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Spring 2008 Syllabus for Renaissance Drama Text: Renaissance Drama: an Anthology of Plays and Entertainments, edited by Arthur Kinney, Blackwell Publishing, second edition, 2005. You'll find the anthology at the ASU Bookstore or the Indian Bookstore; however, should you wish to purchase individual texts (often collectively less expensive than the anthology), see Kristi Walters at Barnes and Noble, Turtle Creek Mall, or check online sources, such as Amazon.com. As well, you'll find the texts on Reserve at the Ellis Library. January 14: (First class) Course information; lecture on the Elizabethan Stage 16: Elizabethan Stage, cont.; Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe 18: Doctor Faustus 21: Martin Luther King Day observed (no class) 23: Doctor Faustus 25: Doctor Faustus 28: Doctor Faustus 30: Doctor Faustus; The Spanish Tragedy, Thomas Kyd February 1: The Spanish Tragedy 4: The Spanish Tragedy 6: The Spanish Tragedy 8: Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare (on reserve at the library—more than one copy; available at Barnes and Noble, as well) 11: The Renaissance Drama Paper 13: Titus Andronicus 15: Titus Andronicus 18: Edward II, Christopher Marlowe 20: Edward II 22: Edward II 25: Edward II 27: Review 29: Midterm Examination March 3: Elizabethan/Jacobean Comedy; Knight of the Burning Pestle, Francis Beaumont 5: Knight of the Burning Pestle 7: Knight of the Burning Pestle 10: Knight of the Burning Pestle 12: Knight of the Burning Pestle 14: The Renaissance Drama Paper, a reminder 17 – 21: Spring Break 24: The Changeling, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley 26: The Changeling 28: The Changeling 31: The Changeling April 2: The Duchess of Malfi, John Webster 4: The Duchess of Malfi 7: The Duchess of Malfi 9: The Duchess of Malfi 12: The Duchess of Malfi 14: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, John Ford 16: (Last day to drop a class or withdraw from university) 18: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore 21: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore 23: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore 25: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore 28: (Last class) Review 29: Study Day 30: Final examinations begin; end on May 6. Grades available at 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 9. (Please do not email regarding grades; any errors, questions, etc. cannot be addressed until the 1st Summer Term, as of May 28) May 10: 7:00 p.m., Commencement
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