ENGL-135 Marlowe and Shakespeare: Imitation and Innovation

Professor Holmer

This course will involve a detailed study of Christopher Marlowe's and William Shakespeare's creative responses to the vitality of Renaissance life and art in England near the end of the sixteenth century. Works by these two literary masters and rivals will be paired for close comparative analysis. We will pay special attention to the dramatic poetry of their plays and contrast that with the non-dramatic verse of their erotic narratives. In addition to appreciating the unique merits of these works within their historical and cultural contexts, we will attempt to discern the range of aesthetic achievement within similar genres by comparing and contrasting a variety of themes and techniques. How and why do these dramatic representations of enduring human questions still entertain and challenge us today?

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• 2006-2007 Fall and Spring

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