Unit information: Approaches to Shakespeare in 2008/09

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Unit name Approaches to Shakespeare
Unit code ENGL10027
Credit points 20
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. James
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of English
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit provides an introduction to Shakespeare’s plays and poems, and their critical reception. Plays for study will be chosen to allow an appreciation of the generic range and individual variety of Shakespeare’s writing. Various critical approaches will be employed to provide a sense of the contemporary critical debates