English Literature - Shakespeare and the English Renaissance

Code:

LLC092

Acronym:

LISR

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	0	LA - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LLC	28	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3
LRI	0	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge of the plays through analysis, interpretation and discussion. Knowledge of their historical and literary contexts.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

Bloom Harold; John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, Chelsea House, 1986. ISBN: 0-87754-920-6
Bloom Harold; Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Chelsea House, 1988. ISBN: 0-87754-915-X
Danby John F.; Shakespeare and the Doctrine of Nature: A Study of King Lear, Faber and Faber, 1948. ISBN: 0 571 06291 1
Wells Stanley; Shakespeare & Co., Penguin Books, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-141-01713-6
Wells Stanley; The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Studies, Cambridge University Press, 1986. ISBN: 0 521 31841 6

Comments from the literature

Students will be provided with some critical texts during the course.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Reading and analysis of literary texts, exploring different critical approaches and procedures; awareness of textual life on the stage.

keywords

Humanities > Literature

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	58,00
Total:	164,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are supposed to attend 75% of the scheduled sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade