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EN5308 Learned Culture: Rhetoric, Politics and Identity

Academic year(s): 2024-2025

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: To be arranged

This module investigates the learned culture of Renaissance England, with a particular focus on the teaching of rhetoric in the grammar school classroom and its relevance to the literary production of the period. Topics covered may include: figures of speech; rhetoric and gender; the controversial plot; counsel and polemic; and the politics of Renaissance humanism.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 2 hour seminar (x 9 weeks)

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 100% coursework

Re-assessment: 100% coursework

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr M C Augustine
Module teaching staff: Team taught