1.9. Requisitos mínimos de asistencia a las sesiones presenciales / Minimum attendance requirement:

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1 EN Asignatura: DEL RENACIMIENTO AL BARROCO EN LA LITERATURA ASIGNATURA / COURSE TITLE DEL RENACIMIENTO AL BARROCO EN LA LITERATURA INGLESA/ ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE BAROQUE PERIOD Código / Course number Materia / Content area Literatura inglesa medieval, renacentista y barroca / Medieval,Renaissance and Baroque English Literature 1.3. Tipo / Course type Obligatoria / Compulsory subject 1.4. Nivel / Course level Grado / Bachelor (first cycle) 1.5. Curso / Year 3º / 3rd 1.6. Semestre / Semester 2º / 2nd 1.7. Número de crditos / Credit allotment 6 crditos ECTS / 6 ECTS credits 1.8. Requisitos previos / Prerequisites Students are expected to write academic essays on the texts in the programme Requisitos mínimos de asistencia a las sesiones presenciales / Minimum attendance requirement: 60% OF THE SESSIONS 1 de 6

2 1.10. Datos del equipo docente / Faculty data Nombre y apellidos: Robert K. Shepherd(Coordinador asignatura) Departamento de Filología Inglesa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Despacho: 202 Módulo IV bis Telfono: Correo electrónico: robert.shepherd@uam.es Nombre y apellidos: Esteban Pujals Gesali Departamento de Filología Inglesa/ Department of English Facultad de Filosofía y Letras / School of Arts Despacho 309 Módulo VI bis Telfono / Phone: Correo electrónico / esteban.pujals@uam.es Objetivos del curso / Course objectives G1 To have a good command of English, attaining level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in different written and spoken registers. G4 To know and understand the basic principles of the disciplines within what is known as English Studies: the study of the English language and the G5 Be able to understand, produce, analyse and interpret critically both spoken and written texts of different registers, in both English and Spanish. G6 Know how to reflect critically and arrive at conclusions based on empirical evidence and logical argumentation. G7 Be able to plan and produce oral presentations, academic essays and literary, linguistic and cultural projects G8 Know how to find, assimilate and interpret written, spoken and electronic information, and know how to use appropriate bibliographical conventions to cite such sources. G11 Be receptive to exchanging ideas and perspectives, expressed with wellsupported and consistent opinions G12 Gradually work towards attaining learner autonomy, bearing in mind the need for a proactive approach to learning. G13 Develop a responsible approach to cooperative work environments. 2 de 6

3 E4 E6 Learn about the main theoretical and methodological approaches study of language and literature, both from a historical and a synchronic perspective. Learn the instruments, metalanguage and methodology for the description and analysis of the main characteristics of the English language and of literature in English. E7 Become aware of the complex nature of language and literature and their relation with other disciplines and fields of knowledge, as well as of the ways in which social and cultural contexts have an influence on the nature of language and meaning. E8 Become aware of the formation of European intellectual networks, the transmission and reception of cultural and artistic phenomena, and the specific position of English culture E9 Know the most relevant characteristics of each literary movement, as well as the characteristics and evolution of each of the literary genres and subgenres, along with their historical and cultural context E12 To recognise and appropriately value the expressive and aesthetic resources of literary phenomena E14 To be able to carry out literary and linguistic analysis of a variety of texts in English, using the appropriate terminology and tools, and within the theoretical frameworks studied. E17 To develop the ability to read attentively and to perfom text analyses through the understanding of historical and social contexts, and to develop awareness of the historical meaning of Literature E18 To know how to connect knowledge learned about the language, literature and culture of English-speaking countries E19 To be able to distinguish among original research, public understanding of science, dissemination of knowledge, textbook writing, book reviews and essays/assignments E20 To demonstrate an analytical/critical attitude towards Literature and the linguistic phenomena in English language, and to critically position oneself regarding the different theories and the different approaches to a same problem E22 To show curiosity for the different areas of English-speaking countries' language, literature and culture, and their relation with knowledge from various disciplines. 3 de 6

