Lehrende/r: Mirjam Haas
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 45
Inhalt: “‘Tain’t what we say … it’s the way that we say it.” (Crystal, Sounds Appealing 32) In this seminar, we will explore the role sound plays in dramatic communication. We will consider early modern (on the threshold from an oral to a primarily visual culture) play texts in modern performance (at a potential turn back towards the oral – think of Alexa). Hence, we will read and (where available) listen to and see productions of our plays, focussing on the relationship between text, sound and sense. Following a thorough introduction into early modern drama and its language as well as into the concept of dramatic prosody, we will begin by considering “sound[s]” that are “not in government” (5.1.123) in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ca. 1595). Then, the class will focus on reading and listening to the magical and mad voices in Macbeth (ca. 1606). Apart from these two Shakespearean texts, we will consider a number of early modern plays in extracts (e.g. by Webster, Lyly, Beaumont & Fletcher, and Marlowe). Everyone taking part in this class, will additionally read one of these plays in its entirety.
Empfohlene Literatur: Please buy and read the following plays: + Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ca. 1595. Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Bloomsbury, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1408133491 + Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. ca. 1606. Edited by Kenneth Muir, Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-1904271413 The texts will be read in the order given here, try to watch and listen to as many productions (or production clips available online) of the plays as you can find!
