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ENGL309: Shakespeare and the Renaissance

The unit considers a broad range of Shakespeare's writings in relation to writings by his contemporaries and by his successors—dramatists as well as non-dramatists. In doing so it examines how those texts at once represent and engage with issues and problems in the culture of early modern, or Renaissance, England. Those issues and problems include: issues of genre and of sexuality in verse of the 1590s; problems evoked in representations of tragic selfhood; problems associated with religious and political conflict; and problems arising from English portrayals both of England and of life outside it.

Credit Points: 3
Contact Hours: 2
When Offered:

D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year

X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (Session Dates: 15 October)

Staff Contact(s): Professor Anthony Cousins
Prerequisites:

6cp in ENGL units at 200 level

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): ENGL367
Unit Designation(s):
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of English

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