ENG307H1 Lecture Notes - Double Entendre, Restoration Comedy, Well-Order
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Pop quizzes start next week; know authors, titles (+ subtitles), basic info covered in class (lecture note info), basic plot. Can be from assigned reading from the day & from previous (lectures & readings) Will be fairly contained within a few days; 5 min, really short. Behn, "the disappointment" (bb) & haywood, fantomina (book) Talk about how should recognize voices - requires some suspension of disbelief, go that distance & imagine you could be mistaken in identifying identities. Socialization of the male - lazy, sexually promiscuous, etc. Objective of the female = to rein him in, traditional patriarchal society, etc. Restoration culture; women had a lot of agency. The "breeches" role; woman dressing as man, blurring of gender ideologies/identities. Setting: play takes place in naples (italy); carnival time; time period: charles ii in exile (pg. "parliaments & protectors" - line 60: frederick - we know then that the time period is the.
