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4.00 Credits
Taught at Oxford University - Year Program
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to methods of literary study through an examination of some of the major authors from the later phase of the English Renaissance.
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8.00 Credits
This course involved an eight week long in-depth study of a broad spectrum of Shakespeare's plays, ranging from early works like A Comedy of Errors through the comedies and tragedies to his late plays, such as The Tempest. Methods of study included examination of sources and comparisons with other contemporaneous works, as well as character analysis and research into period ideas of related topics. The course work consisted of reading the primary texts, extensive researching of the topics, and writing weekly 2,000 word essays to be discussed in tutorial.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the narrative and dramatic poetry of two writers who are central to the English poetic tradition: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and John Milton (1608-1674). The plays we study by Shakespeare will coincide with the London season, but will probably include the tragedies Hamlet (1600-1601) and King Lear (1605-1606) and the comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream (1594-1596) and The Merchant of Venice (1596-1597). In addition, we shall read Paradise Lost (1667; revised 1674), Milton's Christian epic. Our emphasis will be both on a close reading of the poetic texts and on an examination of their philosophical, religious, historical, and literary backgrounds. In addition we shall do a small but significant amount of reading in the critical literature on Shakespeare and Milton.
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3.00 Credits
ENG 30310 Literature, Politics, and Change 1660-1700 at UCD; This course is designed as an introduction to the major authors of the period 1550-1700 and will examine many crucial modes of writing including drama, fiction, pamphlets, popular literature, and epic poetry. Key preoccupations of this era will be investigated, amongst them the representation of the self and intimate relationships, the portrayal of outsiders and ethnic Others, the problems of colonialism and a global world, and the pressures of urban life.
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3.00 Credits
ENG 20070 Readings in English Poetry 1550-1850 at UCD; This course is intended to introduce students to a selection of poems from the Renaissance to the Victorian Period in order to develop a capacity for close reading of different kinds of verse. It should, furthermore, encourage participants to view texts in the perspective of their historical origins and to gain a sound knowledge of the 'progress' of poetry in English from the time of Spenser to that of Tennyson.
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3.00 Credits
The period of literature 1550-1700 sees a rebirth of Classical forms but marks also the threshold of the modern. This course is designed as an introduction to the major writers of this era and will examine many crucial modes of writing including drama, fiction, pamphlets, popular literature, and epic poetry. The key discourses and preoccupations that link us with the early modern period will also be investigated, amongst them the representation of the self and intimate relationships, the portrayal of the pressures of urban life. In looking at issues such as power, racism, sexuality, travel, crime, and the city this course will consider the darker side of the Renaissance as well as its explosive energies.
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8.00 Credits
This course involved an eight week long in-depth study of the works of John Milton, ranging from early works like The 1645 Poems through Paradise Lost to his later works, such as Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Methods of study included examination of sources and comparisons with the works of Andrew Marvell and John Dryden, as well as analysis of recurring themes and their variations. The course work consisted of reading the primary texts, extensive researching of the topics, and writing weekly 2,000 word essays to be discussed in tutorial.
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3.00 Credits
ENG 20450 Writing and Performance in the Age of Shakespeare: Renaissance Literature at UCD; This module is designed as an introduction to the writings of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Reading Shakespeare's plays and poems alongside the work of other key writers of the Tudor and Stuart period such as Behn, Cary, Donne, Marlowe and Spenser, this module will examine Renaissance drama, poetry and prose fiction in the light of contemporary writing, publication and performance practices. Ranging from Shakespeare's nuanced exploration of war and imperialism in Henry V to Behn's complex depiction of black slavery in Oroonoko, key preoccupations of the age will be investigated, amongst them the representation of the self and intimate relationships, the portrayal of outsiders and ethnic Others (including the Irish), the struggles of imperialism, the problems of monarchy, the controversies surrounding religion, and the pressures of urban life. The writings of Shakespeare and his contemporaries will thus be situated in dynamic relation to their fraught Renaissance contexts. As an introduction to the period, this module will provide a good foundation for further study of Shakespeare and Renaissance literature at Level 3 and beyond.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
ENG 20410 Reading Medieval Literature at UCD; This module will introduce you to a selection of outstanding literary works of the early and late medieval period, chosen also to represent the module's overarching theme: 'Love and Religion'. From the passionate, raw human longing that some of the earliest of the works will deal with, to the courtly flirtation or amorous liaisons of some of the later ones, all will explore different modalities of love, in some cases additionally exploring what happens when love is aimed towards heavenly, rather than earthly, targets of desire.
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