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Dec 21, 2024
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ENGL 118S SC - Rhyme and Reason in the Renaissance
This course takes as its focus the growing centrality of literary writing (and specifically poetry) to social, political, and religious commentary in early modern England. We will read texts by authors including Francis Bacon, Margaret Cavendish, John Milton, and George Puttenham with reference to contemporaneous works produced in different geographical (primarily European) locations. Our discussions will consider the role of humanist philosophy and pedagogy in shaping how prominent authors of the period theorized literary writing, and will examine their attempts to use poetry sometimes in making polemical public arguments, and sometimes in retreating from such argumentation altogether.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every other year
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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