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Shakespeare's Romantic Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night
DozentIn: Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Kullmann
Veranstaltungstyp: Seminar
Ort: 41/215
Zeiten: Mi. 18:00 - 19:30 (wöchentlich)
Beschreibung: In this course we are going to read three romantic comedies as well as an unromantic one (The Taming of the Shrew). The Taming of the Shrew is about the subordination of wives; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It and Twelfth Night are about young men and women who love one another and manage to come together and marry. We are going to discuss Shakespeare’s treatment of love as a psychological and anthropological phenomenon, about the ethics of marriage as well as about discourses of courtliness, politics and the supernatural.
Another issue will be the art of performing Shakespeare: We are going to prepare a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream; taking part in this theatrical project will qualify as “Studiennachweis” for those who attend the course as a component of “Freier Wahlbereich” or wish to take the 2 LP option of L3.
Participants are also invited to take part in an excursion to Stratford-upon-Avon, scheduled for 25 to 29 August 2019, where we may see The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It (at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford) as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream (at Shakespeare’s Globe, London). Costs: € 450,-. There is no obligation to take part in this excursion. Those who are interested in taking part in the excursion should contact me as soon as possible.
The excursion is also open to non-participants in the seminar.
Please enrol for the course in one of my office hours; StudIP registration is not sufficient. All those who register for the course in one of my office hours, up to 21 March, will be allowed to participate, irrespective of their place on the 'Warteliste'.
Texts: Editions of the four plays in the Arden Shakespeare series ("Arden 3"), to be made available at zur Heide bookshop. Please do not acquire any other edition. And please read the three plays before term starts (There will be a short test on plots and characters).
