Bemerkungen" for additional information. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Introduction to Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul Refining Skills in Literature and Culture (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Close reading of primary sources and critical texts; presentation/leading discussions; optional seminar paper |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |