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14228 English Theatre until the 19th Century - Five-year degree in English Philology

Center

Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication

Departament

English and German

Lecturers in charge

Sin datos cargados

Met. Docent

Expository lessons, compulsory readings and class work (individual and by groups)

Met. Avaluació

Final examination - -

Bibliografia

Blamires, Harry (1960) A Short History of English Literature. London: Methuen.
Carter, Ronald & McRae, John. The Routledge history of literature in English : Britain and Ireland. Routledge, London, 1997.
Coote, Stephen (1993) The Penguin Short History of English Literature, Penguin.
Evans, Ifor (1976) A Short History of English Literature. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Sanders, Andrews (1994) The Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Hidalgo, Pilar. Historia Crítica del Teatro Inglés. Alcoy: Marfil. 1988.
Nicoll, Allardyce. British Drama. London: Harrap. 1978.

Continguts

Contents for the course

Theory:
1. Medieval drama: From the Latin trop to the Mystery plays. The Wakefield Second ShepherdÆs Play. Professionalization of drama. Morality plays. Everyman.

2. Tudor and Elizabethan drama: Conditions, theatres, audiences. Interludes. Classical Roman influence. The beginning of English comedy and tragedy (Gorboduc). The University Wits. Thomas Kyd and The Spanish Tragedy. Christopher Marlowe: Edward II.
-William Shakespeare: Command of language: use of prose and verse, rhetoric. Use of sources, interplay of plot and subplots, metatheatre. History plays: Richard II, Richard III, Henry IV (parts I and II). Comedy: The Comedy of Errors, A MidsummerÆs NightÆs Dream, As You Like It, Twelfth Night. Tragedy: King Lear, Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello. Romance plays: The Tempest.

3. Jacobean and Caroline drama:
Comedy: Satire in Ben Jonson (Volpone), G. Chapman and J. Marston.. Citizen comedy. Thomas Dekker (The ShoemakerÆs Holiday).

Tragedy: Domestic tragedy. Revenge tragedy. Thomas Heywood. Cyril Tourneur. John Webster (The Duchess of Malfi), John Marston, John Ford (æTis Pity SheÆs a Whore).

Tragicomedy: F. Beaumont, J. Fletcher.

4. Restoration drama: New conditions. Theatres and actresses. Heroic drama: John Dryden. The comedy of manners: William Congreve: The Way of the World.

5. Eighteen-century drama: Social, political and literary satire. John Gay: The BeggarÆs Opera. Henry Field