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“Classic in Drama”

ENG326
Lecture 8
“Introduction to Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus”

By: Imran Ali Khan


Lecturer, Department of English
KUST
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Outline

• Introduction to Christopher Marlowe

• Introduction to Dr. Faustus

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Christopher Marlowe

• Elizabethan Dramatist

• Education

• Secret Service Agent

• Career as an Actor

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Career as a Dramatist

• Tamburlaine

• Tragical history of Dr. Faustus

• Edward II

• The Jew of Malta

• The Massacre at Paris

• Dido Queen of Carthage

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Period of Dramatic Activity

• 1587 – 1593

• Great Dramatist

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Recurring Theme

• Absence of Power

• Unpredictable Ambition

• Absence of Power of Throne

• Absence of Power of Knowledge

• Absence of Commercial Power

• Absence of Monastic Power

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Analyzing Marlowe’s Dramas

• Individual Ambition

• Society

• Idea of free will

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Doctor Faustus

• Internal Significance

• Doctor of Divinity

• Ambition

• Magic is good

• Symbol of power

• Good and Bad Angel

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

Close of Time

• Decide to burn books

• Experiences

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com
Topic: Introduction to Christopher Marlowe and Dr. Faustus

CONCLUSION

• Marlowe as a Dramatist

• Dr. Faustus as a learned scholar

Course: Classic in Drama ENG326–Instructor: Imran Ali Khan, Lecturer, Department of English, KUST –Email: imran_khattak@hotmail.com

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