BAC 203
T, Th: 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Prof. Richard Cunningham
Office: BAC 431
Office Hours: T,Th,F 11:30 - 12:30, and by appt.
Acknowledgement of Traditional Territory:
We are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaq peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.
Our goal in this course is to gain some exposure to literature written in English in the sixteenth century: the century during which Henry VIII reigned and died, after having founded the Anglican Church and executed, among others, Sir Thomas More. It is the century during which Elizabeth I was born and ascended the throne. It is the century during which the Petrarchan form rose to prominence in English poetry. It is the century of Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare, to name only the most famous of the literary and philophical greats of the period. I would be remiss not to acknowledge that the foregoing list is distressingly male-centred. Our anthology will make it possible for us to read some work written by sixteenth-century English women, too, but in truth as this course unfolds we will spend more time on the works of male than of female authors.
The course text is very much REQUIRED. You will be expected to have your copy with you and open in front of you in every class. A sizable percentage of your grade for the course is based on your daily participation, which will include you reading from the text when called on to do so.
The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-century Poetry and Prose. Eds. Loughlin, Marie H., Sandra Bell, and Patricia Brace. Broadview Press, 2012.
If you are a student with documentation for accommodations who anticipates needing supports or accommodations, please contact Marissa McIsaac, Accessibility Resource Facilitator at 902-585-1520, disability.access@acadiau.ca or Emily Duffett, Accessibility Officer, 902-585-1823, disability.access@acadiau.ca. Accessible Learning Services is located in Rhodes Hall, rooms 111-115.
How to Use MLA format
Middle English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary [This will only work on campus or through the Acadia VPN.]
Dictionary of National Biography. Vaughan Memorial Library Reference Collection DA28 .D45
Early English Books Online
Dictionary of National Biography
