Literatura inglesa 2 (séculos XVI-XVII) - 2019/2020 GUÍA DOCENTE E MATERIAL DIDÁCTICO - USC
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FACULTADE DE FILOLOXÍA
DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOLOXÍA INGLESA E
ALEMÁ
Literatura inglesa 2
(séculos XVI-XVII)
Cristina Mourón Figueroa
Manuela Palacios González
GUÍA DOCENTE E MATERIAL DIDÁCTICO
2019/2020FACULTADE DE FILOLOXÍA. DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOLOXÍA INGLESA E ALEMÁ
AUTORAS: Cristina Mourón Figueroa, Manuela Palacios González
Edición electrónica. 2019
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2Literatura inglesa 2 (séculos XVI-XVII)
1.1. Course identification:
Code: G5061323
Third year, first semester.
Credits (ECTS): 6
The language used for this course will be English.
1.3. Lecturers: Cristina Mourón Figueroa, Manuela Palacios González (Coordinator)
Dr. Manuela Palacios González
Departmento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá
Facultade de Filoloxía
Avda. Castelao s/n
15782 Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Office Hours:
Office 412 at Facultade de Filoloxía.
881811892
Office hours will be indicated on office door.
Electronic address for further consultation:
manuela.palacios@usc.es
Dr. Cristina Mourón Figueroa
Departmento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá
Facultade de Filoloxía
Avda. Castelao s/n
15782 Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Office Hours:
Office 334 at Facultade de Filoloxía.
881811832
Office hours will be indicated on office door.
Electronic address for further consultation:
cristina.mouron@usc.es
3COURSE OBJECTIVES AND COMPETENCE:
This subject has as its general goal the study and critical analysis of English literature in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as well as the abilities to speak and write on the
texts from that period.
The following skills and abilities are to be developed by the student:
-Reading, comprehension and analysis of literary texts.
-Ability to write critical essays.
-Ability to give oral presentations on literary issues.
-Relating literary texts to the society in which they were produced.
-Command of the tools and concepts needed for literary analysis.
Basic, general and specific competences of the verified memory of the degree at
http://www.usc.es/gl/centros/filoloxia/graos/grao_ingles/grao_ingles.html: CB1, CB2,
CB3, CB4, CB5, CG3, CG5, CG6, CG7, CG8, CG9, CE5, CE6, CE7, CE8, CE9, CE10
CONTENTS:
English Literature from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
1. Historical, social and cultural context (Week 1).
2. The prose of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (analysis of a selection of texts)
(Weeks 1 & 2).
3. Jacobean drama. An Introduction (Week 3).
4. William Shakespeare (Week 3).
5. The Comedies. The Merchant of Venice (Weeks 4 & 5).
6. The History Plays. Richard III (Weeks 6, 7, 8 & 9).
7. The Tragedies. Macbeth (Weeks 10, 11 & 12).
8. The Pastoral Plays. The Tempest (Weeks 13 & 14)
4BASIC AND COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Basic Bibliography:
Primary Sources (Obligatory reading):
-William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge, Oxford or Penguin
editions).
-Braunmuller, A.R. ed. Macbeth. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
-Orgel, Stephen. ed. The Tempest. Oxford Shakespeare: Oxford University Press, 2008.
-Siemon, James R. ed. King Richard III. The Arden Shakespeare, 3rd series. London:
Arden, 2009.
Secondary Sources (Recommended reading):
Histories of English Literature:
-Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. London: Macmillan, 2000.
-Carter, Ronald and John McRae. The Routledge History of Literature in English.
Britain and Ireland. 2ª edición. London & New York: Routledge, 2006.
-Rogers, Pat. The Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1987.
-Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1994.
On Shakespeare’s Plays:
-Chernaik, Warren. The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare´s History Plays.
Cambridge UP, Cambridge, 2007.
-De Grazia, Margaret and Stanley Wells (eds.) The Cambridge Companion to
Shakespeare. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
-Dollimore, Johnathan and Alan Sinfield, eds. Political Shakespeare. New Essays in
Cultural Materialism. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1985.
-Garber, Marjorie B. Dream in Shakespeare. From Metaphors to Metamorphosis. New
Haven: Yale UP, 1974.
-Hartnoll, Phyllis and Peter Found (eds.) The Concise Oxford Companion to the
Theatre. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992.
-Hidalgo, Pilar, Aránzazu Usandizaga, Rafael Portillo y Bernd Dietz. Historia Crítica
del Teatro Inglés. Alcoy, Editorial Marfil S.A., 1988.
