ENG 340 - Freedom in Renaissance Lit

In this course, we will explore the original purpose of a liberal arts education: to develop practices of freedom. We will consider what it means to be free and examine the roles of language, narrative, and fiction in achieving freedom. Throughout the semester, we will read depictions of freedom, liberation, and revolution in Renaissance literature. Along the way, we will also study more recent theories by Adrienne Rich, bell hooks, Maggie Nelson, and others to better understand the relevance of Renaissance humanism and the liberal arts to the struggle for freedom today.

Satisfies a requirement in the Global Literary Theory major and interdisciplinary minor.

Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric requirement