2025
English Literature II
Name: English Literature II
Code: LLT10876L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Literature
Teaching languages: Portuguese, English
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This course provides a survey of the theatre in England, and focuses on the analysis of four plays by William Shakespeare where cultural and historical issues of the Elizabethan period and the notions of love, power, free will and destiny are discussed.
Contents
1. The Origins of the English Drama
1.1. A general perspective of the English theatre:From Medieval to Renaissance Plays
1.2. The Elizabethan Drama: Conventions, themes and ideologies
2. William Shakespeare:
2.1. The Shakespeare authorship problem
2.2. Shakespeare and the canon
2.3. Division of Shakespeare?s plays
2.4. The modernity of Shakespeare?s plays:
3. William Shakespeare and his plays:
3.1. Romeo and Juliet - More than a tragedy of coincidences:
- Cultural issues to a modern reader
- The politics of love
- Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
3.2. King Lear - Tragedy out of nothing:
- Legitimacy and actual power (Lear's mistake)
- Filial and parental duties
- Kurosawa's Ran
3.3. Hamlet - Character and subjectivity:
- To be or not to be a hero?
- Philosophical principles
3.4. The Tempest - Magic versus reality:
- Prospero´s Utopia for a new world
- The triumph of reason or the failure of the dream (Does the tempest have a satisfactory ending?)
1.1. A general perspective of the English theatre:From Medieval to Renaissance Plays
1.2. The Elizabethan Drama: Conventions, themes and ideologies
2. William Shakespeare:
2.1. The Shakespeare authorship problem
2.2. Shakespeare and the canon
2.3. Division of Shakespeare?s plays
2.4. The modernity of Shakespeare?s plays:
3. William Shakespeare and his plays:
3.1. Romeo and Juliet - More than a tragedy of coincidences:
- Cultural issues to a modern reader
- The politics of love
- Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
3.2. King Lear - Tragedy out of nothing:
- Legitimacy and actual power (Lear's mistake)
- Filial and parental duties
- Kurosawa's Ran
3.3. Hamlet - Character and subjectivity:
- To be or not to be a hero?
- Philosophical principles
3.4. The Tempest - Magic versus reality:
- Prospero´s Utopia for a new world
- The triumph of reason or the failure of the dream (Does the tempest have a satisfactory ending?)
Teaching Methods
Theoretical and practical classes including lectures and using media contents that are uploaded in the beginning of every in the moodle.
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools and assessment
If deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and competencies prescribed for the course unit, the teaching team may require the student to take an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110, Paragraph 13 of the University of Évora Academic Regulations; the conditions set out in Article 116, Paragraph 4, and Article 118, Paragraph 1 of the same Regulations shall be ensured, and the oral examination shall account for 50% of the course unit grade.
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools and assessment
If deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and competencies prescribed for the course unit, the teaching team may require the student to take an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110, Paragraph 13 of the University of Évora Academic Regulations; the conditions set out in Article 116, Paragraph 4, and Article 118, Paragraph 1 of the same Regulations shall be ensured, and the oral examination shall account for 50% of the course unit grade.
Assessment
Students can choose between a continuous assessment and a final exam.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
? Mid-Term Assessment ? written or oral work on one of the other Shakespeare?s plays not studied in class, throughout November(50% of the final mark)
? Term Assessment ? (50% of the final mark)
? Exam (1st and 2nd call) (100%)
The passing mark for every form of assessment is 10 (ten). Students who obtain a mark between 8.0 and 9.4 out of 20 in the written examination shall be required to take an oral examination.
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools and assessment
If deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and competencies prescribed for the course unit, the teaching team may require the student to take an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110, Paragraph 13 of the University of Évora Academic Regulations; the conditions set out in Article 116, Paragraph 4, and Article 118, Paragraph 1 of the same Regulations shall be ensured, and the oral examination shall account for 50% of the course unit grade.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
? Mid-Term Assessment ? written or oral work on one of the other Shakespeare?s plays not studied in class, throughout November(50% of the final mark)
? Term Assessment ? (50% of the final mark)
? Exam (1st and 2nd call) (100%)
The passing mark for every form of assessment is 10 (ten). Students who obtain a mark between 8.0 and 9.4 out of 20 in the written examination shall be required to take an oral examination.
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools and assessment
If deemed necessary to verify the extent to which the student has developed the knowledge and competencies prescribed for the course unit, the teaching team may require the student to take an oral examination, in accordance with Article 110, Paragraph 13 of the University of Évora Academic Regulations; the conditions set out in Article 116, Paragraph 4, and Article 118, Paragraph 1 of the same Regulations shall be ensured, and the oral examination shall account for 50% of the course unit grade.
Teaching Staff
- Carla Isabel Ferreira de Castro [responsible]
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