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Academic Year 2005/2006

Shakespeare and Elizabethan Tragedy
COL 230 SP

This course is a study of Shakespearean tragedy in the context of the work of other major English tragedians of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, such as Kyd, Webster, Marlowe, Tourneur, and so on, and of contemporary theories of tragedy. Attention will be given to stagecraft as well as to close textual study.

MAJOR READINGS

A SAMPLE list might be: THE SPANISH TRAGEDY THE REIGN OF EDWARD II THE JEW OF MALTA TAMBURLAINE THE DUTCHESS OF MALFI THE WHITE DEVIL TITUS ANDRONICUS RICHARD II HAMLET OTHELLO KING LEAR MACBETH

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Probably three papers, 5-10 pages in length.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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