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EN228: Seventeenth Century Literature and Culture: Week One

Alice Eardley: a.eardley@warwick.ac.uk
Office hour: Thursday 4.00-5.00 H528

Course website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/modules/fulllist/second/en228/

Aims of the Course
1. To end up with a real understanding of why people wrote in the seventeenth century, and who read their work
2. To acquire knowledge of seventeenth-century writing, both canonical and non-canonical
3. To develop skill in reading the particular genres and codes of seventeenth-century writing
4. To enjoy reading seventeenth-century writing no-one else has read.

Assessment
Two essays of 2,500 words and a two-hour examination. There is also a required unassessed essay due in Term 1, week 7.

Preparation for seminars
Every Thursday evening/Friday morning I will send out an email detailing the work that needs to be done for the following week’s seminar. This will include information about where to find the text and a series of issues/questions for you to think about while you’re reading.

Presentations
Starting after Reading Week I will be asking each of you to give a presentation on a chapter or article of criticism related to that week’s reading. The week before it is your turn to present, I will send you an email with a list of articles from which you will be asked to select one. Presentations need not be more than five or ten minutes long.

NB: If you read one critical study this year, make it: Jason Scott-Warren, Early Modern English Literature (Cambridge: Polity, 2005)

Any questions: EMAIL ME!

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