Postgraduate Course: Church, Court and City: Writing London and Edinburgh 1480-1560 (ENLI11103)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will look at the various ways in which the three principal institutions of late-medieval and early-modern political and cultural life are represented in the vibrant literature of the period. Drawing examples from both Scottish and English writing, we will focus on a broad range of literary forms and genres, from the literature of praise and eulogy, through courtly interludes, advice poems and mirrors for princes to scabrous satire, polemic and invective.
We will read the major literary texts of the period alongside selected historical source materials, to provide what we hope will be a lively and engaging introduction to this fascinating, turbulent period in both English and Scottish history, suggesting how the literature of period both reflected and contributed to that turbulence. Among the authors focused on will be Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Sir David Lyndsay, John Skelton, John Heywood, Sir Thomas More, Anne Askew and John Bale.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
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Learning Outcomes
- an understanding of how literary and cultural works document the complex and changing relationships between the various elements of late medieval and early-modern society in England and Scotland.
- an understanding of both the similarities and the differences between English and Scottish traditions and experience in this period.
- An understanding of the variety of literary and non-literary modes and genres in which cultural issues were articulated and explored in this period.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Carpenter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3608
Email: Sarah.Carpenter@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114
Email: linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk |
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