Information
Instructor: Cajsa C. Baldini, Department of English.
Online readings
Primary readings
 Aristotle, The Poetics (HTML)
Machiavelli, The Prince (selections)
Anonymous, Everyman (HTML)
Shelley, P.B, The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts
Secondary readings
Burnett, Anne (Classical Philology). "Medea as a Revenge Tragedy" (PDF)
Baldini, C. (Forum Italicum) "A Courtier or a Prince: Shakespeare's Richard II as a Dramatization of Conflicting Paradigms of Political Craftsmanship" (PDF)(optional reading)
Optional readings
Charles Nicholl, "Screaming in the Castle"
Assignments
Study Guide for Final Exam (PDF) 
Assignment Sheet for Research Paper | Sample Research Paper (PDF) | English Department Guide to Style by Profs. Gregory Castle and Anita Obermeyer (PDF)
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Class Lectures
PowerPoint
Introduction to Ancient Greek Tragedy
Introduction to Medieval Drama - Everyman
Introduction to Elizabethan Drama: Richard II
Richard II as a Dramatization of Conflicting Paradigms of of Political Craftmanship
Introduction to French Neo-Classicism - Moliere
Introduction to Restoration Comedy: The Rover
Introduction to 19th Century Tragedy: The Cenci
A Brief Introduction to Darwin, Realism, and August Strindberg's Miss Julie
Audio
 Summary of Moliere and Summary of Tartuffe (MP3)
Summary of Machiavelli's The Prince (MP3)
More audio resources will be published throughout the semester.
Links
Instructor Main Site
Florence Summer Program |
