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Course Schedule
Course Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all plays are from The Norton Anthology of Renaissance Drama, available at the NSU Bookstore. Secondary Sources are posted on Moodle as PDFs.
Note: The schedule below is subject to change anytime to better accommodate learning objectives specified in the SLOs. In-Class and email announcements take precedence over the information below.
All texts in The Norton Anthology are accompanied by author biographies, text introductions, and text notes/ footnotes to facilitate understanding of these texts. Be sure to read these sections, even if they are not listed in the page numbers below!
WEEK 1
WEEK 1
Introductions, Course Syllabus
Norton, "General Introduction" (xiii-lx)
PDF: Philip Stubbes, “An Anatomy of Abuses”
PDF: Thomas Heywood, “An Apology for Actors”
PDF: Susan Amussen, “Political Households and Domestic Politics
PDF: Steven Mullaney, “The Place of the Stage”
PDF: Jones, “The Politics of Renaissance England”
PDF: Patterson, “Political Thought and the Theater, 1580-1630”
WEEK 2: ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
WEEK 2: ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Arden of Faversham
Secondary Sources:
Frances Dolan, "Home-Rebels and House-traitors"
Garrett A. Sullivan, "Arden Lay Murdered in that Plot of Ground"
Lena Cowan Orlin, "Domestic Tragedy"
Close Reading Due
WEEK 3: THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
WEEK 3: THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
Secondary Sources:
Carla Mazzio, “Staging the Vernacular: Language and Nation in Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy”
Emily Stockard, “Nationhood as Illusion in The Spanish Tragedy”
Eugene T. Hill, “Revenge Tragedy”
WEEK 4: DOCTOR FAUSTUS
WEEK 4: DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
Secondary Sources:
Leah Marcus, "Textual Instability and Ideological Difference: The Case of Doctor Faustus," Unediting the Renaissance
Eric Rasmussen, "Rehabilitating the A-Text fo Marlowe's Doctor Faustus"
OED One Word Analysis Due
WEEK 5: THE JEW OF MALTA
WEEK 5: THE JEW OF MALTA
Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
Secondary Sources:
Emily Bartels, "Malta, The Jew, and the Fictions of Difference: Colonialist Discourse in Marlowe's The Jew Of Malta." English Literary Renaissance, 20.1 (1990)
Marino, J. J. "Stranger to Profit: Waste, Loss, and Sacrifice in The Jew of Malta." English Literary Renaissance, 51(2), pp. 243-269.
CBP Draft Due
WEEK 6: SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY
WEEK 6: SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday
Secondary Sources:
Ronda A. Arab, "Work, Bodies, and Gender in The Shoemaker's Holiday." Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, Vol. 13, 2001, pp. 182-212.
John Michael Archer, "Citizens and Aliens as Working Subjects in Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday." Working Subjects in Early Modern English Drama, edited by Natasha Korda and Michelle M. Dowd, 2011.
Mini Editing Project Due
WEEK 7: THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM
WEEK 7: THE TRAGEDY OF MARIAM
Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam
Secondary Sources:
Danielle Clarke, “‘This domestic kingdome or Monarchy’: Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam and the Resistance to Patriarchal Government”
Laurie J. Shannon, “The Tragedy of Mariam: Cary’s Critique of the Terms of Founding Social Discourses,” English Literary Renaissance 24.1 (1994): 135-53
WEEK 8
WEEK 8
Tuesday, October 4
Tuesday, October 4
Catch-up
Thursday, October 6
Thursday, October 6
Fall Break: No Class
WEEK 9: EPICENE
WEEK 9: EPICENE
Ben Jonson, Epicene
Secondary Texts:
Secondary Texts:
Karen Newman, “City Talk: Women and Commodification in Jonson’s Epicoene”
Adam Zucker, “The Social Logic of Ben Jonson’s Epicoene”
Article Analysis Due
WEEK 10: THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE
WEEK 10: THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE
Francis Beaumont, The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Secondary Sources:
Tracey Hill, "‘The Grocers Honour’ or, Taking the City Seriously in The Knight of the Burning Pestle." Early Theater, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2017, pp. 159-178.
Laurie E. Osborne, "Female Audiences and Female Authority in the Knight of the Burning Pestle." Exemplaria, Vol 3, No. 2, 1991, pp. 491-517.
Article Analysis Due
CBP Draft Due
WEEK 11: THE ROARING GIRL
WEEK 11: THE ROARING GIRL
Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
Secondary Texts:
Mario DiGangi, "Sexual Slander and Working Women in The Roaring Girl"
CBP Draft Due
WEEK 12: A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE
WEEK 12: A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE
Thomas Middleton, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Secondary Sources:
Karen Newman, "'Goldsmith's Ware': Equivalence in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside"
Gail Kern Paster, "Leaky Vessels: The Incontinent Women of City Comedy"
WEEK 13: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
WEEK 13: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
Secondary Sources:
Secondary Sources:
Emily Bartels, “Strategies of Submission: Desdemona, the Duchess, and the Assertion of Desire”
Frank Whigham, “Sexual and Social Mobility in The Duchess of Malfi”
Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography Due
WEEK 15
WEEK 15
Thanksgiving Break: No Class
Thanksgiving Break: No Class
WEEK 16
WEEK 16
Tuesday, November 29
Tuesday, November 29
Catch up
Thursday, December 1
Thursday, December 1
Catch up
WEEK 17
WEEK 17
Commonplace Book Project Due
Seminar Paper Due
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