ENGL 307 - Six Great Elizabethan and Jacobean Plays in Context

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR, CD

This course is canceled effective 10.04.2007.

During the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, theatre reached its apex as powerful courts interacted with controversial plays to help shape political, economic, and social life. Six important dramas enable us to question how early modern theatre participated in history and how it may still speak to us. Works include Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy, Jonson’s Volpone, Marlowe’s Edward II, Webster’s Duchess of Malfi, Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling, and Ford’s Tis Pity She’s a Whore. British, Pre-1700.  Enrollment Limit: 25.
Instructor: P. Gorfain
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Two 200-level courses, including at least one Gateway course; or three 200-level courses.