ENGL253

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ENGL253

Renaissance Plays and Poems: The Tudor Period ENGL253 SP

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:00:17 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      0         20

Next Offered in 9798 SP

Literature of the Renaissance from Wyatt to Donne, including Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser and the Sonneteers. We shall study the emergence of modern subjectivity in tragedy and persona, the deconsecration of kingship in history and tragedy, the patriarchal construction of sexuality in domestic tragedy, and class struggle in citizen comedy.

MAJOR READINGS

Anonymous, EVERYMAN
Kyd, SPANISH TRAGEDY
Marlow, TAMBURLAINE I, EDWARD II, DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Preston, CAMBYSES
Anonymous, ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Dekker, SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY
Poems by Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne
Spenser, THE FAERIE QUEENE (selections)
Shakespeare, HAMLET

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 and historicity requirements.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: ENGL201

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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