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Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre- Dozent/in
- Dr. Kerstin-Anja Münderlein
- Angaben
- Seminar/Proseminar
Rein Präsenz
2 SWS
Studium Generale
Zeit und Ort: Di 18:00 - 20:00, U5/01.22
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Inhalt
- The Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are highly important times for the development of English drama. While drama per se was partly forbidden in the Middle Ages or predominantly part of community or church fairs, the late 16th century saw the rise of commercial drama. Theatres were built to entertain and thereby make a profit and playwrights wrote to earn money. The most prominent name of this literary period is certainly William Shakespeare, but it must not be forgotten that Shakespeare was far from the only playwright of his time. This course will thus provide an overview of English drama in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods and discuss six plays in more detail. During the semester, we will read and analyse plays by some of the periods’ best known authors, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, and Ben Jonson, and in addition cover slightly lesser-known playwrights Elizabeth Cary and John Ford.
Over the course of the seminar, we will look at a variety of dramatic genres, ranging from Revenge Tragedy to City Comedy. We will trace the fast changes of dramatic conventions from the so called annus mirabilis 1587, which saw the creation of a new form of tragedy with the plays The Spanish Tragedy (Kyd) and Tamburlaine the Great, part I (Marlowe), to the end of the Jacobean period. Moreover, we will explore Elizabethan and Jacobean life and worldview, study drama theory and specifically focus on the development of theatre and its conventions. Since this course might be useful for those students doing Staatsexamen, there is room for guests and everybody interested in Renaissance theatre is very welcome. To be a guest auditor, please e-mail me so that you will get the necessary information on the course.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Reading list in reading order:
Kyd, Thomas. The Spanish Tragedy. c.1587.
Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine I. c.1587.
Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. c.1602.
Jonson, Ben. Volpone. 1605.
Cary, Elizabeth. The Tragedy of Mariam. 1613.
Ford, John. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. 1633.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Title:
- Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre
- Credits: 8
- Prerequisites
- 1. Module Allocation:
BA Anglistik/Amerikanistik:
Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft/ freie Erweiterung: Seminar 6 ECTS
Ergänzungsmodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar max. 6 ECTS
LA Gym: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
BA Berufliche Bildung: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
LA GS/HS/MS/RS: Aufbaumodul Literaturwissenschaft: Seminar 6 ECTS
NOT open for Consolidation Module Literature
Open for Ergänzungsmodul Literature
2. (De)Registration:
in FlexNow! (except for guest auditors): 01.03.2022, 10:00 – 07.05.2022, 23:59
guest auditors: please contact lecturer
- Contents
- The Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are highly important times for the development of English drama. While drama per se was partly forbidden in the Middle Ages or predominantly part of community or church fairs, the late 16th century saw the rise of commercial drama. Theatres were built to entertain and thereby make a profit and playwrights wrote to earn money. The most prominent name of this literary period is certainly William Shakespeare, but it must not be forgotten that Shakespeare was far from the only playwright of his time. This course will thus provide an overview of English drama in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods and discuss six plays in more detail. During the semester, we will read and analyse plays by some of the periods’ best known authors, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, and Ben Jonson, and in addition cover slightly lesser-known playwrights Elizabeth Cary and John Ford.
Over the course of the seminar, we will look at a variety of dramatic genres, ranging from Revenge Tragedy to City Comedy. We will trace the fast changes of dramatic conventions from the so called annus mirabilis 1587, which saw the creation of a new form of tragedy with the plays The Spanish Tragedy (Kyd) and Tamburlaine the Great, part I (Marlowe), to the end of the Jacobean period. Moreover, we will explore Elizabethan and Jacobean life and worldview, study drama theory and specifically focus on the development of theatre and its conventions. Since this course might be useful for those students doing Staatsexamen, there is room for guests and everybody interested in Renaissance theatre is very welcome. To be a guest auditor, please e-mail me so that you will get the necessary information on the course.
- Literature
- Reading list in reading order:
Kyd, Thomas. The Spanish Tragedy. c.1587.
Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine I. c.1587.
Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night. c.1602.
Jonson, Ben. Volpone. 1605.
Cary, Elizabeth. The Tragedy of Mariam. 1613.
Ford, John. ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. 1633.
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 20
- Institution: Lehrstuhl für Englische Literaturwissenschaft
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