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3.00 Credits
A close reading of Spenser's The Faerie Queene, along with ancillary texts that were his resources in romance, to explore the reach and subtlety of Spenser's achievements in genres, form, narrative, allegory, and character; his articulations of ethics, gender relations, and theology; and the imaginative spaciousness within which he encompasses both the natural world and the worlds of poetry and philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the surviving Norse and Icelandic literature, both in prose and verse, through the medium of the old Norse language.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the tradition of religious writing in Middle English, beginning with Richard Rolle and ending with the religious controversies of the fifteenth century.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the fascinating variety of early Middle English literature, taking in The Owl and the Nightingale, medieval religious prose for women, Layamon's Brut, romances, lyrics, Reynard the fox, Dame Sirith, and more.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the range of exciting and important work on authorship, the history of the book, and the history of reading. In particular, we will examine current attempts to combine old-fashioned textual and historical scholarship with more recent theoretical paradigms. The syllabus will include writings by Barthes, Chartier, Darnton, De Certeau, Eisenstein, Febvre & Martin, Fish, Foucault, Iser, and McKenzie. Our discussions will be structured around three case studies: Shakespeare's Hamlet, Donne's Anniversaries, and Milton's Areopagitica. However, students will be encouraged to develop research agendas that extend beyond the set texts. Since this class deals with methodological and theoretical issues that have widespread applicability, it is appropriate for students with areas of interest outside early modern England. An in-class presentation and a paper of 20-25 pages will be required.
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3.00 Credits
With evidence available from five conceptual frames, a study of subject formation as it appears in Old English (OE) prose and verse texts.
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3.00 Credits
The Canterbury Tales read in the original Middle English, with the twin goals of obtaining a deepened knowledge of the text-world contained within it along with how applications of contemporary critical practices can be used to produce new insights into the work.
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1.00 Credits
A analysis of four major poems written by Cynewulf: The Fates of the Apostles, Elene, Juliana, and Christ II.
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3.00 Credits
John Milton is a paradoxical figure: a theological writer constantly at odds with religious establishments, a republican political theorist finally mistrustful of the people, an advocate of both patriarchalist and egalitarian understandings of gender, a celebrant of virginity who matured into one of the great singers of erotic love and sexuality. History has treated Milton paradoxically as well. A radical figure, pushed to the margins in his own time, he has come to be seen by many as the voice of establishment authority. In this course we will study the length and breadth of Milton's career, looking for keys to these paradoxes. Perhaps more than any other English author, Milton is present in his works; we will pay close attention his self-representations. We will test the possibility that the dissonances in the early self-representations bear fruit in the creative tensions of the mature poetry. We will pay attention to the high level of control Milton exerts over his texts and his readers, and at the same time we will explore what happens when that control slips. Above all, we will also work toward an appreciation of Milton's aesthetic achievements. We will read widely in Milton's poetry, with special emphasis on the 'Nativity Ode,' A Mask, "Lycidas," Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. We will study also several of his prose works (e.g., The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, Areopagitica, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, and The Readie and Easie Way). While our focus will be on Milton's texts, we will explore some of the central debates of Milton criticism. Students will complete a series of assignments (bibliography, prospectus, etc.) leading up to completion of a substantial research essay.
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3.00 Credits
A close study of the principal Anglo-Latin authors and texts.
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