http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/m/morillo/public/57911.htm

Dr. John Morillo
morillo@unity.ncsu.edu
Office = Tompkins 270. Office phone = 513-8040
Office Hours: M W  F 10-11; T 11-12  and by appointment

Description: We will study a variety of representative Restoration plays from the dominant genre of libertine comedy, but also some tragedy, tragi-comedy, and sentimental comedy.  We will explore works by men and women playwrights during this vibrant time for the theater, and how the theater responded to and helped shape the broader cultural contexts of the English Restoration period, from 1660 to the 17-teens. We will consider the parallel development of drama and theories of drama by playwrights as well as critics in a time when the drama was often the center of religious, political, and aesthetic controversy. How did the theater of this period respond to  the cultural concerns and needs of the time, including the roles of the sexes, issues of liberty, and questions of individual and state power?

ONLINE TEXTS

Dryden, John, Essay of Dramatick Poesie (1668), ed. Jack Lynch: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/drampoet.html
Collier, Jeremy, A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698)
Addison, Josesph and Richard Steele The Tatler and The Spectator (1709;1711) http://meta.montclair.edu/spectator/

ELECTRONIC RESERVES via  D. H. Hill Library Reserve Room.
They are on reserve as electronic files. Works may be added to this collection over the course of the semester. The library puts all electronic reserve texts into .PDF files. That means you need the Adobe Acrobat reader to read them. The program can be downloaded for free from the library's reserve site. If you have any problem reading the online files talk to Dr. Morillo.
To access this free resource from off campus you must have a working unity id and password in the campus computer system. Starting at the library home page  http://www. lib.ncsu.edu
 choose Course Reserves
then search under instructor name  Morillo and/or ENG579
The complete list of E RESERVE works is subject to change and is one or more pages. Each link will load a pdf file into Acrobat reader.
   
Required Readings Currently Available on E Reserve; more may be added:

Carlson, Marvin, "The Restoration and Eighteenth Century in England, in Theories of the Theater (1993)
Congreve, William Concerning Humour in Comedy (1695)
Dryden, John, The Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy (1679)
Howe, Elizabeth, "Introduction: the Restoration Theatre," in The First English Actresses (1992)
Harth, Philip "Political Interpretations of Venice Preserv'd" (1988)
Kelsall, Malcolm, Introduction to Venice Preserv'd (1968)
Kinney, Suz-anne, "Confinement Sharpens the Invention"(1994)
Nagler, George, Source Book in Theatrical History (in two files)
Styan, J. L, "The Restoration Stage" and "The Georgian Theatre" 2 chapters in The English Stage (1996)

Other Resources:

NCSU Electronic BOOKS, Early English Books Online

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/  
then pick catalog search via author, title, or key word
in this e-book form you can find Dennis, John, The Usefulness of the Stage (1698), his reply to Collier's call to censor theater further

The Restoration Comedy Project
http://alojamientos.us.es/restoration/

The Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu   chose Literature in English--Restoration and 18th Century--18th-Century Resources--Authors, Works Projects

18th-Century Studies Discussion List "Selected Readings, "links to current scholarly essays, bibliographies of current publications
http://www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/sr.htm

Theatre Database
http://www.theatredatabase.com/18th_century/restoration_and_18th_century_english_dramatic_criticism.html

• Attendance 10%
  
•  preparation for, participation in each class 10%
  
• Shorter comparative paper (4-6 pages) working with primary texts of plays. 15%
  
• Review of contemporary critical article on play or playwright (5-6 pp) 15%
  
• Speaking requirement: can be either teaching part of class OR a dramatic performance  15%
  
• Proposal for longer research paper 10%
  
• Longer research paper (12-15 pages) 25%

How I Figure Your Grades

You must complete all the required work to pass the class. No opting out of assigned work.  I will grade plus/minus.

Percentages for each required graded category are figured via a percentage of a 12-pt. scale in which an A+ =12 and
an F=0 points. For example, a B+ on paper 1 would net you 9 x .15 or 1.35 points toward the final 12.  Or, a C in participation nets you 5 x .10 or .5, an A on the final paper nets you 11 x .25 or 2.75 points.
I then add up the percentage points for each required category to determine your grade from 0 to 12.  For example, an 8.0--8.9 final score = B for the class.

Expected participation: come to class on time, with the appropriate texts, having read and thought about them enough to have something specific and intelligent to say or write about them. There may be quizzes to check that you are doing the readings.

Attendance: You are allowed 3 absences. If you are absent, unexcused, more than 3 times over the course of the semester, your absences will count progressively against your final grade. Every 3 absences beyond the allowed 3 loses you a half letter grade on your final grade. Anyone who misses the first two classes can be immediately dropped from the class. For the definition of an unexcused absence, see http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/pols_regs/REG205.00.4.php

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