English Renaissance Drama.

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Sense of exploration, discovery, experimentation, creativity, and moral complexity of the Renaissance era in England (roughly 1550 to 1660) is reflected in the variety and number of plays written by Shakespeare's predecessors, contemporaries, and successors. Following introductory material on the development of the drama in England, students analyze Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights, exclusive of Shakespeare. Emphasis is on the forms and themes of the plays, with application of "New Historicism" and attention to Renaissance backgrounds