The English Renaissance

To have successfully followed the courses of English literature in the Bachelor programme, and to show a strong interest in this area of research. Writing a master's dissertation on a topic of the seminar is not a condition for registering.

The content of the seminar depends on the research carried out in the unit and the master dissertations undertaken by the students; it thus changes every year.

To give the students a chance to participate in a collective research project and pursue their own research project within this methodological framework, possibly in connection with the writing of their master's dissertation and other research activities.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

• Continuous assessment of each student's participation in the seminar.
• Oral exam.
• The writing of a paper is optional.

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This year, the seminar will have as its overall topic "The Shock of the Modern: Themes and Images in English Literature of the Renaissance." The major transition from a more traditional society based on religion to a more secular society will be considered on the basis of texts by Thomas More (Utopia), William Tyndale, The King James Bible, John Donne et Hilary Mantel (her historical novel Wolf Hall).

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One-day visit to the Plantin Moretus Museum, Antwerp.