Literature and culture today: Intertextuality and adaptation 2510-f1ENG2W-LCT-IAA

https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=7132 (term 2024/25Z)
https://moodle.umk.pl/course/view.php?id=8749 (term 2025/26Z)

The seminar investigates the processes involved in the circulation of texts and themes in culture, focusing on intertextuality, adaptation, parody and re-writing.

These processes will be examined taking as an example adaptations and new versions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The texts and films considered will include the plays by Tom Stoppard, feminist revisions of Shakespearean plays, postcolonial productions of Hamlet, psychoanalytic interpretations of Hamlet and iconographic representations of Ophelia.

Total student workload

Contact hours with the teacher: - participation in classes - 30 hrs - consultations – 5 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for classes – 5 hrs - preparation for the mini- presentation - 5 hrs - final project - 5 hrs. Altogether: 50 hrs (2 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The student W1: has advanced knowledge of Anglophone literary and cultural studies (K_W05, K_W08)

Learning outcomes - skills

The student U1: is able to read and comprehend literary texts in English (K_U02) U2: is able to communicate in English, using various communication channels and techniques on issues pertaining to the study of culture and literature (K_U05) U3: is able to integrate basic theoretical perspectives and paradigms used in literary and cultural studies (K_U06) U4: is able to use English effectively to speak in public, present arguments and draw conclusions (K_U15)

Learning outcomes - social competencies

The student K1: participates in activities for promoting British tradition and cultural heritage (K_K04).

Teaching methods

discussion presentation project

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display
- staging
- exhibition

Exploratory teaching methods

- presentation of a paper
- project work
- seminar

Course coordinators

Edyta Lorek-Jezińska

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
Project presentation – W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1
Mini-presentation (representations of Ophelia) – W1, U2, U3, U4, K1
Participation in discussion – W1, U1, U2, U3, U4, K1

Components of the final mark:
Project presentation and description (50%)
Mini-presentation (Ophelia) (20%)
Regular attendance, participation in discussion, completion of assignments (30%)

Please note that the use of AI is not allowed throughout the course. When detected in presentations or the final creative project and its description, it will result in failing the course (similarly to plagiarism).

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 2510-f1ENG2W-LCT-IAA in USOSweb