FF:ARTS019 Shakespeare's Analysis of Love - Course Information

ARTS019 Shakespeare and the Nature of Love

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: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 10:00–11:40 B2.13

Prerequisites

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Course is a very good way to develop advanced academic reading abilities in classical literature.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100

Course objectives

Shakespeare reflects many different forms of love in the most of his plays (love as charity, affection, sensuality, voluptiousness, lust, passion, bodily experience, procreation, self-denial, sacrifice). Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays;
A Midsummer Night's Dream;
All's Well that Ends Well;
Much Ado About Nothing.
Selection of Shakespeare's Sonnets

Learning outcomes

Learning and exercising ability of interpreting Shakespeare in its historical, cultural and religious context. Different levels of interpretation: a) linguistic; b) thematic; c) narrative, d) personal characterology, e) moral meaning.

Syllabus

• Shakespeare reflects many different forms of love in the most of his plays (love as charity, affection, sensuality, voluptiousness, lust, passion, bodily experience, procreation, self-denial, sacrifice). Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays;
• A Midsummer Night's Dream;
• All's Well that Ends Well;
• Much Ado About Nothing.

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
• HONAN, Park. Shakespeare : životopis. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2011, 421 s. ISBN 9788074320675. info
• HODEK, Břetislav. William Shakespeare : kronika hereckého života. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1994. ISBN 8020604820. info

Teaching methods

Interpretation of the selected plays and poems, discussion.

Assessment methods

Written examination from the selected plays.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zájemci z řad posluchačů Estetiky a Estetiky a kulturních studií se zapisují do ESA052 vyučováného souběžně.

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