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Course: Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

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Online course from the Open University.
Description: "What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tell us about the author and the time at which the play was written? This unit will help you to discover the intricacies of the play and recognise how a knowledge of the historical and political background of the time can lead to a very different understanding of the author's intended meaning."

This unit is on Christopher Marlowe's famous play Doctor Faustus. It considers the play in relation to Marlowe's own reputation as a rule-breaker and outsider and asks whether the play criticises or seeks to arouse audience sympathy for its protagonist, who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of power and pleasure. Is this pioneering drama a medieval morality play or a tragedy?

This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course The Arts Past and Present (AA100).

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http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/literature-and-creative-w...
Date Published: 04 April 2012
In Collection(s): Economic and Social Literary Criticism, Christopher Marlowe
Source:
The Open University
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