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COMPONENT C2. Department of English and Related Literature

Fordypning 200-level

Shakespeare and his Contemporaries

Spring Term 2005

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to one of the richest and most innovative periods of writing in the English language.

Aims and Objectives

The aims of the course are as follows: to acquire a knowledge of the literature and the language of the period; to become aware of the Classical and Renaissance traditions behind the poetry of the period; to acquire a knowledge of the rhetorical functions of a rapidly developing dramatic language; to appreciate the power of imagination and brevity in the sonnet form; to understand the relationship between the writing and its social, historical background, especially in relation to the Tudor dynasty.

Teaching

The course will be taught by weekly seminars (two-hours), tutorials (one hour) and lectures (two or three per week). The great variety of the period's achievements means that the seminar/tutorial programme will vary from year to year, but the focus will inevitably be Shakespeare.

Assessment

The course will be examined by means of tutorial essays. Each student writes three essays in the course of the term. Detailed commentary and advice will be givcn by the course tutor. Two of the three essays are then revised and reworked for formal assessment in April.

Course Description

In poetry and prose this course reaches from the reign of Henry VIII (1509) to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. In drama it reaches from the same starting point to the closure of the theatres in 1642. Shakespeare's plays will be considered in the context of the other major dramatists who contributed to the unrivalled creativity of the English theatre between 1580 and 1642. Among the foremost of these are Marlowe, Kyd, Jonson, Webster, Middleton, Marston and Ford. The plays they wrote exploit the possibilities of many dramatic modes, from city comedy and satire to revenge tragedy, from romance and tragicomedy to historical-political drama. In non-dramatic poetry the period produced a great national epic, Spenser's The Faerie Queene and, in the sonnet-tradition, some of the most resonant love-poetry in the language. Prose achievements of the period include Sidney's courtly romance, Arcadia, as well as an engaging array of short fiction by writers such as Nashe and Deloney.

Recommended Preliminary Reading

Two books are strongly recommended: Volume 1 of The Norton Anthology of English Literature (7th edition) and The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt. The sixteenth century section of the Norton Anthology offers an excellent introduction to the period. The Norton Shakespeare is helpfully annotated and has an excellent introductory essay by its general editor.

Set Texts

The following plays by Shakespeare will all be included in the seminar programme: Twelfth Night, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, King Lear. Marlowe's Faustus and Webster's The White Devil will also be included. Before you come to York please read as many of these as you can. Please feel free to contact me by email ([email protected]) if you have any questions concerning the course.

Geoffrey Wall

Department of English and Related Literature

September 2004

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