Information Package / Course Catalogue
English Drama I
Course Code: İDE311
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to enable the student to acquire the knowledge and skills to recognise and interpret the development of English theatre from its early examples to the 18th century, and also to analyse the theatre movements seen in England and to examine selected texts, thus developing a critical viewpoint.

Course Content

The origins and developments of British drama and the representative movements, dramatists, and their works from the Middle Ages to the 18th century are studied, discussed and interpreted.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Mesut GÜNENÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to analyse the origins and development of British drama.
2.To be abe to define the representative dramatic genres seen in Britain from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.
3.To be able to categorise the British plays written between the Middle Ages and the 18th century.
4.To be able to compare and contrast the works of British playwrights of the period.
5.To be able to make an in-depth analysis of selected plays regarding form and content.
6.To be able to develop a critical approach to selected plays.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Deborah Payne Fisk. The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre David Scott Kastan. Staging the Renaissance Reinterpretations of Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama.
2.Marshall and Pat Cassady An Introduction to Theatre and Drama National Textbook Company
3.Joy H. Reilly An Introduction to Theatre Burgess Publishing, 1994.
4.Sierz Aleks, Ghilardi, Lia. Time Traveller’s Guide To British Theatre, 2021.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to British theatre, relevant terms, and the social, cultural, and historical background
Week 2 - Theoretical
Medieval theatre, introduction to Miracle, Mystery, and Morality plays
Week 3 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selected Mystery and Miracle play (Second Shepherd's Play)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selected Morality play (Everyman)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Elizabethan theatre and representative dramatists
Week 6 - Theoretical
Analysis of selected Elizabethan tragedies (The Tragical history of Doctor Faustus)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Analysis of selected Elizabethan tragedies (The Tragical history of Doctor Faustus)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Analysis of selected Elizabethan tragedies (Macbeth by William Shakespeare)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Analysis of selected Elizabethan comedies (The Merchant of Venice)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selecte play from Comedy of Humours (Volpone or the Fox Ben Jonson)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selecte play from Comedy of Humours (Volpone or the Fox Ben Jonson
Week 12 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Restoration period, its historical, and socio-cultural background, Restoration dramatists, plays, and the Restoration theatre
Week 13 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selected Restoration Comedy of Manners , The Way of the World, William Congreve
Week 14 - Theoretical
Analysis of a selected Restoration Comedy of Manners
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment1123
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination1628
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026