DURHAM UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES LECTURE MODULES READING LIST BOOKLET 2015/2016 0 CONTENTS Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism Page 2 Shakespeare Page 5 Medieval Literature Page 12 Renaissance Literature Page 21 Victorian Literature Page 26 The Modern Period Page 37 Old Norse Page 43 Old French Page 54 1 Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism Module Convenor: Dr Alastair Renfrew Introductory Reading List This introductory list covers texts that should a. be acquired in advance of the course; b. be consulted during the long vacation in preparation for the course. *Please note that a full reading list covering each of the topics studied on the module, as well as additional general resources, will be available via DUO from the start of term.* a. The set text for the course is: The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism (2nd edition), ed. Vincent B. Leitch et al (Norton, 2010). A wide-ranging collection of excerpts and essays from the long history of theory and criticism, from Plato to the present day, with particular emphasis on the past century. With essays on all of the theoretical strands covered on the course, this will be your primary resource for preparatory reading in advance of lectures and will also provide much of the set reading for tutorials (although individual lecturers and tutors may also prescribe supplementary material from other sources). The anthology also features brief introductions to individual critics and theorists, as well as a comprehensive bibliography and index. b. It is advisable to read in advance one or more of the following introductions to theory and criticism: Jonathan Culler, A Very Short Introduction to Literary Theory (Oxford University Press, 1997). As the title suggests, this is a very short, lucid and accessible introduction to some of the key issues involved in reading and using theory. Patricia Waugh (ed.), Literary Theory and Criticism: an Oxford Guide (Oxford University Press, 2006). A collection of some 40 essays, with a long introduction, covering the history of modern theory and criticism, including the theorists and movements covered on the course. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle (eds), An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (4th edition) (Routledge, 2009). As much an introduction to literary studies in general as it is to theory and criticism, this book is organised thematically, rather than by theorists and movements, and is particularly helpful in encouraging theoretical reflection that is integrated with your existing habits as readers. Also contains a brief but helpful glossary of terms; links to additional chapters are available at www.routledge.com/books/details/9781405859141/ 2 THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LITERARY CRITICISM LECTURE LIST 2015/2016 Lectures will take place every Thursday from 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm in ER201 Michaelmas Term 2015 15 October Introduction: What is Theory? Dr Renfrew 22 October Criticism, Canon and Value Dr Harding 29 October Formalism(s) Dr Renfrew 5 November Structuralism Dr Renfrew 12 November Marxism(s) Dr Renfrew 19 November The Frankfurt School Dr Thomas 26 November Psychoanalysis (i) Freud Professor James 3 December Psychoanalysis (ii) Lacan Dr Thomas 10 December Deconstruction Professor Clark 17 December New Historicism Dr Grausam Epiphany Term 2016 21 January Dialogism: The Bakhtin School Dr Renfrew 28 January Postcolonialism (i) Professor Regan 4 February Postcolonialism (ii) Dr Terry 11 February Feminism(s) Dr Wootton 18 February READING WEEK 25 February Queer Theory Dr Renfrew 3 March Ecocriticism Professor Clark 10 March Animal Studies Professor Clark 17 March Posthumanism Dr Mack 3 Easter Term 2016 28 April Postmodernism Dr Grausam 5 May Digital Humanities Dr Renfrew 12 May The Function of Criticism at the Present Time Dr Grimble 4 Shakespeare Module Convenors: Professor Barbara Ravelhofer and Dr Mandy Green Michaelmas Term lectures will be on historical drama (Richard II, Henry IV1,2, Henry V), tragedies (Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, Macbeth), and early comedy. Epiphany and Easter Term lectures will be on the Sonnets and narrative poems (for instance, Venus and Adonis), further forms of comedy and pastoral (for instance, As You Like It and Much Ado about Nothing), Roman plays (including Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus), as well as several later plays (including Cymbeline and The Winter’s Tale). The lectures will be rounded off with an outlook on Shakespeare’s legacy. You should read Shakespeare’s Complete Works during the summer vacation. You need to engage with the full range of Shakespeare’s works, so it is important that you read as widely and as deeply as possible, rather than trying to rely on your A-Level knowledge. Editions Complete Works: The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works, ed. