2019-2020 Graduate Catalog

ENGL 10520 Studies in Early British Literature

A study of genres, figures, and/or issues from British literature of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Specific subject matter and emphasis of course will change each semester. Possible topics include Middle English Literature, which would include Medieval writers such as Chaucer, Margery Kempe, and Sir Thomas Malory; Renaissance Drama, examining the works of authors such as Christopher Marlowe, Elizabeth Cary, and Shakespeare; or intensive focus on the works of a specific writer such as the Pearl Poet, Edmund Spenser, or John Milton. Students may repeat the course with a change in topic.

Credits

3