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May 04, 2024
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ENGH 251 - The Renaissance: Mapping the Anglo-American Literary Tradition4 credits Through an examination of representative texts from the Renaissance period in Britain, this course explores the dynamic relations among author, reader, theme, form, culture and intertextuality. Major topics include: the emergence of a new kind of self taking on authority and autonomy, the transition to a culture that legitimizes pleasure, the move from coterie and court audiences to a national audience, shifts in media from manuscript to print, the explosion of new voices in the first modern revolution, the breaking of images. Equivalent: CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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