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24062-01 - Seminar: Cultural Studies: Rewrites and Offshoots of Shakespeare's King Lear (3 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2010 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Werner Brönnimann (werner.broennimann@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Markus Marti-Cimitro (markus.marti@unibas.ch) |
| Content | William Shakespeare's tragedy of "King Lear" has not only been continously performed on the modern stage, it has also been rewritten and transmuted many times, in some cases it has even been translated into other media. This course will focus on some of these later versions, all of them works of art in their own right, including Nahum Tate's optimistic version (1689), a novella by Turgeniev (1870), Edward Bond's radical play simply entitled "Lear" (1971), Aribert Reimann's "Lear" opera (1978), Peter Yates's film "The Dresser" (with Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay; 1983), David Hare's play "The Secret Rapture" (1988) and Jane Smiley's epic novel "A Thousand Acres", which sets "King Lear" in rural Iowa (1991). |
| Learning objectives | The seminar will offer a practical as well as a theoretical introduction to literary reception in different media. More generally, it will be one of the aims of this course to demonstrate the protean potential of cultural artefacts, their ability to change their shape while continuing to tease and to stir our imagination. |
| Bibliography | Texts to be purchased: - Edward Bond: "Lear" - Edward Bond: "Bingo" - David Hare: "The Secret Rapture" - Jane Smiley: "A Thousand Acres" Nahum Tate, "King Lear", and further mandatory reading material will be made available on the EVA server. |
| Comments | Preparation: A thorough knowledge of Shakespeare's "King Lear" will be presupposed. |
| Weblink | EVA server |
| Admission requirements | Open to students who have successfully attended all literature courses on the introductory level, including an accepted second-year proseminar paper. |
| Course application | Please register for this course by sending an email to both Werner.Broennimann@unibas.ch and Markus.Marti@unibas.ch. You will receive a provisional programme and the reading material for the first session in the last week of the semester break. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Modern German Literature) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) 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 English for SLA teachers (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Focusing on English for SLA teachers (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Students are expected to make one oral presentation, to write the minutes of one meeting, to contribute actively to classroom discussion and to attend the course regularly (i.e. no more than three missed meetings). |
| 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 |