課程簡述
Brief course description
In this course, we will study a series of major plays of Shakespeare that cover the dramatic genres of the Shakespearean corpus. We will begin our course with the study of romance in The Tempest, move on to a further probing of love, family, identity, and power in a problem play, The Merchant of Venice, to As You Like It, a major comedy, and then on to the tragedies, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The course ends with a discussion of major history plays that represent Shakespeare’s own interpretation of English history: Richard II, 1 Henry IV, and Henry V. The approach we take to the study of Shakespeare in this course emphasizes literary form aPolicy on required academic work for this course nd historical contexts. Reading and analyzing these plays in terms of generic development and the playwright’s engagement with the events and major issues and debates of his time, we will examine these plays in terms of their connection to contemporary situations and historical developments. The way power relations and the social order are enacted on Shakespeare’s stage expresses his vision of the dynamic between theater and reality. Our discussion of the plays will focus on Shakespeare’s conceptualization of historical condition and the socio-political dynamic of lived reality. We will investigate the playwright’s engagement with politics and culture in the world of drama, and practice Shakespearean criticism with an awareness of the playwright’s modernity and relevance to recent history, from his concerns with the nature of colonial power, identity and the other, gender relations, to authority and legitimacy.
核心能力
Core Capabilities
| ♠ | 溝通表達與語文能力 | 20% |
| The ability to communicate and express oneself in English | ||
| ♠ | 文學經典的分析與詮釋 | 25% |
| The ability to analyze classic canons of literature | ||
| ♠ | 問題發掘與研究能力 | 25% |
| The ability to look for problems and conduct research | ||
| ♠ | 創作與創新能力 | 15% |
| The ability to think creatively | ||
| ♠ | 全球化與國際視野及多元文化認知能力 | 15% |
| The ability to examine issues through global and multicultural perspectives | ||
指定用書
Text Books
| ♠ | The Norton Shakespeare: Essential Plays/ |
| The Sonnets. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt, et al. 3rd ed. (2015). |
評估
Assessment
The following are the conditions you must fulfill to earn a passing grade in this course:
| • | Statement of academic honesty and integrity | 5% |
| • | Attendance and class participation | 25% |
| • | Discussion Forum postings | 5% |
| • | Papers | 50% |
| • | Final exam | 15% |
In order to pass the course, you must fulfill all of the above requirements. If you omit any of the above, you will automatically fail the course. No make-up is available for any of the above in this course.
N.B. Even though your instructor has taught this course before, the material for the course is updated and may not reflect the material for the same course from previous years. Your instructor does not consult the testing material from previous years when she makes up the tests for this course. While the format for the tests in this course may resemble the format of tests from past years and other courses, the questions and material for the tests this semester are made up entirely afresh. 沒有考古題。
♠ AI policy: Conditionally open for specific assignments
Use of generative AI to prepare specific Discussion Forum postings and papers is permitted and required. For all other assignments, the use of AI to prepare and complete coursework submitted for credit and/or evaluation, including the final exam, is not permitted and will likely result in a failing grade or an outright “0” for the exam or assignment. Suspected AI use where it is prohibited will be penalized in grade.
學術榮耀
Academic honor
Academic honor is vital to sound learning and study on all levels of the university for both professors and students. Plagiarism is a violation of academic honor, and anyone caught cheating or committing plagiarism in any work submitted for grade evaluation for this course will receive a “0” (letter grade “X”) for the entire course. The department’s plagiarism statement and the instructor’s information on plagiarism and academic honor are available to you on eLearn for this course. Read, view, and study all material on plagiarism and academic honor on eLearn carefully and ask your instructor any questions you may have about the content of these files. Besides outright failure of final grade for cheating and plagiarism, other violations of academic honor (including but not limited to lying, bullying, harassment, or the use of disrespectful language in the course and/or in a setting pertaining to the course, online or in person) will earn a “0” grade for class participation and severe penalties in final grade. No make-up is available for any work that is guilty of plagiarism or other violations of academic honor.
本課程所需學術作業的政策
Policy on required academic work for this course
| • | All required academic work for this course (including the statement on academic honesty and integrity) |
| must be completed by dates specified on the syllabus. No late statement of academic honesty and integrity will be accepted. No makeup for the final exam is available in this course. You may submit the statement on academic honesty and integrity before the due date, but you will fail the course if you submit it after the due date. | |
| • | Final exam is administered online on eLearn for this course. |
| • | If you are unable to take the final exam for this course on the date scheduled on the syllabus,you must notify |
| the instructor at least four weeks before the date of the test to schedule a different date for your test and to arrange a different testing site for you. | |
| • | Failure to take the test on the date scheduled and within the timeframe specified will result in a failing grade “X” |
| for the entire course. The only acceptable excuse for not submitting or completing required academic work in this course on time is personal hospitalization or a death in the family. | |
| • | Discussion Forum exercises on eLearn may be submitted late, provided you take a penalty in the grade |
| for the exercise. You must submit your Discussion Forum exercise by the end of the semester before the week of the Final Exam to pass the course. Otherwise, you will fail the entire course for failing to meet this requirement for the course. Penalty for the late submission of Discussion Forum exercise is as follows: | |
☉ Late submission on due date earns a deduction of 5 points from grade. ☉ Late submission the day after the due date earns a deduction of 10 points from grade. ☉ Late submission within a week of the due date earns a deduction of 30 points from grade. ☉ Late submission within two weeks of the due date earns a deduction of 50 points from grade. | |
☉ All other late submissions, which must be posted on Discussion Forum on eLearn before the week | |
| of the Final Exam, earns 5 points for grade. | |
| • | NO makeup and no lateness allowed for papers in this course. |
| Failure to submit a paper for this course by the specific due date and time will result in a failing grade “X” for the entire course. | |
閱讀和討論的時間表
Schedule of reading and discussion
| Week | Reading and discussion |
| １ | Tempest |
| 2 | Tempest |
| Merchant of Venice | |
| ３ | Merchant of Venice |
| As You Like It | |
| ４ | As You Like It |
| Julius Caesar | |
| ５ | Julius Caesar |
| ６ | Hamlet |
| ７ | Hamlet |
| ８ | ♠ Midterm exam ♠ |
| ９ | Macbeth |
| 10 | Macbeth |
| Richard II | |
| 11 | Richard II |
| 1２ | 1 Henry IV |
| １３ | 1 Henry IV |
| １４ | Henry V |
| １５ | Henry V |
| １６ | ♠ Final exam ♠ |
