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Define the types of literature typical of the 16th century including the sonnet, pastoral poetry, and drama. Understand the development of purpose-built theaters and how this development influenced 16th-century drama.
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When the sixteenth century began, and Henry VII—that first Tudor monarch—sat on the throne, England was a resolutely Catholic state, and an island with relatively little power or cultural prestige on the world stage. But by the end of the century Protestantism had become the state-sanctioned religion, a female monarch had held the crown for four de...
By the end of the term, you should be able to... Read, discuss, and write about some of the key texts by 16th-century English writers. Deploy a range of interpretive methods in an informed, self-conscious way. Consider the creative praxis of early modern authors—i.e., their attempts to reflect on and transform the forms and functions of their...
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Over the course of the semester, all students are required to post five responses on our Sakai discussion page. Responses should be a minimum of 300 words, but may be longer. These will need to be posted on the discussion board forum for each text. Sometimes these responses will have explicit prompts I expect you to take up in your writing, but m...
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Week One: Week Two: Week Three: Week Four: Week Five: Week Six: Week Seven: 2. Draft your section of the MoEML entry (independently of your co-writer). Post to the forum and bring a copy to class on Tuesday. Week Ten: Week Eleven: Week Twelve: Hakluyt’s Voyages and Discoveries (the selections by John Hawkins, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Humphrey Gil...
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literary history. Just as Renaissance Humanists rejected medieval learning, the Reformation seemed to reject the medieval form of Christianity. (It should be noted, however, that both Catholics and Protestants were Humanists, though often with different emphases.) In the early
Jul 17, 2020 · Shakespeare’s history plays are widely recognized as reflections of England’s growing nationalistic fervor, and because of the magnitude of the plays, it is easy to overlook the contributions of the poets to English history, or, perhaps more accurately, pseudo-history.
The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660–1780 offers readers discussions of the entire range of literary expression from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century.
This is a history of English literature in the seventeenth century. It covers writing in English in England and Wales. Writing in English in Scotland and Ireland, like new composition in Latin, figures only marginally, where it relates to or illuminates the principal subject.
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Reaching back as far as the early modern period in the 16th century, it traces the development of the genre to the present day, offering contextual knowledge about specific periods and movements of English poetry as well as their authors.
