2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

ENGL3027 Shakespeare

20 creditsClass Size: 75

School of English

Module manager: Professor Paul Hammond
Email: p.f.hammond@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Module replaces

ENGL3017

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Approximately eight plays are studied from across Shakespeare’s career: history plays, comedies, tragedies, and the late romances. These are studied in ways which highlight their philosophy, stagecraft, style, and thematic content. The aim of the lectures will be to explore the plays as texts, as scripts for performance, as works produced within a specific historical context, and as the objects of very different kinds of critical appropriation.

Objectives

The purpose of this module is to encourage students to think carefully about a representative range of Shakespeare's plays; to develop their critical understanding of the texts; and to explore the social, intellectual and cultural contexts in which they were produced.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:


1. Demonstrate critical knowledge and understanding of complex texts.
2. Evaluate relevant criticism and scholarship about Shakespeare and his social, intellectual and cultural contexts.
3. Write sustained analysis to a high level of intellectual and professional competence.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

1. Conduct independent research, gathering information from a range of sources, and engaging in good academic practice in referencing their sources.
2. Produce independent arguments demonstrating advanced proficiency in critical thinking and writing skills.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			170.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback is provided in weekly seminars and through individual meetings between student and tutor as required. Summative feedback for the first assessment acts as formative feedback for the second.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	1500 word coursework	30.00
Assignment	1500 word coursework	70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 24/01/2024

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