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| Semester | fall semester 2018 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Andreas Jucker (andreas.jucker@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | How does King Lear address his daughters? Does he use 'you' or 'thou'? How do they address him? And what about the other characters, how do they address each other? What do the discourse markers 'marry' or 'prithee' mean in Shakespeare's plays? And what are the linguistic resources of the characters to be polite or impolite to each other? These are just some of the questions that we will explore in this seminar on the pragmatics of William Shakespeare's plays. We will read and discuss a range of relevant research papers, and we will carry out our own small-scale research projects on the pragmatics of Shakespeare. In order to give us a common basis for these case studies, all participants should have read "King Lear" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor" before the beginning of the semester. |
| Learning objectives | At the end of this course, students should be able to describe a range of specific pragmatic aspects (discourse markers, im/politeness, speech acts) in fictional texts; and they should be able to critically assess pragmatic research methods in view of their suitability to fictional texts and in particular to the plays written by William Shakespeare. |
| Bibliography | Crane, David (ed.). ([1997] 2010) "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Updated edition. (The New Cambridge Shakespeare). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Halio, Jay L. (ed.). ([1992] 2005) "The Tragedy of King Lear". Updated edition. (The New Cambridge Shakespeare). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
| Weblink | ADAM workspace |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to BA students of English who have passed all three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers) and to MA students of English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation. |
| Course application | In order to ensure a good learning environment, we aim at no more than 25 students per class. We ask you to register via the following doodle link: https://doodle.com/poll/8yzvhd3dr3znu3yq (3 classes). We recommend that you create a doodle account. Please only register for a maximum of TWO seminars and only for more than one if you really intend to take the course. Should you have not made it into one of the courses and you are only able to register for the waiting lists, we guarantee that we will take you in the course with the least student numbers. The doodle will close on 9 September in order to finalize student distribution in the week before term starts. |
| 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 |
Modul English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul Sprache als Prozess (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular and active participation, presentations, written work |
| 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 |