ENG 4110 - Medieval Literature

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

English

Description:

3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys the literary production in Europe and the Middle East from the advent of Christianity to the fall of Byzantium, covering approximately a thousand years of linguistic evolution. Students are invited to explore medieval quests in their various manifestations-amorous, heroic, religious, communal, and political-in order to understand medieval people's relationship to God, society, and the foreign. Representative works might include The Alexander Romance, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir John Mandeville's Book of Travels, Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Boccaccio's Decameron. Prerequisite: ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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