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Class number:
1011
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Title: Wrtg Women of the Renaissance |
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Department: English |
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Career: Graduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: First Quarter |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
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This section has been cancelled
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Start date: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 |
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End date: Friday, June 30, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: Remote |
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Schedule: TBA |
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Instructor(s): TBA |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
Anne Boleyn. Queen Elizabeth. Mary Queen of Scots. Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. Penelope Rich. Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford. These Renaissance women were important leaders, writers, patrons of the arts. There also exists a rich and long tradition of representing them in history, literature, and film. What does this sustained fascination reveal about the continual process of historical revision, and ultimately about our own cultural preoccupations? This course will examine a range of texts: biographies, early modern texts by and about these figures, and more contemporary representations (in popular histories, plays, and films) of their lives and times. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written before 1700. It is a research-intensive seminar. |