| Call Number | 00536 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
R 4:10pm-6:00pm 406 Barnard Hall |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Atefeh Akbari Shahmirzadi |
| Type | COLLOQUIA |
| Course Description | Prerequisites: Enrollment limited to Barnard English majors. In the Renaissance colloquium we will examine English and European imaginative and intellectual life from the sixteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries. Defined by humanism, the Protestant Reformation, and revolution, this was a period of ideological struggle on many levels. Long-held ways of ordering the world came under increasing strain-and sometimes ruptured irreparably. Writers discussed and debated the aims of human knowledge, retooled old literary forms for new purposes, scrambled to take account of an expanded awareness of the globe, and probed the tension between belief and doubt. Throughout this process, they experimented with new literary styles to express their rapidly changing worldviews. This is an intensive course in which we will take multiple approaches to a variety of authors that may include Petrarch, Erasmus, Machiavelli, Castiglione, More, Rabelais, Luther, Calvin, Montaigne, Spenser, Bacon, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Milton, and Behn, among others. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | English @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 13 students (14 max) as of 9:14PM Wednesday, November 20, 2024 |
| Subject | English |
| Number | BC3159 |
| Section | 003 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20243ENGL3159X003 |