Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
5425603 Early Modern Literature 3.0 3
Description This course introduces students to central thematic and cultural ideas in the major texts of the early modern period, from Chaucer to Shakespeare and Milton. Read closely by the major writers of later periods, these works are the foundation of modern English literature and western thought. They also provide essential background knowledge for any graduate study of western culture, literature, or history of ideas.