ENGL 310 - Medieval Literature

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 4
Non-Lecture: 0
Medieval Literature concentrates on literature from CE 500-1500, with Old English literature (in translation) and Middle English Literature (some in translation, most in original texts), and Medieval Literature in other languages (in translation). The course presents specifically medieval genres, such as : epic poetry, sermons and chronicles; Middle English debate poetry, devotional poetry, romances (Arthurian and non-Arthurian), frame narratives, mystical writing, and drama. These readings will closely consider aspects of Old English and Middle English grammar and also the intertextual and multilingual nature of Medieval Literature, especially when considered in a global or transnational frameworks, as well as the reception of literature in the modern period.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 203.
Offered: Every even year