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On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate: 1. knowledge and critical understanding of a spectrum of Renaissance writings in different dramatic and poetic genres; 2. a sophisticated understanding of the way literature and history are mutually constituting in this period; 3. the ability to situate a range of Renaissance texts in their writing, reading, and performance contexts, showing how this deepens understanding of the texts; 4. the ability to critically analyse the language and practice of Renaissance drama and poetry; 5. thoughtful engagement with key critical and theoretical debates in the field.
Indicative Module Content:Module content will derive primarily from the Norton Anthology of English Literature (The Sixteenth Century/Early Seventeenth Century volume).
Indicative (but *provisional*) content includes:
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Milton, Paradise Lost
Sonnets and poems by Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, Mary Sidney, Aemilia Lanyer, John Donne, George Herbert, Queen Elizabeth, Christopher Marlowe, John Milton.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 36 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Lectures | 12 |
Small Group | 12 |
Total | 100 |
Successful completion of Literature in Context 1 is recommended for this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Group feedback post-assessment of short exercises. Optional individual essay feedback available to students in the following trimester.
Name | Role |
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Professor Danielle Clarke | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Jane Grogan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Naomi McAreavey | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Annie Khabaza | Tutor |
Mr Jason O'Toole | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Wed 10:00 - 10:50 |
Small Group | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Mon 13:00 - 13:50 |
Small Group | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 10:00 - 10:50 |
Small Group | Offering 3 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |
Small Group | Offering 4 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Mon 11:00 - 11:50 |
Small Group | Offering 5 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Small Group | Offering 7 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Mon 10:00 - 10:50 |
Small Group | Offering 9 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |