Programme

Performing Arts - Actors Training

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 4

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

100 | 45

Code

ULP1977-15443

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

0. Presentation of the course / program. General considerations.
1. Shakespeare: center of the canon. Works. A general and comparative analysis.
Two comedies:
2. "The Merchant of Venice":
2.1. Introduction, Act I;
2.2. Acts II, III;
2.3. Acts IV, V.
3. "As You Like It":
3.1. Introduction, Act I;
3.2. Acts II, III;
3.3. Acts IV, V.
Two Tragedies:
4. "Othello":
4.1. Introduction, Act I;
4.2. Acts II, III;
4.3. Acts IV, V.
5. "Macbeth":
5.1. Introduction, Act I;
5.2. Acts II, III;
5.3. Acts IV, V.
6. Written test.

Objectives

Taking William Shakespeare as the canonical center of universal literature, the course will attempt to introduce students to a selective sample of Shakespearean productions. The intention of the course is not so much to participate in any literary cult by means of a possible type of bardolatry but rather to close reading it, seeking, through the proposed texts, to discuss and analyze the central figure of Shakespeare and his scope both in classical and in modern theatre. Other authors may and should gravitate around this central axis, some as influences, others as influenced.

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

The essential concern of the course is to read fundamental texts in the History of Theatre. It will seek to develop faculties of reading, analysis and commentary, leading to a critical and argumentative competence. It is hoped that students will also be able to develop a historical-cultural understanding of the proposed texts.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Reading and critical discussion of texts in the room, as well as analysis of the historical and dramaturgical contexts of each of the works. Use of complementary sources (miscellaneous texts, films, entertainment media). The evaluation will be as follows: participation in class (40%), four papers written at the end of each unit (40%) and a final essay on the corpus worked (20%).

References

SHAKESPEARE, William, O Mercador de Veneza (Lisboa: Cotovia, 2008)
SHAKESPEARE, William, Como Queiram ((V.N. Famalicão: TNSJ/Húmus, 2014)
SHAKESPEARE, William, Otelo (V.N. Famalicão: TNSJ/Húmus, 2018)
SHAKESPEARE, William, Macbeth (V.N. Famalicão: TNSJ