ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: English and German Philology
Areas: English Philology
Center Faculty of Philology
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
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.
English Literature from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
1. Historical, social and cultural context.
2. The prose of the sixteenth and seveteenth centuries (analysis of a selection of texts).
3. Jacobean drama. An Introduction.
4. William Shakespeare.
5. The Comedies. The Merchant of Venice.
6. The History Plays. Richard III.
7. The Tragedies. Macbeth.
8. The Pastoral Plays: The Tempest.
Basic bibliography:
Primary Sources (Obligatory reading):
William Shakespeare (Preferably Cambridge, but also Oxford or Penguin):
-Braunmuller, A.R. ed. Macbeth. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
-Mahood, M. M. ed. The Merchant of Venice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
-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):
Biographies:
-Ackroyd, Peter. 2006. Shakespeare: the biography. London: Vintage Books
-Weir, Alison. 2008. The Life of Elizabeth I. New York: Ballantine Books.
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.
-Gurr, Andrew. 2009. The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
-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.
-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.
Electronic resources:
Shakespeare's works for reading:
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
For those Shakespearean works to be dealt with in the subject:
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/richardiii/
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/merchant/
Section ‘study questions’ is specially recommended
How to write literary analysis:
https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/how-to-write-literary-an…
Highly recommended:
EzProxy service (remote access to 12000 magazine titles, more than 51000 e-book titles and 42 databases, all accessible through reBUSCa and Portico):https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/biblioteca/utilidades/ezproxy.html
The following skills and abilities are to be developed by the student:
Reading, comprehension and analysis of literary texts.
Ability to write a 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.ht… CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CG3, CG5, CG6, CG7, CG8, CG9, CE5, CE6, CE7, CE8, CE9, CE10
-Lectures: 2 hours of class per week in which the professor introduces the historical, social and cultural context of the literary texts to be analysed. Introduction to the writers' lives and works.
-Seminars: 1 hour of class per week in which the students analyse of a choice of literary excerpts.
-Tutorial hours: Discussion of the students' doubts in their assignments.
-Written assignments.
-Oral presentations.
-Use of audiovisual materials and the internet for more information on the writers and their work.
-Use of the USC Virtual Campus for announcements and reading material.
-Final exam: 60% of the final mark.
-Assignments: 40 % of the final mark (continuous evaluation)
It is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO SCORE 3 MINIMUM (out of 6) in the final exam for the mark of the continuous evaluation to be taken into account. If you fail to score this minimum, then you fail the subject.
For students who are officially exempt from attending lectures the exam will count as 100% of the final mark of the subject in both opportunities.
Also in both opportunities, those students whose schedule of the subject coincides partially or totally with that of another subject (proof must be presented, e.g. scanned copy of the registration) and/or repeaters may CHOOSE one of the following assessment systems:
a) just the final exam: 100% of the final mark of the subject.
b) the standard assessment: the mark of the continuous evaluation (40% of the final mark of the subject) and the final exam (60% of the final mark of the subject).
c) Only those students re-taking the subject: the mark of the continuous evaluation of the previous academic year (40% of the final mark of the subject) and the final exam (60% of the final mark of the subject).
Additionally, these students MUST communicate their decision to the coordinator of the subject before Sunday, October, 16th. Otherwise, they will be assessed considering the standard assessment system: the mark of the continuous evaluation (40% of the final mark of the subject) and the final exam (60% of the final mark of the subject).
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.
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.
For cases of fraudulent conduct over exercises or tests, what is included in the "Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións" will apply: "Fraudulent exams, tests or tasks required for the evaluation of a subject will imply a fail in the corresponding opportunity, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be opened against the offending student. Among others, plagiarised works or those obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without quotation to authors and sources will also be considered fraudulent". Therefore, the detection of the smallest plagiarism will mean a zero in the subject and the established disciplinary measures will be taken.
-Students must read the obligatory literary texts in advance before the seminars.
-Students are expected to read a choice of the recommended bibliography as they prepare the assignments and the final exam.
-Total number of study hours: 99.
-Class attendance is compulsory. Very active participation in class is highly recommended.
-Read the obligatory literary texts before the corresponding seminars.
-Make a choice of the recommended bibliography in order to broaden your knowledge about the literary period.
-Do both individual and group work.
-Clarify doubts in class and during tutorial hours.
-Complete your understanding of the literary period and its writers by watching films, checking information on the internet, etc.
- It is very important that students are attentive to the messages they receive from the lecturers in the Virtual Campus and in their corporate e-mail regarding indications about teaching, homework, etc.
- It is recommended that the students complete their study with the online materials recommended in the Virtual Campus.
IMPORTANT: Emails that do not come from the student's corporate address (USC address) will not be answered.
IMPORTANT:
Basic rules in the classroom:
1- The use of mobile phones is forbidden, except for tasks to be done in the classroom. If any student uses the phone with any other purpose s/he will be automatically invited to leave the classroom.
2- Students must not arrive to class later than 10 minutes after the lecture has started or s/he will not be allowed to enter the classroom.
3- The student must address the lecturer either by her full first name or in any other way the lecturer would consider appropriate.
Cristina Mouron Figueroa
Coordinador/a- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811832
- cristina.mouron [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Manuela Palacios Gonzalez
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- Phone
- 881811892
- manuela.palacios [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Noemí Pereira Ares
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- noemi.pereira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Elena Guerreira Labrador
- Department
- English and German Philology
- Area
- English Philology
- elena.guerreira.labrador [at] usc.es
- Category
- Ministry Pre-doctoral Contract
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| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (M-Z) | English | C10 |
| 14:00-15:00 | Grupo /CLE_02 (M-Z) | English | C10 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-L) | English | C12 |
| 14:00-15:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-L) | English | C12 |
| Thursday | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLIS_03 (M-R) | English | D05 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLIS_04 (S-Z) | English | D05 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 (A-D) | English | D05 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 (E-L) | English | D05 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_02 (E-L) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_03 (M-R) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (M-Z) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_04 (S-Z) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-L) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_01 (A-D) | C11 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-L) | C12 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (M-Z) | C12 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_04 (S-Z) | C12 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_01 (A-D) | C12 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_02 (E-L) | C12 |
| 01.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_03 (M-R) | C12 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_02 (M-Z) | C11 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_04 (S-Z) | C11 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_01 (A-D) | C11 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_02 (E-L) | C11 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLIS_03 (M-R) | C11 |
| 06.20.2023 09:30-13:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 (A-L) | C11 |