Lecturer in charge: Ms Lisa Brown [Room 50 – New Arts Block]

This course will examine a variety of drama texts from the Greeks to the 18 th century and will involve 4 or 5 texts. Students will be required to study these in depth and also to place the plays in their historical and social context.

Prerequisite: E10C

Instruction: 2 lectures, 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: 1 essay (2,500 words) 25%
2 in-class tests at 10% each 20%
Class tutorial presentation 5%
Final 2-hour exam (2 answers) 50%

Prescribed Texts:

Euripides. The Bacchae and Other Plays (Penguin pb)
Molière. The Misanthrope and Other Plays (Penguin pb)
Racine, Jean. Phaedra and Other Plays ({Penguin pb)
Shakespeare. Othello ( Cambridge pb)

Webster, John. The Duchess of Malfi (Penguin pb)