English Studies (ENGL) - Desire and Identity in Early Modern Literature

ENGL 3246  Desire and Identity in Early Modern Literature

Prerequisites:

Six credits of 2000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011) or any 45 credits completed (excluding ENGL 1501, ENGL 1502, ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011).

Antirequisites:

ENGL 3045

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore the dominant literary subject of the early modern period: the pursuit of love in all its variations, human and divine. While students examine mainly lyric poetry (short poems), they may expect to study at least one dramatic work and some selections of prose.