ENGL 321P: Redeeming Eve: Renaissance Women’s Writing

1 unit
Prerequisites: Completion with a 2.0 or better of at least three units in English, including one unit numbered ENGL 220 to ENGL 289; or permission of instructor.
An introduction to Renaissance women’s studies and to literature written by English women in the early modern period (1500-1700). The readings combine literature and nonfiction of the period with modern critical works on women in the Renaissance. Examines the ways in which authorship was defined in the period and the ways such definitions either excluded or restricted female authors. Particular attention is given to larger issues of Renaissance studies such as the status and role of women, the gendering of subjectivity, and the relationship between gender and sexuality. MacInnes