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Academic Year 2005/2006

Contesting Marriage in Early Modern England
ENGL 271 FA

This course examines the struggle to define and regulate marriage and sexuality in Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on the emergence of modern marriage and marriage and its doubles, broken nuptials and prostitution.

MAJOR READINGS

Selections from 16th-17th C conduct books and Sermons;
Shakespeare, Selected Comedies, OTHELLO;
Heyword, WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course meets the English department's historical knowledge and pre-1800 requirements.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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