EN4352
The Social Network: Literary Communities in Seventeenth-Century England
2023-2024
30
15
SCQF level 10
1
Academic year(s): 2023-2024
SCOTCAT credits : 30
ECTS credits : 15
Level : SCQF level 10
Semester: 1
Availability restrictions: Not automatically available to General Degree students
Planned timetable:
This module introduces students to an exciting range of texts from the seventeenth century with an emphasis on the social networks within which seventeenth-century English literature was written and read. Those networks are loosely defined in terms of patronage, coteries, and politics. Authors to be studied may include John Donne, Ben Jonson, Aemilia Lanyer, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Lord Rochester, Aphra Behn, and John Bunyan. We will read works in verse and prose. (Group B)
Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass EN2003 and pass EN2004
Weekly contact: 1 seminar (X10 weeks)
Scheduled learning hours: 20
Guided independent study hours: 280
As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 50%, Written Examination = 50%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 0%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 100%
Re-assessment: exam = 100%
Module coordinator: Dr M C Augustine
Module teaching staff: Dr Matthew Augustine
Module coordinator email mca3@st-andrews.ac.uk