ENGL 90121 - Ricardian Poetry in England and Anglo-Ireland

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course will examine Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower, Thomas Usk, Thomas Hoccleve, James Yonge, and other writers who found their initial and most sophisticated audiences in the court and civil service in London and in Dublin. Topics to be discussed will include 'self-fashioning', authorial representation, political dissent, colonialism, and the role of women in the rise of a 'national' literature. We will look at various traditional Historicist approaches to the study of reading circles, Medieval Literary Theory, and newer methodologies including manuscript study and the cultural history of the book.

Credits:

3.00

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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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