ENGL 514

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

Seminar in Medieval Literature

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Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive study of selected texts, genres, themes, or theoretical issues in medieval British literature (usually focusing on either Old English or Middle English texts), or of scholarly methods in medieval studies (such as editing, paleography, or bibliography and methods of historical research).

Same as MDVL 514. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: A college course devoted entirely to an aspect of medieval studies or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 514 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39309	Lecture-Discussion	S	12:00PM -2:30PM	M	Foreign Languages Building	Barrett, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Title: Seminar in Medieval Lit Section Info: SP23 ENGL 514: Seminar in Medieval Lit, Rob Barrett TOPIC: Ecocriticism and Chivalric Romance. The knight errant is the archetypal protagonist of chivalric romance. He is also a participant in a vast actor-network that links humans to countless more-than-human entities: the warhorse he rides, the steel armor he wears, the mixed oak forest he explores, even the calfskin page and iron gall ink that record his adventures. In this seminar, we will use ecocriticism to examine medieval romance’s enmeshment with natureculture, paying particular attention to the form’s articulation of the gendered and racialized wilderness discourse we still inhabit in the twenty-first century. With one exception (the Old French Lais of Marie de France, which we will read in a facing-page edition), we will be working with well-glossed Middle English texts: Four Romances of England (Havelok the Dane and Bevis of Hampton), The King of Tars, The Middle English Breton Lays (Sir Orfeo, Emaré, Sir Gowther, and Sir Cleges) and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Students will also be asked to purchase Greg Garrard’s Ecocriticism (2nd ed.). All other readings will be provided in PDF format. Assignments will include short reading responses and the obligatory term paper. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.