CWL 255

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Renaissance Literature and Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 204. See ENGL 204.

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

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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CWL 255 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	33894	Lecture-Discussion	X	12:00PM -12:50PM	MWF	123 David Kinley Hall	Stevens, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: ENGL 204 RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND CULTURE This course offers an introduction to some of the main themes and concerns of the English Renaissance (focusing on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in particular England under Elizabeth I and James I). We’ll read a representative sampling of genres (poetry, prose, drama, court masques) from the selected works of a range of canonical and non-canonical early modern authors, including women writers only recently – if at all – represented in anthologies. We’ll focus on such issues as early modern notions of authorship and ‘self-fashioning’; of privacy, gender, love, sex, and marriage; of racial and religious difference; and of early modern psychology, including conceptions of the body and its passions. Expect a particular attention to the drama of the period, for instance Thomas Kyd’s early blockbuster The Spanish Tragedy and John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, as well as to material culture – from cosmetics and clothing to printed books and stage props. Whenever relevant, we’ll also discuss how the literature and culture of the period informs (or misinforms) contemporary literary and popular culture. The course is suitable for non-majors and majors alike.