EARLY MODERN LITERATURE.

Catalog description

Investigates Western European literature and culture of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. May focus on Petrarchan and anti-Petrarchan, Platonic and anti-Platonic poetry and essays; meditative poetry; epic poetry; drama by Shakespeare or his contemporaries; manuscript or coterie writing; women's writing; early scientific writing; or the relationship between literature and the arts. Prerequisite: English majors must have earned a C or better in ENGL 3350 and in one literature survey course ( ENGL 3340 , ENGL 3341 , ENGL 3351 , ENGL 3352 , ENGL 3361 , or ENGL 3362 ). Non-majors must have earned a C or better in 3 hours of sophomore literature ( ENGL 2303 , ENGL 2309 , ENGL 2319 , ENGL 2329 ).