ESA056 Shakespeare and the Questions about Evil

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 B2.13, except Tue 16. 4.
Prerequisites
The course is a very good way to develop advanced academic reading abilities in classical literature. Students must be able to present and defend their own opinions and to accept constructive criticism and advice. Tackling topics in depth and defending the arguments in their written work sharpens their thinking.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is a) to get a better knowledge of Shakespeare; b) to learn the method of analyzes and interpretation according to the philosophical and religious views of the Elizabethan epoch.
Learning outcomes
Student will increase his ability to analyze and interpret Shakespeare's works combining several humanistic approaches, the historical, ethico-philosophical, linguistic and artistic. That is why and especially recommandable to all university students.
Syllabus
  • Analysis of the three following plays: Othello, Macbeth, and Pericles with a special reference to the problem of evil as a moral, psychological, and metafysical entity.
Literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Umění a ctnost (Art and Virtue). Brno: Barrister & Principal, o.s., 2013, 300 pp. Dějiny a teorie umění. ISBN 978-80-7485-015-8. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Sir Thomas More: Less Collaborative, More Shakespearean. Pavel Drábek, Klára Kolinská and Matthew Nicholls, eds. In Shakespeare and His Collaborators over the Centuries. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008, p. 67-75. ISBN 978-1-84718-978-3. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. The Order of Love. In Ordo Amoris, or Woodworm in the Tree of Knowledge. Brno: FOTEP, 2005, p. 121-132, 9 pp. edition of Libor Teplý. ISBN 80-86871-03-7. info
  • HODEK, Břetislav. William Shakespeare : kronika hereckého života. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1994. ISBN 8020604820. info
Teaching methods
Analysis of plays, aesthetic and historical interpretation.
Assessment methods
written test from the three selected plays (themes, motifs, plot)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny posluchače MU.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při překročení kapacity kursu je možné zapsat si totožný ARTS019 v témže čase.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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