EN5306 Shakespeare and Textual Culture
Academic year
2024 to 2025 Semester 1
Curricular information may be subject to change
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Key module information
SCOTCAT credits
30
SCQF level
SCQF level 11
Planned timetable
To be arranged
Module coordinator
Prof M Connolly
Module Staff
Team taught
Module description
This module offers students a thorough grounding in the palaeographical and bibliographical skills required to study Renaissance literature (with an introduction to electronic resources), in tandem with an investigation of contemporary readings of the textual culture of the period. Themes for discussion may include: the relationship between manuscript, orality and print in the early modern period; theories of authorship; the relationship between performance and playtext in the Renaissance theatre; editorial theory.
Assessment pattern
100% coursework
Re-assessment
100% coursework
Learning and teaching methods and delivery
Weekly contact
2 hour seminar (x 9 weeks)
Intended learning outcomes
- Have confidence when handling original materials
- Make an accurate transcription of a handwritten document
- Read English handwriting of the early modern period
- Understand the challenges of using manuscripts in literary research
- Interpret the textual and paratextual evidence of early printed books
- Understand the issues involved in editing early modern texts