İDE215

School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature

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6

Elective

English

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Undergraduate

In this course, students will learn the social, political, historical, philosophical and cultural characteristics of the period, dramatic genres and learn about their traditions. Read and analyze prominent works of theater and learn about major playwrights. knowledge. The Elizabethan and Jacobin periods of English history, the peak of English theater up to that time. of the dramatic works of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Among many other important figures, only Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson would be enough to emphasize the importance of the period for the English stage. In this sense, the lesson, It plays an important role in understanding the history and traditions of British theater.

1. The Spanish Tragedy (1587) • Thomas Kyd
2. Doctor Faustus (1592) • Christopher Marlowe
3. Volpone, or the Fox (1605) • Ben Jonson
4. The Duchess of Malfi (1614) • John Webster

This course aims to learn and analyze the English theater from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century.

1. The main characteristics, roots and development of English theater in the Elizabethan and Jacobin periods To have sufficient knowledge (at the undergraduate level) about the phases.
2. To have knowledge about the major, important plays of the periods. To be able to produce analytical approaches.
3. To be able to analyze the basic dramatic dynamics of the plays studied. To be able to define their characteristics.
4. To be able to identify the factors that prepare the ground for the playwrights of the periods to produce their plays. to learn the characteristics of the social and historical background.
5. To learn the preceding and following dramatic works in this period. compare and contrast with the games produced.

Week 1: Historical, Social and Literary Background
Week 2: Interlude games
Week 3: The beginning of British comedy (Ralph Roister Doister -1550)
Week 4: and English tragedy (Gorboduc -1562)
Week 5: Domestic tragedy; Arden of Faversham (1590)
Week 6: Thomas Kyd and The Spanish Tragedy (1587)
Week 7: Christopher Marlowe and Doctor Faustus (1592)
Week 8: Christopher Marlowe and Doctor Faustus (1592)
Week 9: Ben Jonson and Volpone, or The Fox (1605)
Week 10: Ben Jonson and Volpone, or The Fox (1605)
Week 11: John Webster and The Duchess of Malfi (1614)
Week 12: John Webster and The Duchess of Malfi (1614)

• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Quizzes 30 %