The aims of the module are: to introduce students to a range of poetic writing from the Renaissance period; to develop students’ understanding of poetic form and its development and manipulation; to enable students to read the poetry of the period in relation to its political, cultural and intellectual contexts; to develop students’ capacity to communicate ideas clearly in written and spoken form.

(LO1) Students will have the ability to write fluent prose which conveys independent research and evaluation of materials, theories, and concepts.

(LO2) Students will demonstrate capacity to develop focused research attitudes and pursue projects independently.

(LO3) Students will apply understanding of Renaissance poetic conventions and knowledge of the cultural and historical contexts in which Renaissance poetry was written and read.

(S1) Students will gain practical research skills to retrieve and handle information from a variety of sources.

(S2) Students will gain organisational skills in managing time and workloads, and in meeting deadlines.

(S3) Students will gain the ability to communicate ideas with concision and clarity.

The syllabus for this module might include:
- The sonnets of Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Lady Mary Wroth, and other English writers in the tradition of Petrarch
- Marlowe's Hero and Leander and the tradition of Ovid
- Spenser, The Faerie Queene
- The poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, and Marvell
- Poetry of female protest by Aemilia Lanier and Katherine Phillips
- Milton's Lycidas
- The Cavalier Poets (Lovelace, Suckling, Herrick, Carew)

This module will be taught by 1 x weekly 1-hour tutorial with small groups, 1 x weekly workshop with whole cohort, and fortnightly 2-hour workshops with whole cohort. (F2F or online, as appropriate).

The majority of teaching will be delivered face to face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.