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Academic Year 2005/2006
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 an annotated bibliography, oral presentation and a final research project utilizing Olin Library's Special Collections.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course meets the English Department's pre-1800 requirement, and also carries a research option.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
ENGL201
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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