FF:ESAA58 Shakespeare's Art of Comedy - Course Information
ESAA58 Shakespeare and the Spirit of Chivalry
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- 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: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 15:50–17:25 L41
- Prerequisites
- Study literature, discussions and examination in English only. 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- Students shall acquire a disposition to read and to interpret Shakespeare through the eyes of his own genuine intentions, as expressed directly and/or indirectly in his plays, and specifically to understand the phenomena of chivalry and the purpose of artistic representation.
- Learning outcomes
- Students are initiated into Shakespeare's plays from a different point of view. The spirit of chivalry, that is the morals codes and practices of the middle ages, formed the image of men and women throughout all of Shakespeare´s Histories and his Sonnets, too. Reading: Henry IV., Henry V., Edward III. (excerpts), Sonnets (excerpts)
- Syllabus
- Chivalry and Moral Codes
- System of Virtues
- Promisses and Constancy
- Honour and Fortitute
- Individual and Representation
- Ars Moriendi - Art of Dying Well
- Salvation of a Knight
- Miles Christianus
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Lecture, textual analysis, discussion, examination.
- Assessment methods
- colloquium, each student will choose a piece of Shakespeare that he/she will be able to interpret
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Lectures, literature, discussions and examination in English.
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Lectures, literature, discussions and examination in English.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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