2009 Course Handbook
ENGL267: Medieval Literature: Community, Identity, Gender, 1350-1550
This unit introduces students to a broad variety of texts from the medieval period through three interlinked four-week modules focused on the themes of politics, religion, and sexuality. The first block will read Chaucer's The Wife of Bath, alongside The Book of Margery Kempe, the second places Robin Hood ballads next to medieval drama such as Everyman, and the third will involve a more detailed analysis of Gawain and the Green Knight. Students will develop an ability to read prose, poetry and drama texts in Middle English and to study them in their historical and political contexts, making comparisons with assumptions in our own times about identity and character. In analysing these medieval texts we shall also ask how we connect the present to the past, and what we can learn from that for the future.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: | 2010 - offered in 2010 |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Marea Mitchell |
| Prerequisites: | ENGL120 or (ENGL130 and ENGL145) |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
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Department of English |