ENGL 44206 - Medieval Dream Visions

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

The Dream of the Rood (before ca. 1000) contains an almost psychedelic encounter (or rather a series of encounters, in different dimensions) with the Cross of Christ?s crucifixion; Piers Plowman (late 1370s) presents a detailed and panoramic dramatization of many of the social and political issues of its day, including such problems as the rise of commercialism and the nature of public responsibility for the poor; Chaucer?s Book of the Duchess (after 1386) is apparently an elegant consolation-poem addressed to his patron, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, on the occasion of the death of his wife Blanche; while The Parliament of Fowls (late 1370s or early 1380s), also by Chaucer, presents a subtle and at times comical analysis of the function of love, both in terms of the natural world and of human society.

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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