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor (Oxford: OUP, 1988, 2nd edn, 2005). This is the standard edition recommended by the Department and allowed for the open-book examination. Other more copiously annotated Complete Works are listed below; these may, however, not be taken into the examination: The Norton Shakespeare, ed. Stephen Greenblatt et al. (New York: Norton, 1997) William Shakespeare: Complete Works, ed. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen (New York: Random House, 2007; pbk Basingstoke: Macmillan / The Royal Shakespeare Company, 2008) represents a modernized version of Shakespeare’s First Folio edn (1623) The Riverside Shakespeare, gen. ed. G. Blakemore Evans (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2nd edn, 1997) Complete Works [in original spelling], ed. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor (Oxford: OUP, 1986) The Norton Facsimile: The First Folio, ed. Charlton Hinman, 1968 (2nd ed., intro. P. W. M. Blayney, 1996) Editions of individual works: To prepare an individual text adequately for the exam, you should consult this text in one of the following editions: The Arden Shakespeare, launched in 1899, provides copious introductions, annotation, and textual apparatus of the highest scholarly standard. New Cambridge series (Cambridge University Press) Oxford series (World’s Classics) The recommended edition for non-dramatic verse is Complete Sonnets and Poems, ed. Colin Burrow (OUP, 2002). Editions suitable for the Shakespeare examination: The Shakespeare examination is an ‘open book’ paper: candidates must take a copy of the collected works into the examination. No loose papers or photocopies of the works must be brought to the exam. The editon must be an unannotated text. It must not contain any commentary or glosses of difficult words in the margins. Introductions to individual plays should not exceed one page. Texts should include a line count. Reference works and introductions Bate, Jonathan, and Russell Jackson, Shakespeare: An Illustrated Stage History (Oxford: OUP, 1996) 5 Bullough, G., ed., Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, 8 vols (London: Routledge, 1957- 75) Dobson, Michael, and Stanley Wells, eds., The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (Oxford: OUP, 2001) Findlay, Alison, Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary (London: Continuum, 2010). An A-Z of over 350 entries on how women were represented on the stage. Gurr, Andrew, The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642 (Cambridge: CUP, 4th edn 2008) Kastan, David Scott, ed., A Companion to Shakespeare (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999) Schoenbaum, Samuel, William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life (Oxford: Clarendon, 1975) Smith, Emma, ed., Shakespeare’s Histories (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) Smith, Emma, ed., Shakespeare’s Tragedies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) Smith, Emma, ed., Shakespeare’s Comedies (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003) Wells, Stanley, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies (Cambridge: CUP, 1986) Wells, Stanley, and Gary Taylor, William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion (Oxford: Clarendon, 1987) Criticism The following is a select list of the vast Shakespeare literature. Individual lecturers may recommend further specific works in tutorials and lectures. Before 1900 Johnson, Samuel, Johnson on Shakespeare, ed. A. Sherbo (New Haven: Yale UP, 1968); see also The Works of Samuel Johnson, vols 7 and 8, 1958-85. Foakes, R. A., ed., Coleridge’s Criticism of Shakespeare: A Selection (London: Athlone, 1989) Bate, Jonathan, ed. The Romantics on Shakespeare (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992) 1900-1960 Bradley, A. C., Shakespearean Tragedy (London: Macmillan, 1904; new edn Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992) Granville-Barker, Harley, Prefaces to Shakespeare, 5 vols (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1927-47) Knight, G. Wilson, The Wheel of Fire: Interpretations of Shakespearian Tragedy (Oxford: OUP, 1930; 4th edn 1960) Wilson, John Dover. What Happens in Hamlet (Cambridge: CUP, 1935; 3rd edn, 1956) Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s History Plays (London: Chatto & Windus, 1944) Barber, C. L., Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy (Princeton: Princeton UP, 1959) 1960-2014 Kott, Jan, Shakespeare Our Contemporary (London: Methuen, 1964) Frye, Northrop, A Natural Perspective: The Development of Shakespearean Comedy and Romance (New York: Columbia UP, 1965) Jones, Emrys, Scenic Form in Shakespeare (Oxford: Clarendon, 1971) French, Marilyn, Shakespeare’s Division of Experience (London: Cape, 1982) Empson, William, Essays on Shakespeare, ed. David B. Pirie (Cambridge: CUP, 1985) Dollimore, Jonathan, and Alan Sinfield, eds., Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism (Manchester: Manchester UP, 1985; 2nd edn, 1993) Barton, Anne, Essays, Mainly Shakespearean (Cambridge: CUP, 1994) Drakakis, John, ed., Alternative Shakespeares, vol. 1 (London: Methuen, 1985) Hawkes, Terence, ed., Alternative Shakespeares,