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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Penshurst Place and the Sidney Family of Writers
The online course introduced a family of writers whose poetry, romantic fiction, translations and plays, reshaped the literary landscape of England in the age of Shakespeare. The course explored the Sidney family and their writings which included works from both male and female family members.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Alison Findlay
Professor of Renaissance Drama
Lancaster University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore how aristocratic family networks fostered writing by both men and women in the age of Shakespeare
- Evaluate examples of writings by the Sidney family and their importance as an influence on English literary history
- Investigate a different type of theatre from Shakespeare's age
- Explore how individual writers responded to questions of faith and belief in a time of turbulent religious change
- Investigate how writing shapes the natural environment and the emotions of others both within a family network and beyond.
Syllabus
- An introduction to the Sidney family
- The literary and family relationships between the writers and their family home, Penshurst Place.
- The Sidneys and Romantic Love
- Household drama and its comparison with Shakespearean playhouses
- The Sidneys and Religion
Issued on 22nd September 2020
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