Early Modern Literature

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module provides an introduction to early modern English literature and the social, cultural, and intellectual contexts that shaped it. It begins with an introductory lecture, outlining the chronology of the period and the major themes that will be addressed in the following weeks the concept of renaissance, the Protestant reformation, the discovery of the so called New World, and the English revolution. The course covers a range of genres, from across the whole period of 1500 to 1660, and features a number of lectures on major canonical authors combined with broader thematic concerns, which trace the development of early modern literature.