Our tutorial on Antony and Cleopatra focused mainly on the TMA question, so we spent quite a bit of time discussing Plutarch rather than Shakespeare. A presentation was followed by some general questions, which were meant to give some practice for the assignment. The presentation and the handout are available from the links below. [...]
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Tutorial Report
Posted in Antony and Cleopatra, Tutorials, tagged Antony and Cleopatra on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tutorial report
Posted in Macbeth, Tutorials, tagged Macbeth, Polanski on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On a day more fair than foul, we gathered in the South Wing of the arts building at Manchester University to think and talk about Macbeth- Shakespeare’s and Polanski’s.
We established that Macbeth, more so than many Shakespeare plays, comes with its own historical and cultural baggage. Most people with no interest in Shakespeare will recognise [...]
Tutorial Report
Posted in TMA, Tutorials, tagged Midummer Night's Dream on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First, I need to apologise for short-changing you by about ten minutes today. I was going by the clock on the computer and realised only when we left the building that we’d finished early. I shall have to get one of those new-fangled timepieces you wear on your wrist.
We had a very pleasant first meeting, [...]
Tutorial schedule
Posted in Tutorials on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the proposed schedule for our tutorials. I have tried to link the topics to the relevant TMAs.
14 Feb Introduction and Midsummer Night’s Dream
7 Mar Macbeth
18 Apr Antony and Cleopatra
30 May Twelfth Night
13 June King Lear / Tempest
15 Aug Cymbeline
5 Sept Sonnets
12 Sept Exam preparation
This is a provisional schedule. The final schedule will be agreed at the first meeting, and circulated to [...]
