ENGL 404 - English Prose and Poetry of the Sixteenth Century

3 Credits

(Periodically)
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102 and ENGL 236. This is a course in the literature of Great Britain from the late fifteenth century through the early seventeenth century covering writers such as Skelton, More, Wyatt, Tyndale, Elizabeth I, Spenser, Raleigh, Sidney, Marlowe, and Shakespeare. Topics may include the development of the sonnet, the Bible in English translation, exploration and travel writings, the pastoral, women in power, and revenge tragedy.