| Unit name | The Reformation, the Bible, and Early Modern Literature |
|---|---|
| Unit code | THRSM0039 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Jo Carruthers |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit introduces students to the cultural impact of the Reformation and the translation of the Bible into the English vernacular through $�literary&� works. Students will explore the new doctrines of salvation that Protestants espoused and their effect on the construction of individual identities. Issues considered will include class, national and gender identities. We will also consider the ways in which the language of the Bible informed such debates and the ways in which writers appropriated biblical texts. The issues will be explored primarily through various literary works including two of the earliest English autobiographies (in Scripture Women ed. Naomi Baker), Marlowe&�s Dr Faustus, Milton&�s Paradise Lost, and the $�Swetnam Controversy&� (a pamphlet debate including a misogynist tract by Joseph Swetnam and defences by Ester Sowernam, Rachel Speght and Constantia Munda).
