EN4342 Restoration Drama in Context

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 10

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Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

11.00 am - 12 pm Monday 12-1pm Tuesday

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr M C Augustine

Dr M C Augustine
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Module Staff

Dr M C Augustine

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Module description

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-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS EN2003 AND PASS EN2004

Assessment pattern

2-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

exam = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture and 1 tutorial, and 2 optional consultative hours.

Scheduled learning hours

40

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

260

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

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.