LIT 378 - Medieval Literature And Culture

Institution:

Marylhurst University

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Description:

The literature of the medieval period is extraordinarily diverse. Course topics may include topics such as Arthurian Romance, Tolkien and his sources, Chaucer and the Politics of English, and Imagining East. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4, HCD5. A Period Studies course. This course meets WID (Writing in the Discipline) outcome. 3 crs. Recent examples of courses offered in this area are the following: IMAGINING EAST. Violence and fascination between East and West reaches back to the Middle Ages, including the conflict of the Crusaders and silk road travelers such as Marco Polo. Students will read, in modern translation, European and Islamic literature to explore ways in which the Other can be represented or imaginatively contained. Students will also study early maps as both geographic and cultural narratives. A Period Studies course. 3 crs. CHAUCER. The reader falls asleep with a book and "awakens"to a dreamscape of "old books" and new visions; pilgrims set forthtoward Canterbury to spin tales of wicked humor and love gone bad. Chaucer's dream vision poems and Canterbury Tales have influenced generations of writers and form the heart of historical English literary studies. Chaucer's work is lyrical, bawdy, soulful-he is the master of English verse. This course studies Chaucer's pivotal place in the re-establishment of English as a vehicle for English national identity. The course also considers how a language "lives" in relation to politics and culture, includingcontemporary English. 3 crs.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.marylhurst.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 636-8141

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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