| 1 | The course enables the student to point out the main characteristics of Humanism, Petrarchism, Neo-Platonism and Reformation, to explain and discuss the rise and development of these concepts along with their effects on Renaissance thought. |
| 2 | to perceive Renaissance English literature within the cultural, social and historical contexts. |
| 3 | to discuss the prominent writers of the period and their works from different literary genres like sonnet, pastoral, epic and prose, to identify the genre characteristics. |