Lit 605 H 625 H Renaissance Literature Honors

This course is the first part of a two-year Renaissance Literature (6th and 7th grades) course. The students will read 35 classic Renaissance works of literature during this 3-trimester period (71 for the entire 2-year course). Students will come away from this course with a foundation in the development and impact of literature on culture and society of the Renaissance Era. Memorization and writing will convince the students of the beauty and difficulty of literature of this time. Lectures will guide and inform the student in the development and personalities present, and movies will illustrate and reinforce their new found information. Their understanding of its history and development will be heightened, and they will also be able to put the works in historical and cultural context.