CWL 253

Fall 2017 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 28-Dec 13

Medieval Lit and Culture

Credit: 3 hours.

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

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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CWL 253 class schedule data for fall 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	33891	Lecture-Discussion	C	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	English Building	Trilling, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Join us for an exciting journey into the world of the Global Middle Ages! Knights in shining armor fighting monsters. Saints performing miracles. Kings (and queens!) leading armies into battle. Monks offering prayers through their daily offices. Peasants tilling the fields. These are some of the most popular and enduring images of the Middle Ages, and in this course we will explore the literature, art, and history that gave rise to our ideas of the romance and chivalry of the medieval period. Our goal will be to read a broad range of medieval literature (all in modern English translation) from around the world: England, the Continent, the Arab world, and Asia. We will explore a variety of genres, including epics, sagas, romances, fabliaux, riddles, drama, lyrics, and saints’ lives, and we will work to situate each work in its social and historical contexts with visits to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, the Spurlock Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum.