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ENGL8008 Genre Study

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject English
Offered in ENGL8008 will not be offered in 2011
Unit Value 12 units
Course Classification(s) AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs.
Areas of Interest English
Preliminary Reading

The Norton Shakespeare

Other Information

This course is offered subject to staff availability.

Exploring Shakespeare

There will be six 'set texts' or groups of texts, studied in this order: Hamlet, Macbeth, 'The Henriad' (i.e. Henry IV i & ii, & Henry V), Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, The Sonnets. Participants will, however, be expected to read widely in Shakespeare's other works.

Discussion will be determined by how the group's interests develop but three suggested main possible perspectives are:

Historical - what did these works mean to their first audiences and readers?

Theatrical - viewing the plays as performance texts rather than published ones

Theoretical - how useful are some of the main approaches (e.g. New Historicist, Marxist/cultural materialsit, feminist/gender-oriented)? 

Academic Contact To Be Advised

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.

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