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ENGL 326 Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama Units: 6.00
The development of English drama from 1580 to 1642 with emphasis on Shakespeare, but including plays by such writers as Lyly, Greene, Marlowe, Dekker, Jonson, Marston, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, and Massinger.
Learning Hours: 240 (72 Lecture, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in an ENGL Specialization, Major, or Joint Honours, and ENGL 200/6.0 and ENGL 290/3.0 and a minimum GPA of 2.3 in 9.0 units of ENGL.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze and interpret early modern plays as theatrical scripts as well as literary texts.
- Identify the salient features of the main genres of early modern drama, explaining similarities and differences between various playwrights' use of these genres.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the professional theatre in early modern London, including the organization of acting companies, playhouse design, stagecraft, repertories, censorship, and audience demographics.
- Analyze the portrayal in early modern drama of contact between people of different social classes, nations, and races.
- Communicate interpretations of early modern drama in thesis-driven essays that combine the close reading of primary sources with some secondary research.