FOREIGN TRADE (TURKISH, DISTANCE EDUCATION)
Associate	TR-NQF-HE: Level 5	QF-EHEA: Short Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 5

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

GEP1122

Ders İsmi:

Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance

Ders Yarıyılı:

Fall
Spring

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
3	0	3	4

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Ders Koşulu:

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Type of course:

GE-Elective

Course Level:

Associate

TR-NQF-HE:5. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Short Cycle

EQF-LLL:5. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Course Objectives:	This course brings together performance studies, cultural theory, modern theatre history and a detailed study of Shakespearean text to give students the fullest possible understanding of how Shakespeare works today. Students will have the opportunity to explore, in depth, how Shakespeare’s texts are adapted to stage.
Course Content:	Detailed study of Shakespeare’s plays and analysis of spcecific performances.

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the Course Review of general concepts (renaissance, reform…)
2)	16th century England The Tudors, Queen Elizabeth, Literature and art in the 16th century
3)	Life and works of Shakespeare His life, works, general characterestics of his works, common themes (from selected texts), his tragedies, comedies and historical plays
4)	Shakespeare’s Tragedies Terms related to tragedy (tragic hero, tragic flaw…) Close reading - Hamlet...
5)	Hamlet Hamlet: discuss themes of morality, corruption, ambition, action—madness	Reading - Hamlet
6)	Hamlet Viewing parts of two film adaptations of Hamlet: Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version and Kenneth Branagh’s 1997 version
7)	Shakespeare the Poet What is a sonnet? The “ Young Man” and the “Dark Lady” Themes: Art, immortality, time, death
8)	Revision
9)	Guest lecturer - discussion of one of the plays we've watched.
10)	One of Shakespeare's tragedies (Macbeth, Othello or Merchant of Venice)	Reading
11)	Continue analyzing the play (tragedy).
12)	Shakespeare’s Comedies Theme Appearance and Reality How Shakespeare constructes a complex orchestration between different characters and between appearance and reality and how he uses this pattern to comment on a variety of human foibles. Selected readings from A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Reading - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
13)	A Midsummer Night’s Dream continued...
14)	Shakespeare’s Fools The wisdom of Shakespeare’s fools.
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Shakespeare'in seçilen 3 oyunu Shakespeare yazar ve eserleri - Stanley Wells Shakespeare in Production: Whose History? H.R. Coursen The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642 – Andrew Gurr Articles – depending on the plays being discussed that semester
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