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EN4344 Early English Romance Comedy: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Academic year(s): 2016-2017

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 1

Planned timetable: TBC

Students will consider the dramatic rendering of romance material in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries alongside contemporary writing on dramatic theory and information about staging. About half the plays studied will be by Shakespeare. (Group B)

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact:

Scheduled learning hours: 44

Guided independent study hours: 256

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews:

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 50%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: TBC