COD 2023 - S705
Face-to-face - The Place of Desire in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in the context of the 400 th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Shakespearean comedies in particular
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sessions, start: 12-Apr
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2023
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa MA
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Non affiliate
ARS 4500.00
ARS 4500.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 April 2023 | 05:00 pm | 07:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in the context of the 400 th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Shakespearean comedies in particular
- To identify the main economic, political and social features of late 16 th and early 17 th -century England in the context of the transition towards Modernity.
- To characterise the different settings in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- To analyse the relationships between characters in terms of their gender as well as their social and economic background.
- To analyse the conflicts of the play in terms of the place of desire within the social order.
- To analyse Shakespeare’s reappropriation of the comic tradition.
- To characterise the different settings in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- To analyse the relationships between characters in terms of their gender as well as their social and economic background.
- To analyse the conflicts of the play in terms of the place of desire within the social order.
- To analyse Shakespeare’s reappropriation of the comic tradition.
- Anthropocentrism, individualisation, secularisation and mercantilism in early modern England.
- Shakespeare’s comedies: its main themes and recurrent formal features.
- The problems related to the play’s closure as an expression of a “happy ending”.
- Construction of the setting, characterisation of characters and development of conflicts.
- Metadramatic features. The contest between characters for the position of a proto stage director.
- Shakespeare’s comedies: its main themes and recurrent formal features.
- The problems related to the play’s closure as an expression of a “happy ending”.
- Construction of the setting, characterisation of characters and development of conflicts.
- Metadramatic features. The contest between characters for the position of a proto stage director.
1) Recovery of attendees’ previous knowledge about the text and its author 2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production 3) Introduction to Shakespeare’s dramatic world 4) Exploration of specific features of comedies –stage directions, characters, setting, conflict, etc.– 5) Guided group analysis of the play.
This seminar is part of the series “Rereading Shakespeare”, which tackles history plays, tragedies and comedies. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- The Uncanny Sense of History in the Tragedy of Richard III
- The Tension between Life and Death in The Winter’s Tale
This seminar is part of the series “Rereading Shakespeare”, which tackles history plays, tragedies and comedies. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- The Uncanny Sense of History in the Tragedy of Richard III
- The Tension between Life and Death in The Winter’s Tale
Source texts
Shakespeare, W. (2007). A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London: Arden Shakespeare.
Critical and theoretical material
Lasa, C. and Menán, C. (2017). “A Midsummer Night's Dream: Regulating Desire in the Emerging Modern State”. In Interstudia. Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies of Contemporary Discursive Forms, N° 21 . Bacău: Alma Mater Publishing House; pp. 81-90.
Thomas Crane, M. (2003). “Early Tudor Humanism”. In Hattaway, M. (ed.) A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Malden & Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations.Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Shakespeare, W. (2007). A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London: Arden Shakespeare.
Critical and theoretical material
Lasa, C. and Menán, C. (2017). “A Midsummer Night's Dream: Regulating Desire in the Emerging Modern State”. In Interstudia. Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies of Contemporary Discursive Forms, N° 21 . Bacău: Alma Mater Publishing House; pp. 81-90.
Thomas Crane, M. (2003). “Early Tudor Humanism”. In Hattaway, M. (ed.) A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Malden & Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations.Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.