Pre-Shakespearean Drama | Coldewey | MW 3:30-5:20 |
In English 516 we will examine some varieties of English drama written before and leading up to Shakespeare, including the Chester Cycle, a number of non-cycle plays, morality plays and Tudor interludes. With a glance at current technological resources, we will also formulate some ways of approaching these plays: as cultural markers, as expressions of civic identity, as spectacular performative ventures, as intellectual parents and children during eras of change, and as really good plays.