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Apr 25, 2024
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EGL 210 - British Literature: Seventeenth-Century LiteratureCourse Units: 1 (Not Offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) This course will look at seventeenth-century literature and culture through the idea of revenge, which became a dominant form in an age of turmoil, injury, and change. We will begin with the early revenge plays of Shakespeare, Tourneur, Marston, Ford, and Webster, proceed through the cosmic revenge of Satan in Paradise Lost, and end with the ironic revenge exacted on moral goodness by the Restoration poets, playwrights, and philosophers. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL, HUM
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