| CODE | ENG2095 | ||||||||
| TITLE | English Literature and Music | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | English | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | English Literature and Music I The integration of English Literature with specialized comparative studies in Music. The following will be reviewed: Rhythm as found in nature as the basis of speech, song, etc. Poetry of the Middle Ages (Beowulf). Plainsong, Tropes, the Lais (Lay). Influence of Troubadour Music and poetry on Minstrelsy in England. The pioneering work of Ruteboeuf leading to the first important examples of the clear separation of music and word. Italian influences on English Literature and Music (Boccacio and the poets of the “dolce stil nuovo”, the madrigals of Landini) Chaucer (Troilus, Parliament of Fowles and The Canterbury Tales). 15th Century England starts to take the lead (Dunstable). The carol. The Franciscan influence (contrafacta). The Elizabethan Madrigal. The dramatic function of song in Shakespearean Tragedy. English Literature and Music II The Globe Theatre (1598-1599). The Masque (Milton, Lawes). Metaphysics – John Donne; the ethical madrigal. Richard Lovelace (composer/poet). Satire (Pope, Fielding, Defoe and John Gay with his Beggar’s Opera”. The Enlightenment – the age of the Dictionary in both the literary and musical fields. The Dawn of Romanticism – Wordsworth, Coleridge and John Field. Robert Burns and the Scottish Ballad. The Burletta, Ballet. Sir Walter Scott in the line of Burns. Musical criticism (Newman, Shaw, Lambert). Influence of English Literature on “native” composers. Influence of English Literature on “foreign” composers. Reading List: English Literature and Music I Bibliography Economou, G. ed. Proensa: an Anthology of Troubadour Poetry Topsfield, L.T., Troubadour and Love Lindsay, J., The Troubadour and their World of the 12th & 13th Centuries Cosign, P.J., Notes on Beowulf Earle, J. ed., The deeds of Beowulf: an English epic of the 8th Century done in modern Prose McGlee, T.J., Mediaeval and Renaissance Music Douglas, W., Church Music in History and Practice Beck, J.B., La Musique des Troubadours Thrasy Bulos, G., The Rise of Western Music as exemplified in the settings of the Mass Cooper, H., The Oxford Guide to the Canterbury Tales Godden, M. & Lapridge, M.ed The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature Kane, G., Chaucer to Langland Stevens, J., Words and Music in the Middle Ages Mellers, W., Harmonious Meeting Chapman, P., The Treatment of Sounds in Language and Literature Wright, H.B., Boccaccio in England English Literature and Music II Bibliography Noble, R., Shakespeare’s Use of Song Rogers, P., Literature & Popular Culture in 18th Century England Seng, P.J., The Vocal Songs in the Plays of Shakespeare Hammond, G., The Metaphysical Poets Hutton, R., Cardinal Newman Purkis, J., The World of the English Romantic Poets Machlis, J., The Enjoyment of Music Ward, A.W. & Waller, A.R. Cambridge History of English Literature Chapman, P., The Treatment of Sounds in Language and Literature Hobsbawm, E.J., The Age of Revolution 1789-1848 Briggs, A., ed., The 19th Century Abrams, M.H., The Mirror and the Lamp Clark, K., The Romantic Rebellion Honour, H., Romanticism Bigsby, C.W.E., ed. Approaches to Popular Culture Hall, S. & Whanner, P., The Popular Arts Bedient, C., Eight Contemporary Poets Schmidt, M., ed, British Poetry since 1960: A Critical Survey |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maria Frendo |
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