-Maguire, Laurie E. Studying Shakespeare: A Guide to the Plays. Oxford: Blackwell,
2004.
Miola, Robert S. (ed.) Macbeth. A Norton Critical Edition. W.W: Norton & Company.
New York and London, 2004.
-Scott Kastan, David (ed.) A Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford, Blackwell, 1999.
-Sinfield, Alan (ed.) Macbeth: Contemporary Critical Essays. Macmillan, London,
1992.
-Smith, Emma. Shakespeare´s Histories. Blackwell. Oxford, 2004.
5-Stanton, Sarah and Martin Banham (eds.) The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
-Wells, Robin H. Shakespeare's Politics and the State. London: Macmillan, 1986.
-Wells, Stanley, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Studies. Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 1986.
TEACHING METHODOLOGY:
The participation of the student, which will be fostered with diverse activities,
illustrations and practical explanations, is the basis for the teaching method to be used in
class.
- LECTURES (Docencia Expositiva): 32 h. (2hrs. per week) in which the lecturers
introduce the historical, social and cultural context of the literary texts to be analysed.
- SEMINARS (Docencia Interactiva): 16 h. (1 h. per week). Students will analyse a
choice of literary excerpts. Students will be required to give, in groups, oral
presentations with the analysis of excerpts chosen by the lecturers. These oral
presentations will be considered for the mark of the continuous evaluation. The oral
presentations must follow the lecturers’ indications regarding time limits, thematic
orientation and group distribution.
Students will be informed about the formation of groups and the procedure and
qualification of the presentations in the first seminar. One week in advance, students
will be also informed about the groups’ oral presentations and the excerpts for analysis.
The following criteria will be used to mark the presentations: correct use of the English
language; clarity of expression and quality of the observations on the analysed texts.
Students may consider the possibility of forming a “theatre group” for this
course and performing and/or doing an interpretative reading of a scene or act from any
of the plays listed in the “Contents” section. This is an optional activity to be staged
outside class hours. If the performance or reading is of good quality, the participating
students will get an extra mark in their continuous evaluation.
Students are encouraged to come to the lecturers' office during office hours to
discuss doubts in their assignments.
All these activities will be taken into account for the mark of the continuous
evaluation. Additionally, students are encouraged to do or attend other types of
activities scheduled by the lecturers (such as seminars, lectures, etc.), which will also
have an impact on the continuous evaluation of the subject. Class attendance is
compulsory. Participation in class will be controlled by the lecturers and considered for
the final mark of the subject.
6ASSESSMENT SYSTEM:
-Final exam: 70% of the final mark.
-Assignments: 30 % of the final mark (continuous evaluation)
-A minimum mark of 3 (out of 10) is necessary in both the exam and the continuous
evaluation to be eligible for the final average mark.
The literary texts must be read in English and the exams and assignments must be
written also in English. Correct language use will be taken into account when marking
these activities.
Students who have been officially exempted from attendance and those repeating the
exam from previous years will be assessed on the basis of the final exam, which will
count 100% of the final mark, both in the first and the second opportunities
The mark of the continuous evaluation will be kept for the second opportunity.
The assessment system will be the same in the first and in the second opportunities.
EXAM MODEL
English Literature 2 EXAM
“Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,
passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same
diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and
summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not
laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If
we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Christian wrong a Jew,
what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge! The villainy you
teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.”
QUESTIONS
1. Identify the author and title of this work. Discuss the main stylistic features of
this passage.
2. Connect this passage with the plot of the whole play.
3. Relate the content of this passage to other plays by the same author.
4. Discuss the main characteristics of Elizabethan drama.
- Conceptual clarity and coherence of argument will be subject to evaluation.
Grammar and style will be taken into account.
7STUDY TIME AND INDIVIDUAL WORK:
Since this is an ECTS subject, the student will need 150 hours (lectures and
autonomous work included) to pass the subject
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE SUBJECT:
-Students must read the obligatory literary texts in advance before the seminars.
-Students are expected to read a choice of the recommended bibliography (non-
obligatory readings) in order to broaden their knowledge about the literary period and as
they prepare the assignments and the final exam.
-Use audiovisual materials and the internet for more information on the writers and their
work.
-Use the USC Virtual Campus for announcements and reading material.
-Class attendance is compulsory. Very active participation in class is highly
recommended.
-Do both individual and group work.
-Clarify doubts in class and during tutorial hours.
-Students are also encouraged to attend other types of extra-curricular activities that
may bring them in contact with the English dramatic production of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, such as attending plays or watching films.
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