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Office: Blaustein 321; Box 5335; 439-2197; lber@conncoll.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30-4 p.m., Tuesdays 10-11 a.m. and by appointment
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Aphra Behn, The Rover
William Wycherley, The Country Wife
British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan, ed. Nettleson et al.
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Course Requirements: 4-5 page essay (20%); 8-10 page essay (30%);
group presentation addressing historical, biographical or cultural aspects
of Restoration or eighteenth-century theater and/or interpretation of a scene
(20%); a final exam (20%); class participation (10%) and attendance. You must
complete all assigned work in order to pass the course.
Your papers must be double-spaced, typed and stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
No extra title pages, folders, or covers please. Follow guidelines for citations
and format distributed in class; paper grades will take documentation into account.
You may take one extension of up to one week on one paper. Late papers will be
marked down 1/3 of a grade. I will not accept a paper that is more than a week
overdue.
You may miss three classes without penalty. Any further absences will automatically
lower your final grade by 2/3 of a grade (e.g., a B would become a C+). If you are
more than 10 minutes late or miss a scheduled conference without notice you will be
marked absent. I expect you to collect any handouts distributed in your absence from
the bin on my office door.
When you are assigned a question to answer during class discussion, prepare 2-3
minutes of organized comments. Use the questions to guide your reading; all members
of the class should participate in discussion of all questions. When your question
is due, do not miss that class without prior notice.
On the dates marked (**), class will be given over to group presentations. Details
to follow.
| Thursday, September 3 | Introduction |
| Tuesday, September 8 | Dryden, The Conquest of Granada Part 1 |
| Thursday, September 10 | Dryden, The Conquest of Granada Part 1;
Buckingham et al., The Rehearsal |
| Tuesday, September | Dryden, All for Love |
| Thursday, September 17 | Dryden, All for Love |
| Tuesday, September 22 | Otway, Venice Preserv'd |
| Thursday, September 24 | Otway, Venice Preserv'd |
| Tuesday, September 29 | Etherege, The Man of Mode |
| Thursday, October 1 | Etherege, The Man of Mode;
first essay due |
| Tuesday, October 6 | Wycherley, The Country Wife |
| Thursday, October 8 | Wycherley, The Country Wife** |
| Tuesday, October 13 | Wycherley, The Country Wife |
| Thursday, October 15 | Behn, The Rover |
| Tuesday, October 20 | Behn, The Rover** |
| Thursday, October 22 | Behn, The Rover |
| Tuesday, October 27 | Purcell/Tate, Dido and Aeneas |
| Thursday, October 29 | VanBrugh, The Relapse; Collier,
from A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage |
| Friday, October 30 | performance of Dido and Aeneas |
| Tuesday, November 3 | VanBrugh, The Relapse |
| Thursday, November 5 | Congreve, The Way of the World |
| Tuesday, November 10 | Congreve, The Way of the World** |
| Thursday, November 12 | Congreve, The Way of the World |
| Tuesday, November 17 | Farquhar, The Beaux' Strategem |
| Thursday, November 19 | Farquhar, The Beaux' Strategem** |
| Tuesday, November 24 | Farquhar, The Beaux' Strategem |
| THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Tuesday, December 1 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera |
| Thursday, December 3 | Gay, The Beggar's Opera |
| Tuesday, December 8 | Lillo, The London Merchant |
| Thursday, December 10 | Lillo, The London Merchant |
| Tuesday, December 12 | Review; second essay due |
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