ENGL 412

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Topics in Medieval Brit Lit

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced topics course exploring the literatures of medieval Britain, especially Old and/or Middle English but with some attention to Celtic, French, Latin, and Norse texts in translation.

Same as CWL 417 and MDVL 410. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary. Graduate students may repeat if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 412 class schedule data for fall 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61187	Lecture-Discussion	1G	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	104 English Building	Barrett, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Nature & the Non-Human Section Info: Topic Section 1G: Nature and the Non-Human in Medieval England The natural landscapes of medieval English literature are filled with human and non-human agents: knights errant, intersex deer, half-giants, city mice, snake ladies, talking crosses, and so on. In this course, we?ll explore the interactions between these diverse beings, paying particular attention to their violations of the so-called line between human and non-human. Nature itself, frequently personified as a woman, will be an object of study, as will the ecologies our characters traverse and modify in the course of their adventures. Among the texts we?ll read in Modern English translation are the Exeter Book riddles of Anglo-Saxon England (in which talking objects recount their histories and ask you to guess their true identities), the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (in which Sir Gawain finds himself the object of an all-too deadly hunt), the exotic Travels of Sir John Mandeville (in which diamonds have sex and give birth to baby diamonds), Chaucer?s Parliament of Fowls (in which the goddess Nature serves as relationship counselor for a quartet of eagles), and The Owl and the Nightingale (in which the two birds debate their relative superiority). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	61186	Lecture-Discussion	1U	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	104 English Building	Barrett, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Nature & the Non-Human Section Info: Topic Section 1U: Nature and the Non-Human in Medieval England The natural landscapes of medieval English literature are filled with human and non-human agents: knights errant, intersex deer, half-giants, city mice, snake ladies, talking crosses, and so on. In this course, we?ll explore the interactions between these diverse beings, paying particular attention to their violations of the so-called line between human and non-human. Nature itself, frequently personified as a woman, will be an object of study, as will the ecologies our characters traverse and modify in the course of their adventures. Among the texts we?ll read in Modern English translation are the Exeter Book riddles of Anglo-Saxon England (in which talking objects recount their histories and ask you to guess their true identities), the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (in which Sir Gawain finds himself the object of an all-too deadly hunt), the exotic Travels of Sir John Mandeville (in which diamonds have sex and give birth to baby diamonds), Chaucer?s Parliament of Fowls (in which the goddess Nature serves as relationship counselor for a quartet of eagles), and The Owl and the Nightingale (in which the two birds debate their relative superiority). Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.