Summer 2018 - ENGL 416W E200
Early Modern Authors (4)
Class Number: 7384
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 7 – Aug 3, 2018: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 16, 2018
Thu, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Antone Minard
aminard@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
ENGL 203, plus one of ENGL 310, 311, 313, or 315.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The intensive study of the selected works of an early modern author, situated in their cultural context. Reserved for English honors, major, joint major and minor students. This course may be repeated for credit if a different author is taught. Students with credit for ENGL 316 or ENGL 416 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
The Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen: Ben Jonson
This course takes his œuvre in three parts: his poetry (epigrams as well as longer poems); his comedies (e.g. Volpone and The Alchemist), and his masques, particularly those which deal with the ethnic other (e.g. The Masque of Blackness and The Irish Masque). As this is a course on Early Modern English literature, the course relies heavily on documents from the Early English Books Online database, and examines Jonson's works in light of their linguistic and cultural contexts.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
This is a writing course, and it is through research and writing that you will come to know Ben Jonson. Each of the three main units has a project: a social-historical project to help contexutalize the poetry, a reserach paper on the drama, and a research project on the masques.
Grading
- Epigram Presentation 10%
- Epigram Paper (800–1000 words) 15%
- Masque Presentation 15%
- Masque Annotated Bibliography 15%
- Comedy Research Paper Proposal 10%
- Comedy Research Paper (2000–2500 words) 25%
- Participation 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
McDermott, Kristen. Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson (Manchester University Press, 2007)
ISBN: 9780719057540
Harp, Richard. Ben Jonson’s Plays and Masques (Norton Critical, 2001)
ISBN: 9780393976380
Harp, Richard. Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson (Cambridge, 2000)
ISBN: 9780521646789
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.
For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.
Registrar Notes:
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