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Lovers Now and Then II EKSAMEN
Course description:
In this course we’re going to focus on “Lovers Then and Now”. In the first part of the course, we focused on the “now” as expressed in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell in Sally Rooney’s Normal People. Here we turn our attention towards the “then” as portrayed in the troubled relationship between the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet from 1597
Apart from excerpts from Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, we’re also going to read two of Shakespeare’s love sonnets.
To be able to understand Romeo and Juliet and the obstacles they face, we need to go back in time and gain an understanding of the Elizabethan world view and the world of the theater at Shakespeare’s time. Furthermore, you will gain knowledge of literary elements such as for example the sonnet, iambic pentameter, blank verse, tragic irony and what a prologue is.
Approximately 110 pages.
Material included in the course:
“Kernestof”:
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”, published in 1609, from Wider Contexts, ed. by Mette Grønvold et. Al, (Gyldendal, 2012). (fiction, poetry)
William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 130”, published in 1609, from Fields of Vision, volume 1 (Longman, 2007). (fiction, poetry)
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, excerpts from the play, published in 1597. Prologue, act 1, scene 5, and act 3, scene 5 from Clausen and Kaalund, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare (Gyldendal, 2017). (fiction, drama)
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, excerpts from the play, published in 1597, act 5, scene 3 from Fields of Vision, volume 1 (Longman, 2007). (fiction, drama)
Romeo and Juliet, film directed by Baz Luhrmann (1996). (fiction, film)
“Supplerende materiale”:
3-Minute Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSfExfrP1oI&t=70s
Introduction, excerpts from Clausen and Kaalund, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare (Gyldendal, 2017): Historical Context, Elizabethan Theater, Toolbox, Language in the Elizabethan Era, Poetic Devices, Shakespearean Tragedy.
Kernestof jf. læreplanen Engelsk A:
-standardsprog og variation, herunder elementer af det engelske sprogs udvikling
-tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
-et genremæssigt bredt udvalg af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
-væsentlige strømninger i britisk og amerikansk litteraturhistorie
-væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og
andre engelsksprogede regioner.
Faglige mål:
-gøre rede for indhold, synspunkter og sproglige særtræk i engelsksprogede tekster
-analysere og fortolke forskellige nyere og ældre tekster med anvendelse af relevant faglig
terminologi og metode
-perspektivere tekster litteraturhistorisk, kulturelt, samfundsmæssigt og historisk
-analysere og perspektivere aktuelle forhold i engelsksprogede regioner på baggrund af
engelskfaglig viden om historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og
andre engelsksprogede regioner.
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