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ENGL2056 Renaissance and England

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject English
Offered in ENGL2056 will not be offered in 2012
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

The course will examine a wide range of literary works from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It will also explore some connections between English literature and the European Renaissance, including creative translations and some parallel developments in painting and music. Works by Wyatt, Surrey, Spenser, Shakespeare, Jonson and Milton will provide the focus for study.

Learning Outcomes On satisfying the requirements for this course students will have enhanced analytical and critical skills, broadened their historical understanding and have informed knowledge of some major and representative works from the period.
Indicative Assessment

2,500 word essay (50%) and final examination (50%).

Workload

20 hours of lectures and 1 hour tutorial per week.

Normally students could expect to spend 8 hours per week on work related to this course.

Areas of Interest English
Eligibility Successful completion of two First Year English courses or comparable expertise in historical or medieval studies.
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills
Those relevant to the courses indicated under 'eligibility' above.
Requisite Statement

Any two First Year English courses or comparable expertise in historical or cultural studies. 

Prescribed Texts

Norbrook, D (Ed.), The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse

Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida and Timon of Athens

Milton, Paradise Lost

Preliminary Reading

* Norbrook, D (ed), The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse
* Shakespeare, Troilus & Cressida; Shakespeare, Timon of Athens
* Milton, Paradise Lost

Indicative Reading List

There will be a 'brick' containing edited historical and contextual material.

Relevant journals inlcud

The Journal of Renaissance Studies

and

Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

 

Academic Contact To Be Advised

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.

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