4 T1 To acquire a wide range of cultural and socio-political references with the aim of developing a critical attitude towards one's environment. T2 To know the principles and the development of the scientific method and of academic procedures, and to assimilate their ethical principles in terms of sources and authorship T3 To develop the ability to appreciate and to evaluate in a critical way one's own culture and the culture and customs of countries different from one's own. T4 To be able to work collaboratively in tasks of collective negotiation and to participate constructively in a debate T5 To reflect on one's own learning process and know how to evaluate it. T6 To plan one's own work and to manage time effectively. T8 To acquire a critical attitude and an ethical commitment in the acquisition and management of knowledge. T10 To understand that literary and linguistic concepts are not exact and inflexible Contenidos del programa / Course contents 1)Introduction: From Tudor to Stuart: Problems inherited from Elizabeth: the succession, the monarch versus parliament. High and Low Church/ The Civil War and its aftermath. The tragedy of State. The Restoration. Text: Macbeth ( Cambridge) 2) Metaphysical Poetry; Nature of the metaphysical conceit/ New and radical forms of imagery-the poet, nature and science/the politicization of the metaphysical mode-the Sons of Ben and Marvell s literary trajectory. Texts: ;Johnson, Drink to me only Donne, The Flea, A Valediction; Forbidding Mourning, Holy Sonnets 7, 10, 14, ; Herbert, Easter Wings; Lovelace, The Grasshopper; Marvell, To His Coy Mistress, The Coronet, An Horatian Ode. 3) Religious and political tolerance and intolerance after the Civil War; Religious epic. Texts: : Milton- Paradise Lost, Book 1 4)Jacobean society and the narrowing of the tragic vision. The problem play. Personal and political corruption. The genesis of empire building and its reflection in early Jacobean drama. Texts: Shakespeare-The Tempest(Cambridge) 5)The Age of Reason; satire on deviation from the civilized norm of behavior; The moral essay. Newspapers and journals. Satirical verse and prose from the late Stuarts to the early Hanoverians. Empire building and its reflection in the early novel. Texts 4 de 6

5 : Rochester- The Disabled Debauchee. Defoe- Robinson Crusoe; Addison & Steele- Extracts from the Tattler and Spectator Referencias de consulta / Course bibliography: Corns, T.N. The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry: Donne to Marvell, Cambridge U.P Corns, T.N. A Companion to Milton, Oxford: Blackwell, Elledge, S. (ed.) Paradise Lost: The Norton Critical Edition, Norton, Loewenstein, D. and Mueller, J. The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature, Cambridge U.P Norbrook, D. Writing the English Republic. Poetry, Rhetoric and Politics , Cambridge U.P Parry, G. The Seventeenth Century. The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature , Longman, Sambrook, J. The Eighteenth Century. The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature , London: Longman, 1985; Womersley, D.A. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, Oxford: Blackwell, Mtodos docentes / Teaching methodology Theoretical sessions: Lectures on the texts and programme. Practical sessions: Oral presentations and written assignments on texts in the programme. Seminars on concrete aspects on the texts in the programme. 3. Tiempo de trabajo del estudiante / Student workload Clases teóricas Clases prácticas Presencial Tutorías programadas a lo largo del semestre Seminarios Realización del examen final Realización de actividades prácticas No Estudio semanal (3.5 X 14 semanas) presencial Preparación del examen Carga total de horas de trabajo: 25 horas x 6 ECTS Nº de horas 42 h 2 h 4 h 2 h 21 h 49 h 30 h 150 h Porcentaje 33% = 50 horas 67%= de 6

6 4. Mtodos de evaluación y porcentaje en la calificación final / Evaluation procedures and weight of components in the final grade Componentes y porcentajes de la evaluación final (ordinaria y extraordinaria). Evaluation components and percentages of final grade (both ordinary and extra evaluation) Convocatoria ordinaria / ordinary evaluation: Examen final/final exam: 70% Evaluación continua/ Continuous assessment: 30% (reading, seminars and oral and written assignments) Convocatoria extraordinaria Examen final/ Final exam: 70% (Se sumará la nota del 30% correspondiente a la evaluación continua del curso). (The 30% continuous assessment grade will be added to the exam result) 5. Cronograma / Course calendar Semana Week Contenido Contents Horas presenciales Contact hours Horas no presenciales Independent study time 1 Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit Unit EXÁMENES DEL GRADO 2 16 EXÁMENES DEL GRADO LAS TUTORÍAS (2h) Y SEMINARIOS (4h), SE ANUNCIARÁN AL PRINCIPIO DEL CURSO 6 de 6