W

Aug 24

Course Introduction, Syllabus, Assignments

F

Aug 26

Last day to add/drop courses without Dean’s permission

M

Aug 29

Restoration Drama

Roger Boyle, History of Henry Fifth (B 2-37)

“The theatre restored: The material circumstance” (C1-29)

W

Aug 31

John Dryden, All for Love (B 218-263)

M

Sept 5

John Dryden, Marriage a la Mode (B 329-378)

“The drama” (C 30-48))

T

Sept 6

Last day to select or change S/U option

W

Sept 7

“Actors and Acting” (C 49-66); Elizabeth Howe, “The Arrival of the Actress” (RC 541-549)

M

Sept 12

George Etherege, The Man of Mode (B 526-589)

W

Sept 14

The Collier Controversy (RC 493-516); Steele and Dennis on The Man of Mode (RC 517-519; 525-529)

M

Sept 19

Wycherley's The Country Wife (1038-1100)

W

Sept 21

M

Sept 26

Aphra Behn, The Rover (B 590-645): Preface to "Sir Patient Fancy" (

(Sir Patient Fancy.pdf)

W

Sept 28

Thomas Otway, Venice Preserved (B 1689-1734)

M

Oct 3

Revolution Drama

Thomas Southerne, Oroonoko (B 379-427)

W

Oct 5

“The theatre reformed: The material circumstance” (C 67-89)

M

Oct 10

Mary Pix, The Beau Defeated (B 810-856)

W

Oct 12

Midterm Exam

M

Oct 17

Fall Break.  No Classes

W

Oct 19

George Farquhar, The Beaux’ Stratagem (B 1278-1331)

Building the Abstract.PDF

F

Oct 21

Proposal Due

Last to drop with “N”

M

Oct 24

William Congreve, The Way of the World (B 760-809)

W

Oct 26

William Congreve, “Concerning Humour in Comedy” (RC 474-481); Martin Price, “Form and Wit in The Way of the World” (RC 612-616); Laura Brown, “The Way of the World” (616-620)

M

Oct 31

Early Georgian Drama

Joseph Addison, Cato (B 186-216)

“Theatre reformed: The Drama” (C89-102)

W

Nov 2

“Theatre reformed: Actors and Acting” (C102-113)
No Class. Independent Research

M

Nov 7

George Lillo, The London Merchant (B 294-327)

W

Nov 9

Richard Steele, The Conscious Lovers (B 428-470)

M

Nov 14

Steele and Dennis on The Conscious Lovers (RC 519-524; 529-534)

W

Nov 16

Susannah Centlivre, A Bold Stroke for a Wife (B 903-943)

F

Nov 18

First Draft of Seminar Paper Due

M

Nov 21

“The theater tamed” (C 113-164)
John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera (B 1332-1373)

W

Nov 23

Thanksgiving Break begins. No classes.

M

Nov 28

Group Presentations; Paper Workshop

W

Nov 30

Group Presentations; Paper Workshop

M

Dec 5

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal (B 1918-1970) (and scholar to be named)
No Class. Independent Research

F

Dec 2

Seminar Paper Due

Sa

Dec 10
11:30 A.M.

FINAL EXAM

Travel plan or work schedules are not reasons to reschedule final examinations.