Vorlesung Renaissance Drama

This lecture will take you to early modern London (1450-1650), and we will explore dramatic performances in the streets, playhouses, inns, and 'private' indoor halls. The focus is on drama (emerging genres, traditions, conventions, use of language), on styles of acting and staging, and on the cultural context that gave rise to the many dramatic forms. And we will also probe into whether the texts and documents that have survived from the period are still meaningful to us. And if they prove to be meaningful to us we will, of course, try to find out why they still are. You need not read up in advance on the plays, masques, and pageants explored. However, short excerpts from the plays, masques, and pageants discussed will be uploaded on the LSF moodle, and you are expected to look at them prior to coming to class Students who are keen to think ahead are invited to consult: Arthur F. Kinney (ed.) Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments, 2nd ed. (2004) Richard Dutton. The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Drama (2012) Garrett A. Sullivan, Patrick Cheney, and Andrew Hadfield (eds.) Early Modern English Drama: A Critical Companion (2005) For the cultural context I can recommend: Michael Hattaway. Renaissance and Reformations: an Introduction to Early Modern English Literature. (2005). Ewan Fernie (ed.) Reconceiving the Renaissance: a Critical Reader. (2005). John Hollander and Frank Kermode. The Literature of Renaissance England. (1973). Peter C. Herman. A Short History of Early Modern England: British Literature in Context. (2011). B.A.-Nebenfach SLK: Diese Veranstaltung entspricht in WP 2 dem Kurstyp -Kernveranstaltung zu Themen der Literaturwissenschaft m/n/o/p- (WP 2.0.13/15/17/19). Sie erhalten 3 ECTS, wenn Sie entweder eine Klausur (30-60 Min.) schreiben oder eine mündliche Prüfung (15-30 Min.) ablegen oder ein Portfolio (20.000-40.000 Zeichen) fertigen. Die Prüfung muss benotet sein. Die Wahl der Prüfungsart liegt beim Dozenten. LMU München SoSe 2015 Department III Anglistik und Amerikanistik