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Academic Year 2001/2002


Renaissance Plays and Poems: The Tudor Period
ENGL 253 SP

Literature of the Renaissance from 1485 to 1603 is studied, including Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and the sonneteers. We shall study the emergence of modern subjectivity in tragedy and the lyric, the construction of sexuality in romance and domestic tragedy, and forms of class struggle in citizen comedy.

MAJOR READINGS

EVERYMAN Kyd, SPANISH TRAGEDY Marlow, DR. FAUSTUS ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM Heywood, A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS Shakespeare, HAMLET, OTHELLO Poems by Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne Spenser, THE FAERIE QUEENE (selections)

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and final, paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Prerequisite is ENGL201 or permission of instructor. ENGL201 may be taken concurrently. This course counts towards the English department's pre-1800 requirement.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: ENGL201 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002


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