ENG 335 Studies in Renaissance Literat

Exploration of the literature and culture of sixteenth and seventeenth century England, informed by a range of primary and secondary texts and careful study of the works of authors such as Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Cary, John Donne, Ben Jonson, Lady Mary Wroth, and John Milton. Topics addressed might include gender and sexuality, Nature, political rule, social unrest, England's colonial ambitions, and trade and travel. This course may be taken more than once, provided the course addresses a different topic when taken again. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement.