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COL 230
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Tragedy
COL 230 SP
Crosslistings: ENGL254
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 SP
A study of Shakespearean tragedy in the context of the work
of other major English tragedians of the Elizabethan and
early Jacobean era, 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.
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: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
About the Photo:
William Shakespeare, as engraved by Droeshout
Reference:
Levi, Peter. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE, New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1988
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