Module Details
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Title RENAISSANCE POETRY & PROSE
Code ENGL236
Coordinator Dr A Duxfield
English
A.Duxfield@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

The main aims of the module are:

·        to develop an appreciation and understanding of the poetry and prose of the Renaissance;

·        to develop a sense of the nature of the English literary Renaissance and of the generic expectations and reading methods of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.


Learning Outcomes

  

On completing this module students will be able to demonstrate:
an enhanced sense of the range of writing of the period;

 
an understanding of Renaissance literary expectations and reading methods;

enhanced reading skills in relation to literature of the period;
knowledge and understanding of the cultural and historical contexts in which Renaissance literature is situated.


Syllabus
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Topics covered may include:

The sonnets of Wyatt, Sidney, and other English writers in the tradition of Petrarch 

Sidney''s, Apology for Poetry 

Marlowe''s Hero and Leander and the tradition of Ovid

Renaissance Romances

Essays of Montaigne as contributing to English Renaisance thought

Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller

Spenser,The Faerie Queene

The poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, and Marvell

Women''s rwiting from the Renaissance era 

Milton''s early poetry (incl. Lycidas and Comus)

The Cavalier Poets (Lovelace, Suckling, Herrick, Carew)


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture -

Tutorial -

Workshop -

Workshops (5x2-hours)


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

   12

     10

 34
Timetable (if known)           Workshops (5x2-hours)
  		 
Private Study 266
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Unseen Written Exam  3 hours  Semester 2  67  Yes  Faculty penalties  Assessment 2 Notes (applying to all assessments) Project essay of c.4000 words Exam consisting of 2 essay questions  
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  c.4000 words  Semester 2  33  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
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