THE MONSTROUS AND FABULOUS RENAISSANCE (CL3032)

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This course is bilingual in nature and outlines the historical and literary contexts of the Renaissance from a Franco-centric perspective. Students will study texts by a range of Renaissance authors (including Erasmus, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Louise Labé, Montaigne, Marlowe and Shakespeare) while learning about earlymodern book culture, medicine, cartography, religion, colonization, magic, monsters, witchcraft and plagues. They shall also seek to comprehend how France became dominant in language and literature throughout Europe for centuries to follow.

Code: 
CL3032
Name: 
THE MONSTROUS AND FABULOUS RENAISSANCE
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
FR1200CCF OR FR1200 OR FR1300 OR FR1300CCI OR FR2100 OR FR2100CCI OR FR2200 OR FR2200CCI OR FR2101 OR FR2102
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Biblical stories and Classical mythology essential to understanding Renaissance Europe.
  2. Early-modern (French) linguistics.
  3. Early-modern book culture.
  4. European Renaissance literature and history.
  5. Renaissance philosophy and theology.
  6. The ability to recognize the impact of the all the above upon, and reuse in, the world today.
  7. The elements of Renaissance art.

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