AJ24082 Early Modern English Literature III (culture, poetry, prose, genre innovations)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
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)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 G32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Seventeenth-Century Poetry, Prose and Drama (from the Metaphysicals to the Cavaliers; from the Mannerist to the Novelistic; pamphlets, treatises, tracts, polemics; drama, masque, semi-opera, entertainment)
Syllabus
  • * the Metaphysicals
  • * the Cavaliers
  • * pamphlets
  • * treatises
  • * tracts
  • * polemics
  • * drama
  • * masque
  • * semi-opera
  • * entertainment
  • * John Donne, a selection of poems
  • * George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Carew, a selection of poetry
  • * Thomas Deloney, Jack of Newbury
  • * Robert Burton, from Anatomy of Melancholy (1621)
  • * Ben Jonson, a selection of masques with an introduction
  • * James Shirley, The Cardinal (1641?)
  • * Sir Robert Howard, The Great Favourite, or the Duke of Lerma (1668)
  • * Thomas Hobbes, from Leviathan (1651)
  • * John Dryden, Of Dramatick Poesy (1668)
  • * John Dryden, The Preface to his adaptation of Troilus and Cressida (1679)
Literature
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 1. Edited by Brinsley Nicholson - C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford. London: T. Fisher Unwin, lxxii, 382. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 2. Edited by Brinsley Nicholson - C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 442 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 3. Edited by Brinsley Nicholson - C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 421 s. info
  • SHIRLEY, James. James Shirley [T. Fisher Unwin]. Edited by Edmund Gosse. London: T. Fisher Unwin, xxx, 466 s. info
  • Restoration drama : an anthology. Edited by David Womersley. 1st published. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, viii, 826. ISBN 0631209034. info
  • HOBBES, Thomas. Leviathan. Edited by Richard Tuck. Rev. student ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xciii, 519. ISBN 0521567971. info
  • DRYDEN, John. Of dramatic poesy and other critical essays in two volumes. Edited by George Watson. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1962, 322 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 8, The poems ; The prose works. Edited by Evelyn Simpson - C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947, xviii, 674. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 7, The sad Shepherd ; The fall of Mortimer ; Masques and entertainments. Edited by Evelyn Simpson - C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1941, xxvii, 814. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 6, Bartholomew Fair ; The Devil is an Ass ; The staple of news ; The New Inn ; The magnetic lady. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1938, xii, 596 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 5, Volpone, or The fox ; Epicoene, or The silent woman ; The alchemist ; Catiline. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1937, xvi, 554 s. info
  • JONSON, Ben. Ben Jonson. Vol. 4, Cynthia's revels ; Poetaster ; Sejanus ; Eastward Ho. Edited by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford - Percy Simpson. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1932, xvi, 619 s. 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
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 1. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, xv, 534 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 10. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 457 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 11. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, iii, 480 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 12. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, xci, 388 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 13. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, ii, 421 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 14. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, ii, 462 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 15. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 417 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 16. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 536 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 17. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 499 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 18. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 256, cxvii. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 2. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 472 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 3. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 434 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 4. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 446 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 5. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 410 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 6. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 450 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 7. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 445 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 8. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 464 s. info
  • DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Vol. 9. Edited by Walter Scott. London: William Miller, 1808, 455 s. info
Assessment methods
Seminars based on discussion of the readings. Assessment is based on participation in discussions and on the final critical essay.
Language of instruction
English
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