AJ14001 English Literature of the Renaissance

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ14001/A: Thu 16:40–17:25 45, Thu 17:30–18:15 45, M. Franková
AJ14001/B: Thu 18:20–19:05 45, Thu 19:10–19:55 45, M. Franková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 36 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/36, only registered: 0/36, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/36
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will consist of a series of short lectures and seminar work with texts and some criticism. It will concentrate on the sonnet, particularly in the work of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare, and on Renaissance drama, which will include Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and William Shakespeare's Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello. The plays will be analysed in the light of both traditional and recent critical approaches. The poetry of the 17th century will be represented by John Donne and extracts from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Syllabus
  • The course will consist of a series of short lectures and seminar work with texts and some criticism. It will concentrate on the sonnet, particularly in the work of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare, and on Renaissance drama, which will include Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus and William Shakespeare's Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello. The plays will be analysed in the light of both traditional and recent critical approaches. The poetry of the 17th century will be represented by John Donne and extracts from John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Literature
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Vol. 1 [Abrams, 1986]. Edited by M. H. (Meyer Howard) Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Comp., 1986, xxxvii, 26. ISBN 0-393-95469-2. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Sonnets [Shakespeare, 1918]. Edited by C. Knox Pooler. London: Methuen, 1918, xl, 161 s. info
  • MARLOWE, Christopher. Doctor Faustus (Obsaž.) : The complete plays [Marlowe, 1969]. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. King Richard II [Shakespeare, 1984]. Edited by Andrew Gurr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984, xiv, 226 s. ISBN 0-521-23010-1. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. A midsummer night's dream. Edited by Stanley W. Wells. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, 170 s. ISBN 0-14-070702-6. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Othello. Cambridge: University Press, 1973, 246 s. ISBN 0521094925. info
  • MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. Edited by C. A. Patrides - Philip Brockbank. London: Macmillan Education, 1986, 230 s. ISBN 0-333-00788-3. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Hodnocení: ústní zkouška a aktivní účast. / Assessment: oral exam and participation.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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