Spring 2024 - ENGL 493W D200
Seminar in Special Topics (4)
Class Number: 4956
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Tue, Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Paul Budra
budra@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
45 units or two 300-division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Advanced seminar. May be organized by author, genre, period, critical approach, or other criteria. This course may be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
Jacobean and Caroline Tragedy
As Shakespeare's career began to wind down in the first decades of the 17th century, a new generation of playwrights emerged. These writers, raised on professional theatre and serving under monarchs with very different tastes from Elizabeth I, created plays that were self-reflexive, sexually explicit, shockingly violent, and very funny. We will be studying eight of these plays. Use any texts you can find or the e-texts that I will link to on Canvas.
The plays: The Revenger's Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, The Changeling, "Tis Pity She's a Whore, Cataline His Conspiracy, The Maid's Tragedy, The Broken Heart, The Insatiate Countess
Grading
NOTES:
Course requirements:
Participation: 15%
Seminar presentation: 20%
Short paper: 25% (2,000 words)
Research proposal and annotated bibliography: 5%
Research paper: 35% (2,500 words)
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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