Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

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Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tell us about the author and the time at which the play was written? This free course, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, will help you to ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Christopher Marlowe
    • 1 Christopher Marlowe
    • 1.1 Marlowe: the man
    • 1.2 Doctor Faustus
    • 1.3 Reading a Renaissance play
    • 2 Reading Doctor Faustus
    • 2 Reading Doctor Faustus
    • 2.1 Act 1, Scene 1: "Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man"
    • 2.1.1 The morality play
    • 2.1.2 Faustus's first speech
    • 2.1.3 The comic scenes
    • 2.2 Act 2, Scene 1: Faustus and God
    • 2.3 Acts 3 and 4: What does Faustus achieve?
    • 2.4 Act 5, Scene 2: Faustus's last soliloquy
    • 2.5 Morality play or tragedy?
    • 3 Hero and author
    • 3 Hero and author
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements