Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Studies
- Code
- BBI-ANG17-312E.28
- Title
- Elective seminar in English literature - “So neatly plotted, and so well perform’d” – The Theatre of Christopher Marlowe
- Usual semester
- Spring
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- Learning outcomes
- The primary aim of the course is to widen the participants’ literary horizon through complex, multi-contextual analyses of Christopher Marlowe’s plays with special respect to the employment of the various sister arts on the Marlovian stage.
- Course content
- Throughout the course, Marlowe’s plays will be discussed with a strong focus on the interrelatedness of cultural history, various branches of art, and literature. The course aims to emphasise the Marlovian innovations concerning theatrical practices, furthermore, certain parallels between Marlowe’s and Shakespeare’s oeuvre shall also be highlighted.
- Assessment method
- Reading of set texts is essential. Assessment will be based upon the performance of thorough readings, as well as interactive participation in seminar work, individual contributions, minor presentations, and an end-term essay.
- Bibliography
- The exact schedule and list of readings will be handed out in the first class. Plays to be discussed: Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus Dido, Queen of Carthage Tamburlaine the Great I Tamburlaine the Great II Edward II The Massacre at Paris The Jew of Malta