Proseminar: Introduction to Medieval Theatre (Intro.)
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Teaching
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Faculty Faculty of Humanities Domain English Code UE-L06.00804 Languages English Type of lesson Proseminar
Level Bachelor Semester SP-2023 Schedules and rooms
Summary schedule Tuesday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire, MIS 03, Room 3120 (Spring semester)
Teaching
Teachers Description ‘Medieval drama’ includes scriptural mystery cycles, allegorical morality plays, and early humanist debate plays. Medieval drama could teach about scripture and salvation, and debate ethical questions, but the plays were not drily didactic teaching tools but were full of humour, humanity, and spectacle. Medieval literary theories connected enjoyment and learning, so it is possible that the comedy was the sugar to help the educational medicine go down: however, modern revivals of medieval plays have repeatedly demonstrated that their human power is far more than a sweetener, and scholars have applied theories of carnival to demonstrate medieval theatre’s potential to be politically and socially subversive.
Theatrically, medieval plays can be highly innovative, particularly in their self-conscious exploration of the nature of performance and the relationship between actors and audiences. This course will comprise introductory study of selected examples of different genres of medieval play: the morality, the mystery, the miracle play. Plays will be considered as scripts for performance and as part of a verbal and visual culture by which the medieval world explored its relationship with the divine.
21.02. The Ordo Paginarum
28.02 York: Fall of the Angels
07.03 Chester Adam and Eve
14.03 York: Josephs’ Trouble About Mary and Nativity
21.03 York: Crucifixion
28.03 N Town Mary Play
04.04 Castle of Perseverance I
18.04 Castle of Perseverance II
25.04 Everyman I
02.05 Everyman II
09.05 Mankind I
16.05 Mankind II
23.05 Croxton Play of the Sacrament I
30.05 Croxton Play of the Sacrament IITraining objectives - Basic familiarity with late Middle English language
- Knowledge of the different genres of medieval drama
- Familiarity with the content of selected examples of medieval drama
- Understanding of the importance of performance location
- Appreciation of place of the medieval drama in the development of English theatre
Softskills No Off field No BeNeFri No Mobility Yes UniPop No Documents
Bibliography The coursebook will be: Medieval Drama: An Anthology, ed. Greg Walker (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000). It might be a good idea to order the book for yourself well in advance, although there are also library copies. Assessment will be by Proseminar Paper.
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Dates and rooms
Date Hour Type of lesson Place 21.02.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 28.02.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 07.03.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 14.03.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 21.03.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 28.03.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 04.04.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 18.04.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 25.04.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 02.05.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 09.05.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 16.05.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 23.05.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 30.05.2023 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3120 -
Assessments methods
Examen - SP-2023, Session d'été 2023
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Examen - SP-2023, Autumn Session 2023
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Examen - SA-2023, Session d'hiver 2024
Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure Examen - SP-2024, Session d'été 2024
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Assignment
Valid for the following curricula: English Language and Literature 120
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Module One: Foundations
English Language and Literature 60
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Module One: Foundations
Ens. compl. en Lettres
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Lettres [Cours]
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