Text Box: 17th Century Literature Professor Scott Manning Stevens TTh 11:00 - 12:20 Reg. No. 201547 Text Box: 314 Text Box: This course will survey a wide variety of seventeenth-century poetry and prose. We will study such major authors of the period as Ben Jonson, John Donne, and George Herbert as well as a number of less familiar Metaphysical and Cavalier poets. Among prose writers we will look at the important development in cultural history and prose styles represented by Francis Bacon, Thomas Browne, John Bunyan and others. All works will be read with attention to their cultural and historic contexts. Issues such as the Protestant Reformation, the English Revolution, gender and sexuality, and the rise of science will be among the topics addressed in the course. The format will be a combination of lecture and discussion. Readings will include both primary texts and secondary critical works. At some point in the semester, students will be asked to write a brief (2-3 pages) response paper on a subject specified by the instructor. There will also be a midterm and final exam and a final 10-page paper This course satisfies an earlier literature requirement. Text Box: Renaissance Literature: The Literary Legacies of Greece and Rome Professor Scott Manning Stevens TTh 12:30 - 1:50 Reg. No. 043476 Text Box: 311 Text Box: This course will survey the major writers of the early modern period with particular attention devoted to the influence of the classical world on English Renaissance literature. We will examine the influence of such ancient Greek authors as Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch on a variety of early modern English poets, prose writers, and dramatists. We will likewise look at the legacy of Latin writers from ancient Rome such as Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Catullus, Plautus, and Livy. Some of the English authors to be read will include More, Hoby, Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Campion, Donne, and Jonson. All classical texts will be read in English translations. There will be a short response paper due early in the semester, weekly quizzes, a midterm, final paper (10-12 pages) and a final exam. This course satisfies an earlier literature requirement. Text Box: Cancelled