ENGL 204

Fall 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Renaissance Lit and Culture

Credit: 3 hours.

Readings in English and continental literary masterpieces with attention to significant cultural influences.

Same as CWL 255. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 204 class schedule data for fall 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	33893	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	English Building	Gray, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course. Section Info: This course offers an introduction to some of the main themes and concerns of the Renaissance, a period known for its religious militancy, its love of classical learning, and its proto-imperialist endeavor. We will explore both what is expectedly strange and oddly familiar in these works, focusing in particular on the way Renaissance texts construct increasingly anxious and complex narratives of gentlemanly gallantry and heroism, set both within a domestic and an imperial scene. We will look at early modern culture's belief in the plasticity of identity, the way it can be molded and shaped to fit an ideal performance of the self. We will also look at the way the literature of the period attempts to direct that self-fashioning, by formulating textual portraits of the new individual and even the new society. Throughout, we will pay close attention to those who are marginalized and excluded by Renaissance ideas and ideals, as well as those who take center stage. TEXT: The Norton Anthology of English Literature 1b: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Course packet from Notes and Quotes