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18901-01 - Seminar: From Kate and Beatrice to Rosalind and Viola: Shakespeare's Leading Ladies in "The Taming of the Shrew", "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night" 3 CP

Semester fall semester 2007
Course frequency Once only
Lecturers Therese Steffen (therese.steffen@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content An extended journey into the staged lives of four female protagonists, their relations and dramatic functions in four comedies, will lead us from Heinrich Heine’s Shakespeares Mädchen und Frauen (the starting point of our discussion) to a more current assessment of 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.
Comments BSF Geschlechterforschung: Themenfeld 4, Kultur und Symbolische Ordnung

 

Course application Students who wish to enrol in this course should contact Th. Steffen via E-mail steffent//iprolink.ch.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used
Course auditors welcome

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Modul English & American Literature (Master's degree subject: English)
Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch)
Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch)
Modul Kultur und Symbolische Ordnung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies)
Modul Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Geschlechterforschung)
Assessment format continuous assessment
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 Englisches Seminar

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