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The time span we will discuss in this lecture course coincides with the rule of the House of Tudor on the British throne. It comprises the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I and the ‘golden’ age of British literature during the reign of Elizabeth I. Of course, we will not view the literature and culture of this time span as absolutely determined by the ruling dynasty. This time span marks the beginning in the British isles of what some call “the early modern age”, others “the Renaissance” – with different implications. Among the authors to be discussed are: the Paston family, John Skelton, Sir Thomas More, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey), Richard Tottel, Queen Elizabeth I, Baldassare Castiglione / Sir Thomas Hoby, John Foxe, John Lyly, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Ralegh, Richard Hooker, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Michael Drayton, William Shakespeare.
There will be a final test (45 mins) in the second half of the last lecture (4th of February, 2020).
Text (recommended):
Stephen Greenblatt et al., eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Tenth Edition. Package 1: Volumes A, B, C. New York: Norton, 2018. ISBN 978-0-393-60312-5
NB: For this lecture course, you will only need volume B. You will be able to use these volumes also in other lectures and seminars. |
