Reading the Early Modern Body
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4393 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4393
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod invites students to consider a variety of texts, well-known and otherwise, from the perspective of the early modern body. Using images and performance alongside literary and epistolary texts, it introduces students to a variety of early modern approaches to the body, from Galenic and humoral theory to colonialism, early modern understandings of gender and sexuality, and the growth of anatomy as a discipline. It takes a variety of theoretical approaches, including queer theory, historiography, and post-colonial analysis, and considers the literary and cultural significance of bodily practices around food, clothing, and sexuality.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Drama and Performance, and English Literature. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Critically discuss and analyse how the body is represented in early modern literary and cultural texts.
Perform close analysis of literary and cultural texts, explaining how features such as structure, imagery, language and metaphor are related to early modern concepts of the body.
Develop a comparative and nuanced understanding of the meanings, concepts, and experiences of embodiment in an early modern context.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).