Greek Classical
Drama
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
French Classicism
Restoration
Scandinavian Enlightenment
Romanticism
Realism
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Spring 2003
Instructor: Cajsa C. Baldini
LL 545B, Office hours: Th 1:00-3:00 PM or by appointment
SYLLABUS
This syllabus is subject to change; changes
will be announced in class, and it is the student’s responsibility
to keep up with them.
The Origins of European Drama
January – 21
Classical drama
January
– 23
January
– 28
- Anne Burnett.
“Medea and the Tragedy of Revenge” Classical Philology,
Vol. 68, No. 1. (Jan., 1973), pp. 1-24. On campus online, or
in Library. If you are having problems accessing this article, download
it here. (Adobe
Acrobat viewer required)
- Euripides (Greek, 480-406 B.C.E.), Medea
(431 B.C.E.)
First half of play.
- Recommended: "Mother
Convicted in Death of 3 Kids." Arizona Republic, January
18, 2003
- Recommended: Bullfinch's
Mythology background on the story of Medea and Jason.
- Medea, cont.
Second half of play.
Medieval Drama
February
– 4
Renaissance Drama
February – 11
- Introduction to Renaissance drama
- Bakhtin, on “the carnevalesque” (handout)
- Machiavelli, selections from The
Prince (Italian). Chapters XVII-XIX
February
– 13
- Shakespeare, Richard
II (English)
Act I-III
- Machiavelli continued: Chapters V-X, XIV-XVII.
- Shakespeare, Richard II, cont.
Act IV-V
Neo-Classicism & Enlightenment
February
– 20
- Molière, Tartuffe, continued
Act III-V
English Restoration
February
– 27
- The Rover, cont.
Act III-V
- Critical paper I due
Click here for paper
topics.
- The Rover, cont. Class held in LL 060.
March
– 11
- Film screening, selections: Restoration
- Film screening, selections: Restoration, cont.
March 16 - 23 Spring Break
March – 25
Sturm-und-Drang
and Romanticism
April – 1
April – 8
- The Cenci, cont.
Act II-III
- The Cenci, cont.
Act IV-V
Realism
and Naturalism
April – 15
- Miss Julie, cont.
P. 15-36
- Miss Julie, continued
- Student presentations
- Critical paper II due. Students who need an extension
may turn in this paper later, though no later than May 13.
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