FF:ESA054 Shakespeare and Chivalry - Course Information

ESA054 Shakespeare and the Spirit of Chivalry

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 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 10:50–12:25 B2.13

Prerequisites

Course is a very good way to develop advanced academic reading abilities in classical literature, namely in Shakespearem, a key-person in the canon of Western literature.

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 160 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/160, only registered: 0/160, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/160

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-HS)
• Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-HS)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Theatre Science (programme FF, B-HS)
• Theatre Science (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)

Course objectives

Shakespeare was deeply rooted in the English medieval culture and in the spirit of chivalry which he explicitely glorifies in many of his dramatic poems. Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays; compulsory reading:
Henry IV, 1st part Henry V.
Troilus and Cressida

Learning outcomes

Shakespeare was deeply rooted in the English medieval culture and in the spirit of chivalry which he explicitely glorifies in many of his dramatic poems. Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays; compulsory reading:
Henry IV, 1st part Henry V.
Troilus and Cressida

Syllabus

• Shakespeare was deeply rooted in the English medieval culture and in the spirit of chivalry which he explicitely glorifies in many of his dramatic poems. Course shows how to analyse those phenomena in the following plays; compulsory reading:
• Henry IV, 1st part Henry V.
• Troilus and Cressida

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

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
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in three years.
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny posluchače MU !.

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