93524 THEATRE AND DRAMA IN THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
99	93524 	S2  	D 	THEATRE DRAMA EUROPEAN REN	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Recommended References
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

93529

SYNOPSIS:

The  study  of dramatic texts provides insights into human experiences
and  places  these  experiences in the context of society.  This  unit
examines the second of the four major historical periods of drama  and
provides  a detailed study of the history, theory, texts and  practice
of drama and theatre during the Renaissance in Europe and England. The
unit  will  include  a special study of the work  of  Shakespeare  and
Shakespearian production techniques.

OBJECTIVES:

On successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. a knowledge and understanding of the history, theory and
   practice of Renaissance drama and theatre;
   
2. an understanding of how the theatre of this period shaped the
   development of the western theatre tradition;
   
3. a detailed knowledge of specific dramatic texts drawn from the
   European and English Renaissance.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

The European Renaissance

English Tudor touring drama

Carnival and theatre in the Renaissance

Elizabethan actors

Elizabethan    theatre   architecture   and    production
techniques

Doubling on the Elizabethan stage

Elizabethan comedy and tragedy

The theatre of Ben Jonson

Jacobean comedy and tragedy

Shakespeare and modern critical theory

Shakespeare's Politics

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Marlowe, C, 1969, The Complete Plays, J B Steane, ed, Penguin,
Middlesex.

Johnson, B, 1967, The Alchemist, J B Steane, ed, Cambridge
University Press.

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Gurr, A, 1981, The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642, 2nd edn,
Cambridge University Press.

Howard, J E & O'Connor, M, eds, 1989, Shakespeare Reproduced, New
York.

Bradley, A C, 1964, Shakespearean Tragedy, Macmillan, London.

Eagleton, T, 1986, William Shakespeare, Oxford.

Dollimore, J, 1986, Radical Tragedy, University of Chicago.

Tillyard, E M W, 1972, The Elizabethan World Picture, Penguin,
Middlesex.

Drakakis, J, ed, 1985, Alternative Shakespeare, London.

Booth, S, 1983, King Lear, Macbeth: Indefinition and Tragedy, Yale
University Press.

Baldwin, T W, 1927, The Organisation and Personnel of the
Shakespearean Company, Princeton University Press.

Shakespeare Survey (annual).

Shakespeare Quarterly (quarterly).

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Lectures                                      	13
Tutorials/Workshops                           	26
Private Study                                 	126

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              WEEKLY    1X1000 WORD TUTORIAL PAPER                20.00     N   N
2   S              13/09/99  1X2000 WORD ESSAY                         30.00     N   N
3   S              END S2    3 HOUR EXAMINATION                        50.00     N   N