Community Teaching in Kenilworth, 2013-14
The European Renaissance
This course on the European Renaissance course is being offered (not for credit) by members of the University of 糖心TV on Friday evenings (7:00-9:00pm) in the Parochial Hall of St Nicholas Church, 28 High Street, Kenilworth CV8 1LZ. http://www.stnicholaskenilworth.org.uk/church-halls/parochial-hall/. The course, led by Dr David Lines of the Italian Department, will run in two segments of 9 weeks each, starting on 4 October 2013 and 10 January 2014 respectively. There is parking available on the High Street or at the Abbey Fields nearby (2hrs free or 50p for all evening). For further information contact Jayne Brown (renaissance@warwick.ac.uk).
The course outline is as follows:
Section 1 (9 weeks, autumn)
Week 1 (4 Oct) Introduction + Luther - Dr ()
Week 2 (11 Oct) Erasmus - Dr David Lines (Erasmus Reading)
Week 3 (18 Oct) Thomas More - Dr (Reading)
Week 4 (25 Oct) The Catholic Reformation - Dr David Lines (Reading)
Week 6 (8 Nov) Violence in the French Religious Wars - Dr (Reading 1)
Week 9 (29 Nov) Renaissance books: manuscripts and printing - (Reading)
Section 2 (9 weeks, winter)
Week 1 (10 Jan) Introduction + Epic poetry: from Ariosto to Milton - Dr David Lines (Reading)
Week 2 (17 Jan) Autobiographical writing: Montaigne - Dr Sara Miglietti (Reading 1, Reading 2, )
Week 3 (24 Jan) The free people of Gersau: Politics and Religion in a Swiss Village Republic - Professor (, Reading 2 Gersau Sources)
Week 4 (31 Jan) Travel Writing and Renaissance views of Islam - Dr (Reading 1, )
Week 5 (7 Feb) Venetian art - Dr Giorgio Tagliaferro (Reading)
Week 6 (14 Feb) Art in Germany - Dr ()
Week 7 (21 Feb) Shakespeare and the languages of emotion - Dr ()
Week 8 (28 Feb) Shakespeare and festivals - Dr ()
Week 9 (7 March) Language, grammar and the new world - Professor (Reading , , , , , ) Readings 5 & 6 are very lengthy, so only meant for viewing online, not printing.