English Program: Part II Semester III
Course: Elective IV Course Title: Shakespeare Paper IV-A
1. Syllabus as per Choice Based Credit System
i) Name of the Program : M.A. English (Regular) Part II, Semester III, Elective IV
ii) Course Code : PAENG304
iii) Course Title : Shakespeare
iv) Semester wise Course Contents : Enclosed the copy of syllabus
v) References and Additional References : Enclosed in the Syllabus
vi) Credit Structure : No. of Credits per Semester -06
vii) No. of lectures per Unit : 15
viii) No. of lectures per week : 04 2. Scheme of Examination: 4 Questions of 15 marks each 3. Special notes, if any: No 4. Eligibility, if any: No 5. Fee Structure: As per University Structure
Course Title:
Shakespeare Preamble: William Shakespeare, according to his contemporary Ben Jonson, “was not of an age but for all time.” Indeed, Shakespeare has become a literary icon for all places and spaces: more than four hundred years after his death, his works continue to be staged, adapted into films and studied in Universities around the world. This paper will examine the ways in which Shakespeare’s works may have been received against the philosophical and intellectual viewpoints of the Renaissance. The paper will also consider the literary scholarship which shaped the understanding of Shakespearean works. The paper will similarly help the learners consider Shakespeare’s enduring global appeal through investigation into the rich cultural and political complexities of Shakespeare adaptations. Objectives: 1.To familiarize the learner with timeless dimensions of Shakespeare’s works. 2. To help the learner understand the contemporary relevance of Shakespeare with reference to modern versions and films based on his plays. 3. To sensitize the learner to development of the genres of comedy, tragedy and history plays in the Elizabethan era. 4. To acquaint the learner with changing responses to Shakespeare’s plays Important Note: The following text should be taught with reference to the following: 1.The contemporary relevance of Shakespeare’s works 2.The socio-economic climate of Shakespeare’s age 3.The intellectual climate of the Elizabethan era 4.The manner in which Shakespeare differed from his fellow dramatists and poets 5.Shakespeare scholarship 6.Adaptations and stage performances of Shakespeare’s plays
Unit 1:
Tragedies: Hamlet King Lear
Unit 2:
Comedies: Much Ado about Nothing
Measure for Measure
Unit 3: History Plays
Anthony and Cleopatra Henry IV – Part I
Unit 4: Poetry Venus and Adonis
Sonnets
i. “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day” – Sonnet 18
ii. “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” – Sonnet 29
iii. “Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea” – Sonnet 65
iv. “That time of year thou may’st in me behold” – Sonnet 73
v.“Let me not to the marriage of true minds” – Sonnet 116
vi.“Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame” – Sonnet 129
vii. “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” –Sonnet 130
viii. “When my love swears that she is made of truth” –Sonnet 138
References:
1. Adelman, Janet.The Common Liar: An Essay on Antony and Cleopatra (1973)
2. Bradley, A.C. Shakespearean Tragedy (1904)
3. Bloom, Harold, ed. William Shakespeare. 3 vols.
4. One volume each on the tragedies (1984), comedies and romances (1986), andhistories and poems (1986).
5. Callaghan, Dympna. A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare (2016)
6. Dollimore, Jonathan and Alan Sinfield, eds. Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism. 2nd Edition. (1994)
7. Elsom, John. Is Shakespeare Still Our Contemporary? (2004)
8. Harris, Jonathan Gil. Shakespeare and Literary Theory (2010)
9. Kott, Jan. Shakespeare Our Contemporary (1964)
10. McDonald, Russ, ed. Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory, 1945-2000 (2004)
11. Parker, Patricia and Geoffrey Hartmann, eds. Shakespeare and the Question of Theory. (1985)
12. Patricia Parker. Shakespeare from the Margins: Language, Culture, Context (1996)
13. Rackin, Phyllis. Shakespeare and Women (2005)
14. James Schiffer. Shakespeare's Sonnets: Critical Essays (2000)
15. Lenz, Carolyn, Gayle Green and Carol Neely, eds. The Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare. 1980.
16. Smith, Bruce R. Shakespeare and Masculinity (2000)
17. Traub, Valerie. Desire and Anxiety: Circulations of Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama (1992)
18. Traub, Valerie. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment: Gender, Sexuality, and Race (2016)
19. Wells, Stanley, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare. (1986)
References by Genre: The Comedies and Romances
1. Adams, Roberts. Shakespeare: the Four Romances. (1989)
2. Bryant, J.A., Jr. Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy (1986)
3. Collins, Michael J., ed. Shakespeare's Sweet Thunder: Essays on the Early Comedies (1997)
4. Gay, Penny. As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women (1994)
5. Hillman, Richard. William Shakespeare: The Problem Plays. (1993)
6. Mangan, Michael. A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies, 1594-1603. (1996)
7. Ornstein, Robert. Shakespeare's Comedies: From Roman Farce to Romantic Mystery. (1986)
8. Ryan, Kiernan, ed. Shakespeare: The Last Plays. (1999)
9. Teague, Frances. Acting Funny: Comic Theory and Practice in Shakespeare's Plays (1994)
The Tragedies
1. Dollimore, Jonathon. Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. (1984)
2. Garner, Shirley Nelson and Madelon Sprengnether. Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender. (1996)
3. Mack, Maynard. Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies. 1993. Mangan, Michael. A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies (1992)
4. McAlindon, T. Shakespeare's Tragic Cosmos (1991)
5. Zimmerman, Susan, (ed.) Shakespeare's Tragedies (1998)
The Histories
1. Holderness, Graham. Shakespeare: The Histories (2000)
2. Levine, Nina S. Women's Matters: Politics, Gender and Nation in Shakespeare's Early History Plays (1998)
3. Norwich, John Julius. Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages1337-1485 (1999)
4. Rackin, Phyllis. Stages of History: Shakespeare's English Chronicles (1990)
5. Saccio, Peter. Shakespeare's English Kings. 2nd Edition (2000)
6. Spiekerman, Tim. Shakespeare's Political Realism: The English History Plays (2001)
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