EKIS4004 Shakespeare Now! (5 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description

Content

This course focuses on the ways in which Shakespeare features in contemporary culture. Besides reading and discussing Shakespeare’s original work, we acquaint ourselves with contemporary representations of Shakespeare’s production against the backdrop of Renaissance society, culture, values and theatrical traditions. Besides an original text by Shakespeare, we study for example film, music, graphic novels, fan fiction, digital appropriations, the new Finnish Shakespeare translations and pay attention to Shakespeare’s language.

Completion methods
Contact teaching: participating to lectures, completing tasks and writing a final essay.
Assessment details

Lecture participation, completion of assigned tasks, final essay

Learning outcomes

On completing the course the students:

  • Have knowledge about Shakespeare’s time, life, works and theatrical traditions
  • See Shakespeare’s present role in a global transnational perspective
  • Understand the role of power, global commercial media and transmediality in the dissemination of Shakespeare
  • Are familiar with the conceptual pair high and low in the Shakespearian context
  • Can relate critically to the processes of canonisation

Additional information

Attendance policy 80 %

Online assignments

Study materials

To be specified later

Literature

  • List of literature provided at the beginning of the course

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Attendance policy 80 %, online assignments
Evaluation criteria:
Lecture participation, completion of assigned tasks, final essay
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Evaluation criteria:
Lecture participation, completion of assigned tasks, final essay
Language:
English
Study methods:

Contact teaching: participating to lectures, completing tasks and writing a final essay.

Study materials:

To be specified later

Literature:
  • List of literature provided at the beginning of the course

Teaching