The marriage of Shakespeare and film is seen as a commonplace of modern culture but has it been always harmonious? Shakespeare wrote his plays for the early modern playhouse—a context vastly different to cinema—but they have since gone on to shape the possibilities of film as a medium. In return, film has shaped the possibilities of ‘Shakespeare’. This course explores the relationship between two mighty cultural entities and the ways that, together, they have been used to speak to and of their times. Plays to be studied include Henry V, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. Directors whose work will be under investigation include Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh and Baz Luhrmann.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Analyse a scene from Shakespeare by identifying features of its dramatic language and its original context of performance
- Identify and describe a range of film genre and film techniques applied to the interpretation of Shakespeare's plays
- Collaborate in a creative presentation project which analyses filmic interpretations of a Shakespeare scene
- Construct an essay which demonstrates thorough research and original argument on the subject of Shakespeare and film
Indicative Assessment
Scene analysis,1000 words (20%) [Learning Outcome 1]Presentation project, 20 minutes (30%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3]
Essay, 2000 words or optional exam, 2 hours (40%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4]
Participation (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 2]
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Workload
130
hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 42 hours of contact over
12 weeks: 1 hour of lecture, 1 hour of tutorial, and an average of 1.5
hours of in-class film viewing per week; and
b) 88 hours of independent student
research, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Preliminary Reading
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest
Stephen Greenblatt (ed.), The Norton Shakespeare 2nd edition
Fees
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $3180 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4890 |
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