ENGL253 - Renaissance Plays and Poems: The Tudor Period

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Renaissance Plays and Poems: The Tudor Period
ENGL 253 SP

A study of Renaissance English literature from 1485 to 1603, 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
Anon, ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Shakespeare, HAMLET, OTHELLO
Dekker, SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY
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 and fulfills the research option requirement for English honors candidates.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: ENGL201

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Friedberg,Harris A.

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK114;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 1 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: 2 FR: 0

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006