Literatura Inglesa I

Código:

MEAAM013

Sigla:

LI1

Ocorrência: 2008/2009 - 1S

Ativa?	Sim
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Estudos Anglo-Americanos

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MEAA	27	Plano Oficial a partir de 2007/2008	1	-	5,5	2

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

One of the most salient features of Early Modern European culture is its reconfiguration of a sense of space and place – in the perception they obtain, as much as in their representations. As a major instance of a mimetic appropriation of human experience through a plurality of semiotic systems reified in the conditions of a space (the stage), the theatre will prove a source of some of the most influential analogies that a reconfigured spatial awareness obtains in the arts.
This course aims to explore some of the implications of that epistemological and cultural shift for drama and the theatre, and in particular for comedy; and it will do so with reference to texts that illustrate the structural and modal diversity to be found in the writing and staging of comedy in the latter 16th and the early 17th century. The study of that diversity will be informed both by theoretical concerns – regarding drama, comedy and satire – and a historical awareness, so as to highlight the major conceptual and contextual determinants of the dramatic corpus under study.

Programa

The course will centre on the study of comedies by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and John Fletcher (see Primary Sources). Their study will be preceded and/or accompanied by a critical consideration of relevant texts for an understanding of the poetics of drama and of the cultural role of the theatre in Early Modern England.

Primary Sources

SHAKESPEARE, William.
The Merchant of Venice
The Tempest
(students will be advised to read these plays in one of the following editions:
GIBBONS, Brian (gen ed.). The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge: C.U.P.
PROUDFOOT, Richard et al (gen eds.). The Arden Shakespeare. London: Thomson.
SPENCER, T.J.B. (gen ed.). New Penguin Shakespeare. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
WELLS, Stanley (gen ed.). The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: O.U.P.)

JONSON, Ben. Three Comedies: Volpone, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair, ed. Michael Jamieson. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966

FLETCHER, John.
The Sea Voyage.Three Renaissance Travel Plays, ed. Anthony Parr. Manchester: Manchester U.P., 1995.
The Island Princess, ed George Walton Williams, in Fredson Bowers (ed), The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon, vol.V. Cambridge, C.U.P.,1982. pp.539-669.


Secondary Sources

A research bibliography list will be posted at the beginning of the semester; this should help students locate some of the relevant sources in libraries that are available to them.

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

As is to be expected in a graduate seminar, sessions will integrate active teaching contributions from the seminar leader – butstudents will be required to contribute actively and regularly to the seminar. Students will also be expected to carry out research assignments under the teacher's guidance, but geared towards a growing autonomy of their research effort.

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída sem exame final

Componentes de Avaliação

Descrição	Tipo	Tempo (Horas)	Peso (%)	Data Conclusão
Aulas da disciplina (estimativa)	Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho de Investigação	Trabalho escrito	98,50		2009-01-17
	Total:	-	0,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Descrição	Tipo	Tempo (Horas)	Data Conclusão
Estudo Orientado	Estudo autónomo	20	2009-01-17
	Total:	20,00

Obtenção de frequência

Elements for Assessment:

1) attendance: a minimum of 75% of all sessions;
2) active participation in class;
3) final oral assessment.

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

The final oral assessment will be decisive, but this should adequately reflect the knowledge and skills developed by each student in the course of the semester.

Provas e trabalhos especiais

not applicable

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)

in accordance with general regulations applicable to this degree

Melhoria de classificação

in accordance with general regulations applicable to this degree

Observações

Sessions will be conducted in English