ENGLISH 223c - VPA.English Renaissance Drama

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Bowdoin College

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Fall 2006. AARON KITCH. Traces the explosion of popular drama in England between the construction of the first permanent London theater in 1576 and parliamentary closure of English theater in 1642. Pays special attention to the plots that audiences liked best-revenge, war, the accumulation of wealth, marriage, and adultery - and the monarchs, citizens, merchants, and clowns who enacted them on the stage. Explores how popular genres like revenge tragedy, domestic tragedy, and city comedy fulfilled political and cultural desires of the age. Also examines questions of staging and the professional rivalry between some of the most memorable playwrights in English drama, including Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cary, and Thomas Middleton. (Same as Theater 223.) Prerequisite: One first-year seminar or 100-level course in the English department. Note: This course fulfills the pre-1800 literature requirement for English majors.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.bowdoin.edu/

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(207) 725-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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