Spring 2020 - ENGL 313 D100
Late Shakespeare (4)
Class Number: 1398
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 24, 2020
Fri, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Torsten Kehler
tkehler@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
Two 100 division English courses, and two 200 division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A study of the works of Shakespeare performed after 1600. Students may take both ENGL 311 and 313 for credit towards the English major. Students with credit for ENGL 312 may not take this course for further credit without permission of the department.
COURSE DETAILS:
Late Shakespeare: Tragedy and the Emotions
This course will treat four notable Shakespearean tragedies: Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. We will examine the decisions made by — and the decision making of — multiple central characters and protagonists, with respect to the things that help shape those decisions: namely, emotion, affect and motivation. We will pay careful attention to how rhetoric and persuasion, tied as they are to emotion, function in these plays. We will look not only at how characters persuade and manipulate each other, but also how they “work” on themselves -- via, for example, the stories they tell (what Freud calls object relations) -- to persuade themselves of something or to make a course of action more appealing, especially at crucial moments of decision making.
We may screen a film version of one or two of these four plays, if time permits.
Grading
NOTES:
Regular attendance and enthusiastic participation (20%)
Mid-term essay 5-7 pages (30%)
Final essay 5-7 pages due at end of term (30%)
Quiz (10%)
Collaborative seminar scene performance (10%)
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Arden editions of the following plays: Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear.
REQUIRED READING:
Hamlet (revised second edition), eds. Thompson and Taylor, Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2016
ISBN: 978-1472518385
Othello (revised edition), eds. Honigmann and Thompson, Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2016.
ISBN: 978-1472571762
King Lear (3rd series), ed. Foakes, Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 1997.
ISBN: 978-1903436592
Macbeth, eds. Clark and Mason, Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2015.
ISBN: 978-1904271413
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
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