ENGL320 - Staging Race in Early Modern England

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Staging Race in Early Modern England
ENGL 320 SP

This course aims to historicize interrelated conceptions of race, complexion, the humoral body, gender and sexuality, and their relation to religious, ethnic and cultural identity as they are staged in early modern English drama.

MAJOR READINGS

Shakespeare, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, THE TEMPEST
Ben Jonson, THE MASQUE OF BLACKNESS
Christopher Marlow, THE JEW OF MALTA
Elizabeth Cary, THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM, FAIR QUEEN OF JEWRY
Thomas Harriot, A BRIEF AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA
Richard Hakluyt, THE PRINCIPLE NAVIGATIONS
John Leo, A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF AFRICA

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments include several short papers and final research project utilizing Olin Library's Special Collections.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course meets the English Department's pre-1800 requirement.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: ENGL201

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Korda,Natasha

Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: FISK412

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 18)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 8

SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002