6: Modern English & Restoration Drama

What are the basis for English grammar

What are miracle plays

What are morality plays

What were the first English tragedies of the 1560's called and what were their characteristics

Who refined Senecan tragedy, what kind of plays did he write and give an example

Edmond Spenser (1552-1599):
What did he invent

What did Spencer write, when, what is it

What are its characteristics

How can it be read

Christophe Marlowe (16th C.)
What was his importance in Modern English literature

What were 3 of Marlowe's work

What theme is present in /Doctor Faustus/ and explain it

What were three of the stories found in /Das Faustbuch/

What is /Doctor Faustus/ by Marlowe about

Why is Dr. Faustus damned in Marlowe's /Doctor Faustus/

What is /Faust/ by Goethe about

Why is Dr. Faustus saved in Goethe's /Faust/

What is the subtitle of /Doctor Faust/ by Mann

What is it about

Why is Adrian damned

What happened to Thomas Mann's book, why and what prize did he win afterwards

What did the name Jacobean dramas were given to plays

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
What was his importance in Jacobean drama

John Webster (1574-1634)
What characterized his work and give 2 examples of plays

Define Puritan

Describe the Puritans' social status under Elizabeth and James I

What were the Puritan's beliefs

What did they manage to do under Elizabeth and why

What did the Puritans' increasing power provoke

How did it end

What happened to the government

What happened after Oliver Cromwell's death

Why is the period following Cromwell's death called Restoration Drama

What was the dramatists social class and why

Describe Restoration Drama and its plays

What were the 2 directions in which Restoration Drama developed

Give characteristics of tragedy plays

What were the tragedies about and how was it written

How many comedies were there

What was seen as a bore in comedies

What were the comedies about

Which country had great influence on Restoration Drama

Give examples of authors and their world