2009 Course Handbook
ENGL367: Shakespeare and the Renaissance
This unit focuses mainly on plays by Shakespeare and by some of his contemporaries, such as Marlowe and Jonson. But it does not focus only on Renaissance drama or solely on texts written by men. Poems and sometimes novels are also studied; authors of these may include Philip Sidney and Mary Wroth, Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Andrew Marvell, Margaret Cavendish, Aphra Behn, and John Wilmot. The unit examines how Shakespeare and others explore issues concerning gender, sexuality, knowledge, and power, especially by playing with already available myths or inventing their own. Assessment will be by seminar paper and by essay.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: 17 October) |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Anthony Cousins |
| Prerequisites: | 8cp from 200-level ENGL units |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of English |
Timetable Information
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