RELIGIOUS STUDIES 330 - Male Heroism in the Middle Ages

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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The emphasis of this course will be on "masculinities" as opposed to "masculinity." The selected texts depict medieval male heroes and their behaviors in a number of circumstances or environments going from the battlefield to the cell, from the woods to the bedroom. We will observe men as they construct their identities in institutions, epic, empire, as warriors, friends, lovers, husbands, outlaws.We will explore the synchronic and diachronic diversity with which medieval cultures constructed such images of maleness and we will examine the ideologies behind these images. The texts include epics, such as Beowulf, The Song of Roland, and Old French and Middle English romances such as Ami and Amile, Yvain, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and A Little Gest of Robin Hood among other

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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