Renaissance Lyric Poetry

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will constitute an in-depth examination of the French lyric tradition primarily during, but not limited to, the sixteenth century. Students will begin by exploring the Italian origins of the French tradition before tracing its development through the Rhetoriqueurs, the Ecole lyonnaise, the Pleiade, and beyond. Through a close analysis of primary literary texts and through exposure to some salient works of secondary literature, students will not only engage the poetry but also broader questions about imitation, originality, and meaning during a dynamic but somewhat unstable period of literary production. Taught in French.