ENG 223 - Medieval European Women s Literature

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University at Buffalo

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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Explores the medieval literature of women from the third to the sixteenth century. Includes love poetry, letters, dramas, theological tractates, biographies, mystical visions, travelogues, romantic fables, and scientific treatises. Redirects critical attention away from the almost exclusively male canon of medieval texts and toward texts written by women so that some insight may be gained into problems of literary reception and production on the part of women, of the role of women in society, and their informing activities in religious movements.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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