Writing Women C.1400-1600 (VS1) (U02965)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : LLC-3-U02059

This course will introduce students to writing by and about women in the medieval and renaissance periods. The writers studied will include Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Mary Sidney, Elizabeth Cary, Aemilia Lanyer and Lady Mary Wroth. These writers span the period c. 1400-1600 and the texts they produced include prayers, poetry, drama and autobiography. The material these writers produced was primarily related to their religious beliefs, consequently a familiarity with the Bible would be an advantage to students taking this course. However, some women writers also produced rather more 'secular' texts during this period and, as an example of this, we will pay special attention to Lady Mary Wroth's romance, The Countesse of Montgomerie's Urania.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02059

? Special Arrangements for Entry : Students require the approval of EITHER the Visiting Undergraduate Admissions Office OR the head of English Literature before enrolling.

? Costs : Essential Course Texts

Subject Areas

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course will learn how to engage with the cultural analysis of specific literary texts written by women in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They will learn how contemporary definitions of women's roles provide a context for understanding the production of these texts. Students will be able to analyse the literary techniques employed by these writers, and to assess the influence of their social position and religious beliefs upon the form or kind of works they produced.