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Regicide in Shakespeare's Tragedies: Hamlet and Macbeth- Dozent/in
- PD Dr. Beatrix Hesse
- Angaben
- Seminar
2 SWS
Zeit und Ort: Di 16:00 - 18:00, MG1/01.02 (außer Di 8.12.2015)
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module and Entrance Requirement:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
- Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
- Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik (bis einschließl. Studienbeginn zum WS 2008/09):
- freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA neu GY:
- Vertiefungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft
- Vertiefungsmodul Kulturwissenschaft: Seminar (8 ECTS), Zugangsvoraussetzung: Aufbaumodul Kulturwissenschaft
MA English and American Studies:
- Master Module English and American Literature/Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)
- Profile Module English and American Literature/Culture I-VI: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
- Consolidation Module English and American Literature/Culture I-IV: Seminar (8, 6, 5 or 4 ECTS)
Erweiterungsbereich Anglistik/Amerikanistik im Rahmen anderer MA:
- Master Module or Profile Module I or III English and American Literature/Culture: Seminar (8 ECTS)
LA alt (alle), Diplom, Magister:
- Hauptseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
- Hauptseminar Kulturwissenschaft, Zugangsvoraussetzung: Zwischenprüfung oder Hauptseminaraufnahmeprüfung
Erasmus and other visiting students:
2. (De)Registration:
21st of September 2015 (10:00) to 11th of October 2015 (10:00) (via FlexNow!)
Students without access to FlexNow! are to send an e-mail to beahesse@hotmail.com.
Students interested in attending this seminar as guest student are to send an e-mail to beahesse@hotmail.com and to attend the first session; only then it will be clear if guest students can be accepted.
3. Participants are expected:
2 ECTS: regular active participation in class + short oral presentation
4 ECTS: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + short assignment of c. 2000 words
8 ECTS BA Vertiefungsmodul: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 3500-4500 words
8 ECTS Hauptseminar; LAGym Intensivierungsmodul; MA English and American Studies: regular active participation in class + oral presentation + seminar paper of 4500-6000 words
- Inhalt
- Intuitively, one would tend to assume that regicide (the murder of a King) is a fairly frequent plot element in Shakespeare s plays. However, even though some of his tragedies and histories end with the death of a king, regicide as an action that triggers the plot is surprisingly rare, occurring only in Shakespeare s great tragedies Hamlet and Macbeth. (Julius Caesar is a different case because ancient Rome is a republic in the first place.) The plot structure and character configuration of Hamlet and Macbeth strongly resemble each other: the King is murdered by an ambitious relative who consequently ascends the throne, and the son of the dead king must take action to secure his birthright. The main difference resides in the plays perspective: Hamlet is Macbeth seen from Malcolm s point of view, Macbeth is Hamlet from the perspective of Claudius. In hence indubitably makes sense to consider these two plays together, although their respective treatment of the theme of regicide is entirely different.
Another reason to offer a class on these two plays during the coming winter term is that two much-noted productions are currently being presented: Hamlet at London s National Theatre starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Justin Kurzel s new film version of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender. We will of course also study other productions of the two plays, including the Hamlet films of Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh and the Macbeth film by Roman Polanski. Students should also be prepared to take part in acting exercises.
This class may profitably be combined with the excursion to Burg Feuerstein in November. On Feuerstein, we will be concentrating on Hamlet; students attending the Feuerstein excursion may therefore skip the first part of this seminar and join us for the discussion of Macbeth and still obtain full credits for a Hauptseminar. (Hamlet aficionados are of course welcome to attend both...)
- Empfohlene Literatur
- A note on texts: a decent annotated version of the two plays (Arden, Cambridge, Oxford) is indispensable and a useful investment anyway. Depending on your previous acquaintance with Shakespeare s English, you may find it helpful to also purchase a Reclam edition with the English text on the left and a German prose translation on the right hand side. This permits quicker reading and may help you to develop a sense of the suspense created by the two plays.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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