Module Identifier | ENM1020 | ||
Module Title | DRAMA AND THE CITY, 1580 -1625 | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | To Be Arranged | ||
Semester | Available semesters 1 and 2 | ||
Other staff | Mr Michael Smith | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 2 hours per week | |
Assessment | Essay | 1 x 5,000 word essay |
1. The Clown and the Urban Displaced
Main text: Robert Wilson, "The Three Ladies of London"; also: Wilson, "The Three Lords and The Three Ladies of London":
anon, "The Famous Victories of Henry V".
2. London Worthies
Main text: Dekker, "The Shoemaker's Holiday"; also: Munday et.al., "The Books of Sir Thomas More, Jack Straw.
3. Fantasies of Commerce
Main text: Jonson, "The Devil is an Ass"; also Jonson, "The Alchemist"; anon, "The London Prodigal.
4. Girding at Citizens
Main texts: Jonson, Chapman and Marston: "Eastward Ho!"; also Beaumont, "The Knight of the Burning Pestle"; Middleton
"A Trick to Catch the Old One".
5. Festivity and the Marketplace
Main texts: Middleton, "A Chaste Maid in Cheapsider"; Jonson, "Bartholomew Fair".