AJ24097 Elizabethan Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 G31
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present Shakespeare’s dramatic canon in a broader dramatic context and introduce students to the works of other major early modern English playwrights, such as John Lyly, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and John Fletcher. Special attention will be paid to the development of Elizabethan drama, the issue of contemporary dramatic genres and techniques, and the historical, cultural and intellectual contexts in which early modern English drama was written, staged, as well as perceived by its original audiences.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory Class 2. Elizabethan Courtly Comedies 3. Early Elizabethan Histories 4. Elizabethan and Jacobean Revenge Tragedies 5. Early Modern English City Comedies 6. Elizabethan and Jacobean Roman Plays 7. Two Versions of Love between the Walls of Troy 8. Early Modern English Domestic Tragedies 9. Four Images of Jews in Early Modern English Drama 10. Magic and Magicians on Early Modern English Stage 11. Depictions of Women on Elizabethan and Jacobean Stage 12.-13. Final Project Discussion/Credit Week
Literature
    required literature
  • MARLOWE, Christopher. Faust [Marlowe] (Variant.) : Marlowe's tragical history of doctor Faustus ; and, Goethe's Faust. Pt. 1. info
  • The Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare (Variant.) : The Arden Shakespeare [Methuen] : The Arden Shakespeare [Routledge] : The Arden Shakespeare [Thomas Nelson]. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 3, A tale of a tub ; The case is altered ; Every man in his humour ; Every man out of his humour. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1927, xv, 608 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 1, The man and his work. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925, xx, 441 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 2, The man and his work. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925, vi, 482 s. info
  • LYLY, John. The complete works of John Lyly. Vol. 1, Life ; Euphues ; the anatomy of Wyt ; Entertainments. Edited by R. Warwick Bond. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1902, xvi, 543 s. info
  • LYLY, John. The complete works of John Lyly. Vol. 2, Euphues and his England ; The plays. Edited by R. Warwick Bond. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1902, iv, 574 s. info
  • LYLY, John. The complete works of John Lyly. Vol. 3, The plays (Continued) ; Anti-Martinist ; Work ; Poems ; Glossary and general index. Edited by R. Warwick Bond. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1902, iv, 620 s. info
Teaching methods
Class discussions combined with independent reading.
Assessment methods
Class participation: 20%; two response papers: 30%; research paper (5-7 pages excluding bibliography, at least 3 secondary sources): 50%.
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2024.
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