AJL24065 Shakespeare in/and Love

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 G32, except Tue 16. 4.
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: 17/25, 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
At the end of the course students will be able understand the hypertextual nature of Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman's film script and the film Shakespeare in Love (directed by John Madden). They will be able to discuss and further explore the multidimensional allusions to Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of Renaissance theatre in England and Shakespeare's life and work. Students will be able to make deductions about Stoppard's treatment of Shakespeare within the hypertextual framework of recent Shakespearean criticim and debate in literary and cultural studies. The course will develop the students' skills of critical thinking, literary analysis and work with secondary literature, which they will be able to apply not least in writing their end-ef-term essay.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to apply the knowledge, skills and experience gained to broaden and complement their study of British and Anglophone literatures and cultures as well as world literature.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introduction The phenomenon of the Shakespeare text The Battle of the Bard Tom Stoppard's hypertextuality Week 2: Inventing Shakespeare Richard Wilson "Shakespeare and the Jesuits" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 3: The Theatres Andrew Gurr "The Elizabethan Stage and Acting" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 4: The Female Disguise(ed) Catherine Belsey "Disrupting Sexual Difference" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 5: Making the Play Kenneth Muir "Changing Interpretatins of Shakespeare" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 6: "Shall I compare thee ..." Susan Bassnett "Love and Disillusionment" Video: Shakespeare in Love Tape: Shakespeare and Love Week 7: Play and "Reality" Alessandro Serpieri "Reading the Signs" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 8: Tragedy and Comedy Milan Lukeš "Fakt a fikce" Video: Shakespeare in Love Week 9: Love and Tragedy/Comedy František Chudoba, Kniha o Shakespearovi díl 2., 484-499 Video: Shakespeare in Love Tape: Shakespeare and Love Week 10: Authorship: Inspiration and Fantasy Terence Hawkes "Swisser-Swatter" Video: Shakespeare in Love
Literature
  • Norman, Marc and Tom Stoppard. Shakespeare in Love. London: Faber 1999
  • Norman, Marc and Tom Stoppard. Zamilovaný Shakespeare. Praha: Cinemax 1999
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Brian Gibbons. [S.l.]: Thomas Nelson, 1997, xii, 280 s. ISBN 0-17-443471-5. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Romeo and Juliet. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, 155 s. ISBN 0-14-062093-1. info
  • Alternative Shakespeares [Drakakis, 1985, Methuen]. Edited by John Drakakis. London: Methuen, 1985, viii, 260. ISBN 0-416-36850-6. info
  • Political Shakespeare : new essays in cultural materialism. Edited by Jonathan Dollimore - Alan Sinfield. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1985, viii, 244. ISBN 0-1790-1752-1. info
  • SINFIELD, Alan. Faultlines : cultural materialism and the politics of dissident reading. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, xi, 365 s. ISBN 0-19-811983-6. info
  • The age of Shakespeare. Edited by Boris Ford. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1982, 591 s. ISBN 0-14-013808-0. info
  • CHUDOBA, František. Kniha o Shakespearovi. D. 1, Prostředí a život. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1941, 815 s. : i. info
  • CHUDOBA, František. Kniha o Shakespearovi. D. 2, Dílo. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1943, 854 s. : i. info
  • GREER, Germaine. Shakespeare. Translated by Stanislava Pošustová-Menšíková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1996, 137 s. ISBN 8085794977. info
Teaching methods
lectures, student presentations, class discussion
Assessment methods
class participation, contributions to discussion, end-of-term essay
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nemohou zapsat studenti Bc. studia AJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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