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ENG 465B - Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama

(3 units)
English dramatists from about 1660 to 1800 including, e.g., Wycherley, Congreve, Sheridan, Goldsmith.

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 

Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
2. analyze late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century plays in their cultural and historical contexts.
3. develop strategies for reading and interpreting the drama written and/or staged in the long eighteenth century (1660-1800).
4. demonstrate familiarity with the major plays and playwrights of the long eighteenth century, and to describe the developments in the concept of “theater” in this period, including changes in performance venues, scenery, and production.


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