Information:
Instructor: Cajsa C. Baldini, Department of English.
Online readings
Primary readings
 Aristotle, The Poetics (HTML)
Machiavelli, The Prince (Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 23)
Anonymous, Everyman (HTML)
Secondary readings
Burnett, Anne (Classical Philology). "Medea as a Revenge Tragedy"
( PDF) (optional reading)
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"
Assignment resources
Research Paper Assignment Sheet ( PDF) 
See a sample research paper ( PDF)
Midterm Exam Study Guide ( PDF)
English Department Guide to Style
by Profs. Gregory Castle and Anita Obermeyer ( PDF) |
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 Moliere and Neo-Classical Comedy
Introduction to Aphra Behn's The Rover and the Politics of Gender
Introduction to Romantic Drama and PB Shelley's The Cenci
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 |