MDVL 201

Fall 2013

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Medieval Lit and Culture
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as CWL 253 and ENGL 202. See ENGL 202.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western
Humanities – Lit & Arts
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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
33892
Lecture-Discussion
P
11:00AM -12:15PM
TR
221 Gregory Hall
Camargo, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/26/13-12/11/13
Degree Notes:
Literature and the Arts, and Western Compartv Cult course.
Section Info:
Medieval Chivalry, East and West: Chivalry, a set of ideals that was supposed to guide a knight?s conduct as warrior and lover, was a prominent theme of medieval literature that continues to influence popular culture from the Boy Scouts to the Jedi of Star Wars. The concept of chivalry was not limited to the knights in shining armor and the beautiful damsels (often in distress) featured in the medieval romances of Western Europe. Elements of the chivalric code, especially the rules governing what is known as ?courtly love,? may have originated in Islamic culture, and the ideal of the virtuous warrior found its counterpart in the Islamic futuwwah (the way of the young man) and the Japanese bushido (the way of the warrior), as the code of the Samurai came to be called. In this course we will look at some of the ways in which these chivalric codes were defined, celebrated, and/or critiqued in literature written during the Middle Ages. Works that we will read, discuss, and compare include two love manuals?The Dove?s Neck-Ring by Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Said ibn Hazm and The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus; The Book of Sufi Chivalry by Muhamed ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami; chivalric romances by Chr�tien de Troyes, Marie de France, Wolfram von Eschenbach, and the anonymous author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; and selections from the classic Japanese Tale of the Heike and Tale of Genji. Requirements: daily attendance and participation; short, written responses to the readings; two medium-length papers; a final exam.
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