Course Details
Reading Shakespeare: King Lear
7 Jun 2014
Professional Development
Other
Victoria University Community Continuing Education
This course is only offered in Wellington
More Than 1 Week
5 weeks, Sat 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
5 weeks, Sat 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
$140.00
Early Bird Discount available until 2 weeks prior to the course start date $126.00 incl GST
Early Bird Discount available until 2 weeks prior to the course start date $126.00 incl GST
Overview:
King Lear is widely regarded as the most intensely serious and profoundly moving of Shakespeare’s plays. It is most concerned with matters of fundamental human importance – the pitfalls of family relationships, the challenges of old age, the corruption of power and the responsibilities of kingship. By reading sections of the play out loud you will look at the complacency of Lear and the Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of the play and how Shakespeare takes them on a bleak journey of discovery about the frailty of both their inner and outer worlds.
Target audience:
This course is for anyone interested in Shakespeare’s work.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will have:
•read the play in detail
•discussed the meaning of, and ideas in, the play
•gained an appreciation of the genius of William Shakespeare as a dramatist, poet and observer of the human condition.
Course outline:
Background material will be circulated before the course. Sessions include:
•participants reading aloud small sections of the play – usually a scene
•analysis of each section with detailed discussion on significant points
•final comments and observations at the conclusion of the course.
Course format:
These two-hour lectures involve audience input and are held on a Saturday morning over five weeks.
What to bring:
Please bring a copy of the text.
Teacher:
Janet Secker has a BA(Hons) in English from Manchester University (UK). She was a secondary school English teacher for many years and has regularly taught classes in Shakespeare and other English-literature studies for Kapiti WEA.
For further information:
Continuing Education, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140.
Phone 04 463 6556, Email: conted@vuw.ac.nz
King Lear is widely regarded as the most intensely serious and profoundly moving of Shakespeare’s plays. It is most concerned with matters of fundamental human importance – the pitfalls of family relationships, the challenges of old age, the corruption of power and the responsibilities of kingship. By reading sections of the play out loud you will look at the complacency of Lear and the Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of the play and how Shakespeare takes them on a bleak journey of discovery about the frailty of both their inner and outer worlds.
Target audience:
This course is for anyone interested in Shakespeare’s work.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will have:
•read the play in detail
•discussed the meaning of, and ideas in, the play
•gained an appreciation of the genius of William Shakespeare as a dramatist, poet and observer of the human condition.
Course outline:
Background material will be circulated before the course. Sessions include:
•participants reading aloud small sections of the play – usually a scene
•analysis of each section with detailed discussion on significant points
•final comments and observations at the conclusion of the course.
Course format:
These two-hour lectures involve audience input and are held on a Saturday morning over five weeks.
What to bring:
Please bring a copy of the text.
Teacher:
Janet Secker has a BA(Hons) in English from Manchester University (UK). She was a secondary school English teacher for many years and has regularly taught classes in Shakespeare and other English-literature studies for Kapiti WEA.
For further information:
Continuing Education, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140.
Phone 04 463 6556, Email: conted@vuw.ac.nz
Janet Secker