Greek Classical Drama
The Middle Ages

The Renaissance
French Classicism
Restoration
Scandinavian Enlightenment
Romanticism
Realism

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

Bust of AristotleJanuary – 23

 

 

 

 

Medea contemplating slaying her children, by Franz StuckJanuary – 28

 

January – 30

  • Medea, cont.
    Second half of play.

Medieval Drama

Everyman and DeathFebruary – 4

 

 

 

February - 6

Renaissance Drama

February – 11Niccolo machiavelli

  • Introduction to Renaissance drama
  • Bakhtin, on “the carnevalesque” (handout)
  • Machiavelli, selections from The Prince (Italian). Chapters XVII-XIX

 

 

 

King Richard IIFebruary – 13

  • Shakespeare, Richard II (English)
    Act I-III
  • Machiavelli continued: Chapters V-X, XIV-XVII.

 

 

 

February – 18

  • Shakespeare, Richard II, cont.
    Act IV-V

Neo-Classicism & Enlightenment

TartuffeFebruary – 20

February – 25

  • Molière, Tartuffe, continued
    Act III-V

English Restoration

Aphra BehnFebruary – 27

 

March – 4

  • The Rover, cont.
    Act III-V
  • Critical paper I due
    Click here for paper topics.

March – 6

  • The Rover, cont. Class held in LL 060.

Ludvig HolbergMarch – 11

  • Film screening, selections: Restoration

March – 13

  • Film screening, selections: Restoration, cont.

 

March 16 - 23 Spring Break

March – 25

March – 27

  • Jeppe of the Hill, continued.
  • Bakhtin, The Carnivalesque Tradition in European Drama

Manfred on the JungfrauSturm-und-Drang and Romanticism
April – 1

April – 3

 

 

April – 8Caravaggio's Beatrice Cenci

  • The Cenci, cont.
    Act II-III

April – 10

  • The Cenci, cont.
    Act IV-V

Fröken Julie coverRealism and Naturalism

April – 15

 

April – 17

  • Miss Julie, cont.
    P. 15-36

April – 22

  • Student presentations

April – 24

  • Miss Julie, cont.

April – 29

  • Student presentations II

May – 1

  • 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.

May – 6

  • Student Presentations

May - 13

  • 4:40-6:00 PM:  Exam

 

 

 

 

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