The Global Renaissance

ENGL31291 The Global Renaissance 20 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 3 Lubaaba Al-Azami Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">This module will introduce students to the richly transcultural and transformative global world of the Renaissance. Building on the foundations of the second year module, here we will explore England’s engagements with the wider world through this remarkable period, embarking on a voyage across the ‘Old Worlds’ of the Mediterranean Basin and Asia, to the New Worlds of the Americas. We will approach these encounters through key theoretical frameworks to enrich and advance thinking about the global Renaissance. Literary texts covered will range from drama to travel literature and religious tracts, to establish how England’s literary imagination was a crucible in which the nation negotiated the world. Importantly, we will consider these engagements as dynamic conversations, examining English representations of the ‘Other’ in a range of texts alongside selected texts in translation from India, Persia and North Africa.</div> <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">The unit aims to: - introduce students to key texts and themes from the Renaissance;- introduce students to a range of genres including drama, travel writing and memoirs;- analyse the ways in which the Renaissance was a period of global interactions and exchange which emerged in the literature of the period;-  to consider issues like gender and race as they affect the literature and culture of the  Renaissance;- to engage with selected critical writings pertinent to themes covered, including transculturality and race;- to develop skills of critical thought, speech, and writing through engagement with primary and secondary materials, oral presentations and written assessments and;- to develop teamwork skills through engagement in group presentations.</div> <figure class="table"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="99%"><tbody><tr style="height:17.45pt;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;height:17.45pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">understand a range of texts from the English Renaissance as well as related secondary materials</td></tr><tr style="height:17.15pt;mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;height:17.15pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">discuss Renaissance texts in detail in relation to their global transcultural and historical contexts as well as in relation to current critical and theoretical debates </td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <figure class="table"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="99%"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">critically engage with a range of texts from the English Renaissance as well as related secondary materials </td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">put forward independent ideas in written and/or oral format and engage in group discussions </td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <figure class="table"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="99%"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">identify and locate relevant primary and secondary material </td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">develop the dexterity to produce written work suited to both academic and broader settings </td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">produce and deliver a coherent oral and visual presentation making use of PowerPoint</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <figure class="table"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="99%"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">present a coherent written and/or oral argument complete with digital/visual aids</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">put forward independent ideas in group discussions and in oral presentations</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:304.75pt;" width="406">introduce unfamiliar material to a wider audience</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> Analytical skills Oral communication Written communication 0 Other 30% 2 Written assignment (inc essay) 70% <figure class="table"><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-table-layout-alt:fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;"><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:99.25pt;" width="132">Peer feedback within seminar one week prior to submission.Written feedback from instructor two weeks after submission.Written feedback three weeks following submission.In person feedback during office hours or by appointment. </td></tr></tbody></table></figure> N <div style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-element:para-border-div;padding:1.0pt 6.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;">William Shakespeare, Antony and CleopatraChristopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the GreatBen Jonson, The Masque of BlacknessThomas Middleton, The Triumphs of Honour and IndustryAlexander Ross, The Alcoran of MahometGeorge Wilkins, John Day and William Rowley, The Travels of the Three English BrothersDon Juan, Las Relaciones de Don Juan de PersiaGulbadan Begam, Humayunnama</div> Lectures 11 Seminars 22 0 167