University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable: 11.00 am - 12 pm Monday 12-1pm Tuesday

This module focuses on dramatic literature from the period c. 1660-1710 while aiming to study dramatic art in relation to its literary and historical contexts. We will read approximately half a dozen plays in different genres alongside the poetry of John Dryden, the Earl of Rochester, Aphra Behn, and others, and in conversation with Restoration historiography. We will also touch on the material conditions of Restoration theatre: playhouses and stages, players and performances, patronage and economics. (Group B)

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass EN2003 and pass EN2004

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 lecture and 1 tutorial, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours: 40

Guided independent study hours: 260

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%


Re-assessment: exam = 100%

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr M C Augustine
Module teaching staff: Dr M C Augustine
Module coordinator email MCA3@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

• A close familiarity with a number of plays from this period.
• A complementary knowledge of how the theatre interacted with other cultural spheres, especially politics and poetry.
• An understanding of the nature of theatrical production in the period 1660-1700.
• A sense of how theatrical production may be shaped by material, social, and intellectual circumstances.