Spring 2019 - ENGL 310 D100
Studies in Early Modern Literature to 1660 (4)
Class Number: 1601
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 14, 2019
Sun, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
JD Fleming
jfleming@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4713
Office: AQ 6149
Office Hours: TBA
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Prerequisites:
Two 100 division English courses, and two 200 division English courses.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The study of non-Shakespearean Early Modern Literature. May be defined by genre, theme, or author.
COURSE DETAILS:
Early-modern Europe (say, 1500-1700) was a time and place of language. The national vernaculars—English, French, Italian, and so on—were newly stabilized by poetic expression and political authority. The printing press enabled unprecedented reproduction of texts. And the pedagogic movement known as humanism put literature at the centre of academic curricula. At the same time, early-modern thinkers were troubled by the limitations of words: so ambiguous, so changeable, so ephemeral. In this course, we’ll learn about a range of period attempts to do better with language—or to do without it. Authors will include Spenser, Herbert, Donne, Jonson, Bacon, and Milton. All of our texts will be available online (linked from the Canvas page), in good clean editions.
Grading
- Mid-term assignment 30%
- Term paper 35%
- Final exam 35%
NOTES:
This course will be Tu-Th.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
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Registrar Notes:
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